Category Archives: Open Data
Open Data Camp: Hitting the road again
This post was originally published on the Open Data Camp blog. We’re back First, there was Open Data Camp, in Winchester (Feb 2015). Then, came Open Data Camp 2, in Manchester (Oct 2015). Guess what’s coming next…. Correct! Back on … Continue reading
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Using Data as a policy maker – Pt1
This is the first in a series of posts about an event: Using Data as a policy maker, which was held in Winchester, in November 2015. This post first appeared on the Open Data Aha! blog. Using data for policy … Continue reading
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Posted in Data, Environment, Evidence, Farming, Hampshire, Hampshire Hub, Local Infrastructure, Maps, Open Data, Transparency and Decision Making
Tagged #ODPolicy, Australia, Bendigo, Climate Change, data, decision-making, drought, Hampshire hub, open data, Open Data Aha!, Open data policy, policy maker, policy making, Smart Cities, Southern Policy Centre (SPC), Transparency and decision-making, Water, water shortage
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Demonstrating the value of open data – GP Pressure Map
I was really pleased to see GP Pressure Map featured on the BBC’s South Today programme on 31st March. GP Pressure Map – part of the Open City Data Platform – was one of the “highs” I mentioned in my final … Continue reading
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Leaving on a high
This post was originally published on the Hampshire Hub on 30th March 2015. Deep breath I’m leaving Hampshire County Council, and am stepping down as lead for the Hampshire Hub. There, I’ve said it. Looking back I wrote my first … Continue reading
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If you open stuff up, good stuff happens
This is a slightly edited version of a post originally published on DATA.GOV.UK I rather like the phrase: “Engineering Serendipity” which – as I choose to interpret it – means something like ‘creating conditions which maximise the chances of good … Continue reading
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Posted in blogging, BluelightCamp, Open Data
Tagged Blog, BlueLightCamp, Food, open data, TV Chefs
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The Business Case for Open Data
Martin Tisné, UK Policy Director for Omidyar Network, and Nicholas Gruen, CEO of Lateral Economics have published a new report Open for Business: How Open Data Can Help Achieve the G20 Growth Target The report considers the potential for open data, … Continue reading
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Hampshire publishes Aerial Photography as open data (finally!)
In my previous post about aerial photography, I explained that our aerial photography provider, Blom Aerofilm, flew the whole of Hampshire over the Summer of 2013 and captured high resolution imagery and data. Last time, I said that the Hampshire … Continue reading
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Posted in Data, Environment, Flood, Maps, Open Data, Rivers
Tagged aerial photography, Blog, Open Data, Open Government Licence
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Next steps for the Hampshire Hub
The story so far In my previous post I explained that the Hampshire Hub has been through a few changes, starting life as a ‘thinking aloud’ web site, then regenerating as a ‘prototype’, and most recently what we’ve been calling … Continue reading
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Linking data across multiple organisations – Hampshire example
You may have seen Dan’s post about Hampshire’s Land Supply Phasing Open Data in which he mentions the Pilot Project for Linked Open Data. Our land supply linked data features in this recent blog post by John Goodwin: Tell Me About … Continue reading
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Posted in Data, Data sharing, Data Visualisation, Land Supply, Open Data
Tagged DCLG, Linked Data, Open Data, Ordnance Survey
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Hampshire Hub featured on DATA.GOV.UK blog
We’re pleased to see that news about Hampshire Hub is beginning to spread, with a post about the Hampshire Hub featured on DATA.GOV.UK , the UK’s main data sharing platform. This is actually the second time the Hampshire Hub has got a mention … Continue reading
