On Sunday, 19 August 2012 11:26:45 UTC+12, Ben Biddington wrote: > > Actually on that, what is the general opinion on data.gov.nz?
The data.govt.nz service is getting better. > Any good? Or outdated lip service to open data? > There is a real push for open data in govt. In fact it is now mandated and although the wheels of government move slowly we are seeing a lot more data being opened. I was one of the founders of open.org.nz and there has been a lot of progress over the last 3 years. > For example, there's a thing in the paper about crime hotspots - is that > data public? > We just don't have the granular data available to do the crime mashups. I suggest moving along and finding something more interesting ;-) You might want to ask here <http://groups.open.org.nz/groups/ninja-talk> for other links. That list includes those within Govt and outside. One dataset I just thought of is The Charities Commission which has an API. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WellRailed" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/wellrailed/-/OYm_A1VvkN4J. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wellrailed?hl=en.
