Open Data – some (mostly recent) bookmarks

Open Data

• The Open Data daily: http://paper.li/tag/opendata
• Birmingham City Council publishes electric vehicle charging points as open data KML with microformats: http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/evcp
• Legislation 2.0: Legislation.gov.uk  http://j.mp/cV2MRu
• Great article on creating open data portals http://ldata.in/d406XB
• Hacking code as a new way of civic engagement – awesome!  http://bit.ly/a5F5Xw
• 10 Ways Data is changing our lives http://bit.ly/dB9kdo
• Ottawa App Contest http://tinyurl.com/OttAppContest
• Code For America [Video] http://bit.ly/baIuNO
• Taking govt data & making a map for non coders in a few clicks-google fusion table… http://bit.ly/cTCMuI
• Are you a Public Servant? What are your  Challenges? @EGovHerald http://s3g.me/bmy
• Open Data: Empowering the Empowered or Effective Data Use? http://bit.ly/aoHvB3
• AdobeGov: Interviews with Open Government Innovators http://bit.ly/d0409B
• A generic framework for open data collection using smartphones http://ldata.in/9RWrJ4
• OpenData Impact Study Released http://ow.ly/2zqHL
• A report looking at Open Government data use from data.gov.uk http://icio.us/qapad1
• Thorough evidence on opendata, democracy and public sector reform http://is.gd/eFcrj
• Making an useful map of noise complaints in Westminster- without writing a single line of code http://bit.ly/bM6kPS
• Open data and effective use http://bit.ly/aoAaLw
• How equality of “access” to opendata can reinforce existng inequalities http://bit.ly/bcSt8e
• The future of Global Information sharing (OECD) http://bit.ly/9NAZOx
• The open data best case scenario http://wp.me/pCt0E-5b
• My gov 2.0 Summit video – How Open Data is Making Vancouver Better – is now up on youtube. … http://bit.ly/963QUt
• Brilliant – OpenHeatMap now visualizes the UK http://j.mp/cVRVNX
• At the Guardian: Local council spending > £500: full list of who has published what so far http://bit.ly/9y1Rqf
• Government guidance for local government on spending opendata http://bit.ly/bw2z8Z
• USA Today Latest Media Co. to Realize Open is Better – http://bit.ly/8XZAdV
• Value creation with open government data (Netherlands-based) by @ton_zylstra http://slidesha.re/afgcOh
• Map showing traffic collisions in #ldnont with data provided by @fowgre http://steveh.ca/london-crashes/
• A few great stats on who will use UK opendata – See section 4. (The Future of Local Government by @IpsosMORI) http://bit.ly/bbmeZg
• “Is public data the future of governance?” http://bit.ly/9zZUW2
• Real GOV2.0: Ottawa city authority launches opendata apps competition http://bit.ly/a4Kas0
• Gov 2.0: The Next Internet Boom – BusinessWeek – http://goo.gl/yksS