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Amyluv's bookmarks 2017-10-17

Summary:

"The current open data movement came about approximately seven years ago. Hard to believe, I know. Early proponents called for open access to all government data. The impetus came from individuals wanting more transparency, accountability and a fuel for apps for the betterment of all mankind. So how are we doing? Perhaps I am a bit cynical on this topic, as I have been involved with discussions around open data for nearly 25 years. It just wasn’t always called open data. And I was of course coming at the topic from the lens of geographic information systems (GIS). Back then we called it “Societal GIS.”  The community talked about the open exchange of data to stimulate collaboration on research. This was supposed to jump start projects through the exchange of data, as a means of having data available for emergency response and a wide range of altruistic endeavors. My personal entrée into open data came through a public access kiosk at the City of Ontario, California’s public library. This was 1994. We provided this kiosk where citizens, regional governments and basically anybody could explore our data. We initiated an exchange with our neighbor, Rancho Cucamonga, California, where people could review their data as well."

Link:

https://www.govloop.com/community/blog/mastered-open-data/

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » Amyluv's bookmarks

Tags:

oa.new oa.psi oa.geo oa.tools. oa.history_of oa.funders.public oa.funders oa.data

Date tagged:

10/17/2017, 16:07

Date published:

10/17/2017, 12:07