CKAN is a powerful data management system that makes data accessible – by providing tools to streamline publishing, sharing, finding, and using data. CKAN is open source, free software
2019 Asia Open Data Challenge Kicks Off
TAIPEI, Taiwan, July 19, 2019 — Asia Open Data Challenge was organized for the first time in 2015 with the aim of solving common challenges by leveraging open data in Asia. This year, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, organized the 5th year for this international competition with impletmentation of Taipei Computer Association. Participants seek to address challenges under the theme of “Smart Life” by making use […]
Open data: over 36,000 historical RADARSAT-1 satellite images of the Earth now available to the public
LONGUEUIL, QC, April 1, 2019 – The Canadian Space Agency and the Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation are making RADARSAT-1 synthetic aperture radar images of Earth available to researchers, industry and the public at no cost. The 36,500 images are available through the Government of Canada’s Earth Observation Data Management System.
Report highlights benefits of geospatial open data for SMEs
Open geospatial data from official sources is an opportunity to boost SME productivity and gain competitive advantage says new report
Workiva Helps Advance Open Data Across Federal Government
WASHINGTON–Workiva (NYSE:WK), a leader in data collaboration, reporting and compliance solutions, will play a key role as title sponsor in today’s Data Transparency 2018 conference, the Data Foundation’s sixth annual flagship event that explores how open data is being standardized, shared and used across Federal government agencies and the private sector.
PGW Uses Open Data to Develop Interactive Infrastructure Upgrade Map
Mobile-friendly, accessible by text and social tags, the new online pipeline upgrade map shares worksite information at the neighborhood level
Feature: Open Data tips – ArcGIS Hub 2.0 and Tips for Creating an Open Data Site
Esri business partner GEO Jobe GIS has recently shared tips and tricks to assist in deploying open data. Recall, last year (2017) Esri made the move and renamed ArcGIS Open Data to ArcGIS Hub (hub.arcgis.com) – the same capabilities from Esri but wrapped into a new product with even more functionality.
Open Data – The home of Canada’s open data
The home of Canada’s open data can be found at data.gc.ca
Long Beach One of First Cities in U.S. to Display Open Data in Geospatial Data Format
Today, the City of Long Beach launched DataLB, the City’s new Open Data Portal. This new portal is designed to implement modern Citywide practices for sharing data with the public, staff, and policy makers as outlined in the Open Data Policy, adopted by the City Council on December 20, 2016.
Esri’s Marcella Cavallaro to Lead DATA Act Discussion Panel at DATA Act Summit
Redlands, California—May 25, 2016—Esri national government manager for emerging markets Marcella Cavallaro will lead a one-hour panel discussion on DATA Act legislation at the DATA Act Summit on Thursday, May 26.