Further data release has been carried out by the York Open Data team this week. This latest set of data is focusing around Schools’ figures and constitutes a group of datasets regarding the topics of: Free Schools Meals Number on…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
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Schools Figures: Number on roll, Free School Meals…
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York Open Data network sees York named amongst the best in the country
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City of York Council has been named as one of the nation’s best local authorities for successfully opening data to residents and businesses. The council was one of five local authorities to receive top marks from NESTA, an independent innovation…
Local Open Data Ecosystem Map
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Nesta, an independent innovation charity which offers funding to increase the innovation capacity in UK, published the article Local Open Data Ecosystem – A Prototype Map last week, which illustrates how successful Local Authorities across England are at opening up…
Ward Profiles Update
On another front, we have just uploaded to York Open Data updated York Ward Profiles for Q1 2015-2016 data, reflecting latest information on this matter – up to June 2015, on the 21 Electoral Wards in York using the post…
Metadata: Schemas
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At York Open Data we believe that opening up data is important, but providing some metadata among it – data about data, isn’t any less important. That’s why the York Open Data team has decided to release internal schemas designed…
Childcare Costs and Food Hygiene Rating
New two resources available on this platform: Childcare Costs – reflecting cost of childcare services in York for the different childcare providers available, and Food Hygiene, containing City of York Council’s ratings on Food Hygiene. Data for Childcare Costs has…
3D geological models in Minecraft
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Following on from the scale model of Great Britain, BGS has taken another step into the world of Minecraft by creating three-dimensional representations of geology at several locations across the country. These models show how the geology rises and falls,…
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