A couple of days ago we featured an interview with Bristol City Council on their B-Open Competition. From the South West we move to the Midlands where we ask one of the pioneers in local government of hack competitions, Warwickshire County Council. Check out our interview with Jim Morton, an Applications Architect there who blogsRead… Read more »
When we talk about the benefits of open data, people describe how opening up information can help the public become “armchair auditors” as well as enable developers to use the data to build new applications. But what about people who work for those public services, could they benefit too? Creating relationships between types of dataRead… Read more »
Broadband is a big challenge, if you can’t access the internet, you can’t make as much use of the opportunities from open data – although initiatives like the Newspaper Club (@jaggeree) and Barcode Poster (@adrianshort) show you can take it to the doorstep and streets. Provision of broadband has opened up the space for initiativesRead… Read more »
Yesterday, I was discussing with Carla Ross who heads up Reboot Britain about how digital technology can be used to tackle really complex issues. She will be speaking at our conference in September on this and much more. One of the projects that is part of the Reboot Britain programme is called “Where Do IRead… Read more »
Yesterday, we talked about how you could find information on all the different activities and events taking place across the county and use the API to re-use the data itself. Today, we’re going to cover the information we have on where local services are based. You might be enjoying yourself taking part in an activityRead… Read more »
t’s the summer and you may be wondering what to do. In yesterday’s post, showed you how a developer had created a heat map of where to park when you’re on your bike. We know there’s much more to do in Kent than cycling, so today we’re releasing the API here to all the eventsRead… Read more »
We often use examples of visualisations or maps to describe open data, but if we look at more advanced types of mapping, you can find heatmapping too. Above is a map created using open data in Kent plotted by @purplegeode of just that, it’s a heatmap of cycle park availability, which will be very usefulRead… Read more »
First published here. Here in Kent, we developed a concept called “Transformed by You” to involve people to come up with ideas and work with students and entrepreneurs to help turn them into prototypes. You can see here some of what was developed. If you missed the activities last time round, you’ll be pleased toRead… Read more »
So the government consultation on open data has arrived (h/t @hadleybeeman for signposting!) and before I get into the content, think it’s worth praising the Cabinet Office for an easy to “flick through” consultation. What do we mean? Firstly, the glossary of terms is very important to understand what we mean by open data forRead… Read more »
We often talk of how open data can be used to help people make sense of the services they use or how an organisation performs, in other words getting smart about data. There are tools that can help those with the expertise do that and others which are more useful for people like you andRead… Read more »