Weather in the private sector is over a $1.5 billion industry, and it’s…
Data Sources
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How weather data became open data
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Afghanistan war logs revealed and mapped
This past Sunday, well-known whistle-blower site Wikileaks released over 91,000 secret US military…
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Data and its impact on journalism
In regards to the UK’s recent boom in open data, Simon Rogers of…
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Egregious Citations Issued to BP
BP processes about 1.5 million barrels of crude oil per day, across six…
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Live webcast: Community Health Data Initiative
Health and Human Services (HHS) is about to announce the launch of their…
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Twitter data buffet is back in business
Almost a year and a half ago, Infochimps, the data repository slash marketplace,…
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World data released ‘is a dream come true’
In another step towards open data and all that jazz, the World Bank…
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TransparencyData makes campaign finance data easier to access
Anyone who’s looked at campaign finance data knows it can get messy really…
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Buy and sell data at Data Marketplace
Add another site to the list of places to find the data you…
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Data.gov.uk versus Data.gov – Which wins?
Back in May last year, the US government launched Data.gov as a statement…
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Data.gov.uk Gearing Up For Launch, er, Does Launch
Update: I had scheduled this post for next week, but apparently, Data.gov.uk launched…
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Unemployment, 2004 to Present – The Country is Bleeding
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the most recent unemployment numbers last week.…
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Target Store Openings Since the First in 1962 – Data Now Available
FlowingData readers who have been around for a while will remember I made…
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NYC BigApps Competition – $20k In Prize Money
It’s exciting times for data heads. The launch of Data.gov back in May…
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30 Resources to Find the Data You Need
Let’s say you have this idea for a visualization or application, or you’re…
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Share and Sell Data with Infochimps (100 Invites)
There’s a lot of data on the Web, but it’s all very scattered.…
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IT Dashboard and Data from USAspending.gov
Taking another step towards data transparency, the US government provides the IT dashboard…
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Taking a Closer Look at Airplane-Bird Collisions
While we’re on the subject of flight, ever since that plane landed in…
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Explore World Data with Factbook eXplorer from OECD
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) makes a lot of world…
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Data.gov is Live – Get Your Data While it’s Hot
Big news. Data.gov is now live. Government data is at your fingertips.
The…