Part of the Opening Up Government Data event on 8 Nov 2011 http://www.deri.ie/about/open-data/

1. Digital Enterprise Research Institute www.deri.ie
Open Data applications
Michael Hausenblas
Irish Open Data Week - Opening up Government Data
8 Nov 2011, Galway
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Enabling Networked Knowledge

2. data is the electricity of the 21st century

3. applications?

4. Fingal Bring Banks

5. Fingal Bring Banks
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 Data source
 Bring bank data from the Fingal Open Data Project
(http://data.fingal.ie/)
 Purpose
 Maps bring banks in Fingal area
 Informs about accepted materials (glass, cans or textiles) for
recycling
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6. http://data.fingal.ie/Applications/

7. County Rank

8. County Rank
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 Data sources
 Service indicators (via LGCSB)
 Wikipedia/Dbpedia
 Purpose
 Assess county/city performance
 Compare counties/cities
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9. http://county-rank.data-gov.ie/

11. Local Planning
Explorer Ireland

12. Local Planning Explorer Ireland
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 Data sources
 Planning enquiry websites of 28 local councils via ScraperWiki
 Application feed from Fingal County Council's Open Data portal
 Application dump, covering six RoI counties, provided by the
Local Government Computer Services
 Purpose
 Learn about new planning applications
 Understand history of planning applications
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13. http://planning-apps.opendata.ie

15. Where Does My
Money Go?

16. Where Does My Money Go?
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 Data source
 Country Regional Analysis, published each year by HM
Treasury, UK
 Purpose
 Understand government finances
 Explore government spending based on income
Enabling Networked Knowledge

17. http://wheredoesmymoneygo.org/

18. London Bike Share
Map

19. London Bike Share Map
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 Data sources
 OpenStreetMap
 Transport for London (http://www.tfl.gov.uk/)
 Purpose
 Inform about empty bike spaces
 Bike usage assessment
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20. http://bikes.oobrien.com/

21. And many more …
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http://www.writetothem.com/
http://www.fixmystreet.com/
http://opencorporates.com/
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