23 October 2024
Chief Data Officers are central to organizations becoming data-centric, maximizing data sharing to ensure that everyone has immediate access to the information they need. We explore the challenges they face - and how they can be overcome with the right strategy and technology.
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01 June 2016
Saemes, the second largest parking provider in the Paris Region, recently became the first parking provider to open up its data. Looking at its new open data portal, we wanted to see if the company would succeed in improving parking using open data (hint: it can). Off we go!
17 May 2016
I was invited to attend the Round Table on Data Quality in Open Data held at the White House in Washington, D.C. on April 27th, 2016. The round table was the second in a series of four meetings around the open data initiative sponsored by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Center for Open Data Enterprise. This round table was intended to bring together experts to advise the White House Office of Science and Technology on how best to address data quality.
07 April 2016
In honor of U.S. National Beer Day — cheers! — we decided to put some open beer data on tap (and on maps as well!) to see what kind of story might be hidden in the suds. Read on and discover our Tale of the Joys of Fresh Beer, and the Challenges of Fresh Data.
21 December 2015
Leveraging open data and civic tech resources to foster agile solutions adapted to your unique needs can be a highly effective and affordable way to better anticipate, respond to, and recover from disasters.
02 November 2015
Opendatasoft is thrilled to continue its Open Data Weekly series with this comprehensive list (and a map) of 2600+ Open Data portals in the world.
21 September 2015
As data is gaining prevalence in smart city strategies, there is a fear that a connected city would create “a vast arena of perfect and permanent surveillance". Data governance can solve this dilemma.
10 September 2015
It is a nice, sunny week-end in Paris and you've already been to both permanent and temporary exhibitions at the two main Paris architecture museums (Cité de l'Architecture and Pavillon de l'Arsenal). And you were of course at the Centre Georges Pompidou for the opening of the Le Corbusier exhibition. You're afraid you've depleted all the architecture the local museums have to offer. But you still need your fix.
03 September 2015
Without a basemap, your geographical data has little value. This blog post walks you through the definition of a basemap and how to choose one for your data platform.
12 August 2015
Read this blog post and explore data about yellow taxi journeys in New York City.
12 May 2015
Toulouse Métropole, the urban community of Greater Toulouse, launches today the new version of its Open Data portal powered by OpenDataSoft.
04 May 2015
This week, OpenDataSoft has cooked something special. After studying the Council of Paris, French trains' Open Data, Gender Equality in Europe and the state of Open Data in 2014, OpenDataSoft continues its Open Data Weekly series to show you how to create a map with Open Data. Au menu: the ultimate map of French Cheese, all in Open Data. Grab a piece of baguette and read on!
17 November 2014
We attended the ODI Summit a couple of weeks ago, and during a training session, a very interesting dataset was showcased: crime reports in the city of Chicago from 2001 to present.
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