Tag: opendata
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Scientific Data: A new publisher of Data
Nature.com is starting a new publication titled, Scientific Data. The goal is to help researchers publish and discover data. The publication content is called a Data Descriptor. It describes the data, explains the data collection methods, lists the columns, and states other essential information about the dataset. Unfortunately, the site does not host any of…
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Open Data 500
Are you involved with a business that uses open government data? If so, please register to become a part of Open Data 500 to make the list of 500 companies benefiting from open government data. The Open Data 500 list is being compiled by The Governance Lab at New York University. The goal of the…
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Beyond Alphabet Soup: 5 Guidelines For Data Sharing
Beyond Alphabet Soup: 5 Guidelines For Data Sharing is an excellent post by Markets for Good and Palantir Technologies. Below are the 5 Guidelines. Release structured raw data others can use Make your data machine-readable Make your data human-readable Use an open-data format Release responsibly and plan ahead See the full blog post with detailed…
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Tornado Path Visualization
Here is a data visualization of the paths of tornadoes in the US over the past 56 years. The brighter the blue, the more intense the tornado. This is also an excellent example of using opendata. The raw data is available at data.gov. Tornado Tracks infographic by johnmnelson. Please continue to pray for the people…
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Enigma Launches for Open Public Data
If you are looking for public data, Enigma.io is a new startup just for you. Enigma searches, finds, and connects a variety of formats of public data. The data is then linked and made accessible. Watch the video below for more details.
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Open Data Festival
Launching in the autumn of 2013, Open Data Festival will be hosting a global data festival. The details are quite vague at this point, but they are looking for volunteers, cities, and speakers. Feel free to sign up. The festival is being organized by the same team that organizes Big Data Week.