All parts of the public sector in Great Britain have free access to a wide range of services from the government-owned mapping agency Ordnance Survey (OS), through the Public Sector Mapping Agreement in England and Wales or the One Scotland…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
Tag: councils
Councils explore options for online mapping tools
Posted in Benefits of open data, Posts from feeds, Visualising data Tagged with: Computer Weekly, councils, local authorities, mapping, open data, OpenStreetMap, Ordnance Survey
#openimpact — Councilmatic
Source: flickr (this is one of the projects of the #openimpact shortlist) Councilmatic is a subscription service for city council legislative information. The web app allows users to support, oppose, and comment on a bill and discuss it with a wider community. Councilmatic provides…
Posted in Informing Decision-making, Open Government, Posts from feeds, Transparency Tagged with: Councilmatic, councils, DataLook, local government, open government, openimpact, Transparency
Don’t laugh at my Twitter
I left Twitter and now I’m back. This is awkward. Yes, yes, I know. For someone who loathes Twitter, I seem to include it in far too many posts. I am back and going under the none too surprising handle:…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Commercial opportunities, Informing Decision-making, Innovation, Posts from feeds, Smart communities Tagged with: Banes, Bath, Bath Hacked, councils, open data, Richard Speigal, Twitter, Webunknown