This is a slightly edited version of a post originally published on DATA.GOV.UK In my previous post I argued that a combination of ‘chance’ and open data can lead to good stuff happening. I supplied a few examples, and also…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
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Good stuff, continued
Posted in Benefits of open data, Big Data, Commercial opportunities, Data, Greater efficiency, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Open Data Aha, Posts from feeds, Public safety, Resilience, Saving money, Smart communities, Visualising data Tagged with: Chris Gutteridge, crowdsourcing, Crowdsourcing Landscape Change, Data stories, data visualisation, DATA.GOV.UK, Dr Ash Smith, flood, Flood Event Model, Flooding, Hampshire, Hartree Centre, Isle of Wight, Know Now, Landscape Watch, Landscape Watch Hampshire, Mark Braggins, minecraft, Nick Allott, NquiringMinds, On the Wight, open data, Open Data Camp, Remote Sensing Application Consultants (RSAC), STFC, University of Portsmouth, University of Southampton, Ventnor
Minecraft Ventnor: If you know a Minecraft fan, this will blow their minds
We know it sounds like click-bait, but this really is amazing! Someone’s built the whole of Ventnor Seafront out of life-sized 1m blocks, in Minecraft.
Posted in Benefits of open data, Innovation, Journalism, Posts from feeds, Smart communities, Visualising data Tagged with: Chris Gutteridge, data visualisation, Isle of Wight, minecraft, On the Wight, open data, Simon Perry, Ventnor
Some of my many failures
I fail quite often. I have tons of ideas which seem like they might work and loads flop. Occasionally I do something that fails to fail and those are the ones people notice. I usually have fun and learn some…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Smart communities, Transparency Tagged with: Chris Gutteridge, data.soton.ac.uk, DBPedia, developers, failures, linked data, minecraft, open data, RDF, SPARQL
What would an independent Scotland mean for UK open data?
British Isles Euler diagram [CC0 by TWCarlson, via Wikipedia] I’m posing the question because it looks like a reality we may all be dealing with very soon. My preference would be for Scotland to vote no to leaving the…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Informing Decision-making, Posts from feeds, Transparency Tagged with: Chris Gutteridge, independence, open data, Ordnance Survey, research, science, Scotland, University of Southampton