Category Archives: Open Data

Linking data across multiple organisations – Hampshire example

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Mark Braggins

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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Hampshire Hub featured on DATA.GOV.UK blog

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Mark Braggins

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 →

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Images of Historic Hampshire – thanks to the British Library

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Mark Braggins

I’ve just discovered* that the British Library has uploaded over a million images to Flickr Commons. Yes, that’s right – more than a million – completely free to use as there’s no known copyright. The British Library plans to launch a crowd-sourcing … Continue reading →

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Towards a Strategic Hampshire Hub

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Mark Braggins

In an earlier post: Hampshire Hub – a responsive approach I talked a bit about the ‘interim’ Hampshire Hub, and explained what we’re doing with the current site. I mentioned the ‘strategic’ hub, but didn’t go in to much detail … Continue reading →

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Open data, apps and maps

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Mark Braggins

This post was originally published on the prototype Hampshire Hub web site. Open Data A few weeks ago I blogged about Hampshire’s Rights of Way network, which has been published as an interactive map, and as open data. The data … Continue reading →

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Open data, apps and maps

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Mark Braggins

Open Data A few weeks ago I blogged about Hampshire’s Rights of Way network, which has been published as an interactive map, and as open data. The data was released under the OS Open Data Licence, which effectively means you can … Continue reading →

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BlueLight Camp: Post of posts

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Mark Braggins

This post was originally published on the BlueLightCamp web site. Planning for BlueLight Camp 2013 is well under way, and more information will be published about the event on the BlueLightCamp site shortly. In the meantime, I thought it worth highlighting some … Continue reading →

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Linked open data for academia: Data.ac.uk

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Mark Braggins

Data.ac.uk was set up by the data.southampton team, and aims to bring together the higher education community and the wealth of data it has access to, and encourage that community to share, utilise, update, grow and generate demand for open data.

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Blue Light Camp: Coming in from the cold

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Mark Braggins

It’s been a bit quiet on the BlueLightCamp blog recently. Apart from Sasha’s post last week, nothing since November. But that doesn’t mean no activity – on the contrary. Hartley Wintney fire brigade members on board their fire engine in … Continue reading →

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Getting the measure of social media

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Mark Braggins

Must we measure? In November, Emer Coleman asked: Social media – Must we measure? In a fascinating post, Emer discusses how tricky it is to present the benefits of social media in traditional business cases. Emer argues that: Making a business case … Continue reading →

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