Exploiting the data mine
Chemists must embrace open data to allow us to collectively get the best out of the masses of new knowledge we unearth, reports Clare Sansom
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Entitlements/Expenses data online, searchable and graphed
According to Transparency International: “Grand corruption consists of acts committed at a high level of government that distort policies or the central functioning of the state, enabling leaders to benefit at the expense of the public good. Petty corruption refers to …
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Innovating with open data: overcoming the challenges
ODI Programme Manager Briony Phillips outlines some of the challenges and trickier aspects of innovating with open data, and suggests ways to overcome them. The experiences of the Open Data Challenge Series teams have helped unpick and illustrate a number …
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First ‘Things’ First
I was pleased to see the recent post by the ODI on the open-shared-closed data spectrum since it resonates with the challenges faced at OpenSensors. To date most of our commercial projects have been at the private end of the …
Unveiled: New joint UK-France Data Taskforce to boost cooperation on Open Data
French Economy and Industry Minister Emmanuel Macron and British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne have announced the creation of a new joint UK-France Data Taskforce, while visiting the accelerator start-up ‘TheFamily’ in Paris. The new taskforce is expected to enhance UK-France …
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BVEx Research: Open Data Unlocked
Retailers such as Tesco are using weather forecasting data to accurately predict – and fulfill – how the weather affects customer purchasing trends. For commercial enterprises there are also arguments in favour of opening up its own datasets as well …
Los Angeles County’s One-Stop Shop for Open Data Expands
Los Angeles County’s One-Stop Shop for Open Data Expands Posted July 16th, 2015 Los Angeles County’s open data portal launch in springtime was only the first salvo in the County’s plan to make all of its public data available in …
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Data Lab Link Roundup: Data impacts, satellite economics, bitsquatting, a favorite number, giving trees email addresses and more…
An example of a bit-error changing a URL as part of Artem Dinaburg’s bitsquatting post Here are some (of the rather a lot of) things that caught our attention last week. Brandon Rishel’s “Cartographers Without Borders” map has been doing …
One FoI request, 175 million taxi trips
In March 2014, the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission shared an infographic about yellow taxis on the road in New York It’s #metricmonday again! Today’s #infographic shows data on yellow taxis on the road by day and time. #nyctaxi pic.twitter.com/EF5AsZm74H — NYC …
Top 5 Ways Open Data Is Changing Lives
We’ve scoured the news for the most spectacular ways open data is transforming the world right now. Here are our top five picks — do you agree? Tell us your ideas. Giving the World’s Crisis Workers Vital Information “How many …