A Computer Weekly buyer's guide to public open data
The government says it is committed to releasing open data and the variety of applications for which developers have found a use for it suggests a wide range of benefits that can be accrued. In this 11-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly looks at how government publishes open data and the applications
- such as those to mitigate the worst damage of the floods in early 2014 – developers find for it; the interest local authorities are taking in these; and the tools the private sector offers to fully exploit the data governments collect.
Contents:
- How open data can mitigate the floods of the future
- Using public sector open data to benefit local communities
- The private sector answer to exploiting public sector data