[@OKFNau] Examples of Use of Commercial Government Data

Rex Banks banksrex at gmail.com
Tue Mar 17 03:56:22 UTC 2015


Anyone who wants to read about some practical, community benefit examples
of open data should read LANDMARK magazine produced by the Victorian
Spatial Council and available on the VSC website <
www.victorianspatialcouncil.org> then drill down under resources in the
menu bar to Landmark.

Rex Banks

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Irma Birchall <irma at calyx.net.au> wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> What about this one ...
> "Finding your way through the world is a basic need, so it makes sense
> that satellite navigation systems like GPS and Galileo are among open
> data’s most-cited success stories".
> See more @ http://blog.okfn.org/category/open-data/#sthash.S25Fm7IU.dpuf
>
> With best regards,
> Irma
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> On 10 March 2015 at 17:12, Mike Ebinum <mike at seeddigital.co> wrote:
>
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> Long time reader, first time writer. I recently had a chat with a
>> government official and we were talking government data and all the
>> benefits. The official said that they seem to be hearing a lot about all
>> the benefits but don't have access to practical examples of how releasing
>> government data has benefited different departments. Examples that they
>> could use to as references to help persuade different people to get
>> involved. I mentioned transportation data examples but they have a lot of
>> those examples.
>>
>> I was wondering if people on this list could help me out with examples,
>> case studies and positive references to where releasing government data has
>> helped the greater community either by reducing spend, resulted in
>> commercial outcomes or help deliver better services.
>>
>> I've create a spreadsheet
>> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JBFyaqtX2o2PGmdxku0GXthPp6s1DDORCL99mBDNwuM/edit#gid=0>
>> that you can add these too or just reply to this mail.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>>
>>
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