Space Is Big: How To Explore All Of NASA's Open Data - ARC - ARC

" ... Back in April, the federal agency announced that it would be giving developers and space enthusiasts the opportunity to explore the vastness of the data that it had gathered over the years through its NASA Data Portal. As part of its ongoing mission to 'reveal the unknown' and improve life on Earth, the portal would be a one-stop shop for thousands of data sets, code and application program interfaces that could be used to stimulate creative thought (and build really cool apps) ... Early this month, NASA revealed a bunch of shiny, new features on its Open NASA website, many of which give a mouthwatering glimpse into what could be possible for apps developers among others. The site has been designed, according to a blog post, to make it easy for a variety of stakeholders—Citizen Scientist, Developer, Citizen Activist, Govvie and the Curious are its official categorizations—to find what they need when they want it.  There are currently 31,382 Data Sets, 194 Code Repositories and 36 APIs in the Open NASA portal. It is a treasure trove of information and an open invitation for people to get involved in finding solutions to problems that are not limited to the conquest of space.  The key to the NASA Data Portal is engagement with the agency’s open source software. Developers can dive into the resources made available and integrate the data into their apps as they wish by accessing tools that have been designed to be useful and—potentially—inspire innovation ..."