This document discusses open data from the public sector. It begins with a definition of open data as free machine-readable information from the public sector. It then provides examples of useful open data and APIs. It discusses where to find open data sources, such as data.norge.no. Finally, it discusses why making public sector data openly available is important for transparency, innovation, and improving public services.

1. Open data
- free machine-readable information
from the public sector
Livar Bergheim, Difi
Bergen, Fishackathon 2016-04-22

2. Agenda
• Opne data - what and why?
• Some examples of useful open data and APIs
• Where to find data — data.norge.no

3. Direktoratet for forvaltning og IKT
Difi – Agency for Public Management and eGovernment
• Established 2008
• Under the Ministry of Local Government
and Modernisation (KMD)
• Ca. 285 employees
in Leikanger and Oslo
• Mandate:
develop, simplify and renew public sector
• Has the state government as primary
target group

4. Screenshot: http://www.yr.no/artikkel/_-dei-syntes-vi-var-nokre-tullebukkar-1.12542740

5. «Open data is data that can be
freely used, re-used and
redistributed by anyone - subject
only, at most, to the requirement to
attribute and sharealike.»

6. Skjermbilete av CSV-datasett, vist i Excel:
http://data.norge.no/data/stavanger-kommune/
skoleruter-barne-og-ungdomsskolene-i-stavanger-kommune

7. Public sector data
• Data financed by society, and governed on behalf of society.
• Useful for others, both private and public sector.
• Public sector neither can or should do everything themselves.
• Open data is one way to make public sector information available for
re-use.
• Usually free.

8. Why open public sector data?
• Transparency and democratisation
• New or improved private products and services
• Improved public sector

9. • Datasetta i det nasjonale
kartgrunnlaget
(N50, N250, N500, N1000, N2000
og N5000 Kartdata og Rasterdata)
• Administrative grenser
• Vegdata med adresser
• Digitale terrengmodellar
• Stadnamndata
• Historiske kart
• Sjødata
• Tur- og friluftsruter
• Offisielle adresser
• Geodetiske datasett
• Postsoner og valgkrinsar
• Illustrasjonskart i små målestokkar

10. Døme på bruk av cache-tenester for kartfliser frå Kartverket - http://bit.ly/1Ii5uKn

11. Video: Skjermopptak som viser
type-ahead på Firmanavn.
http://geo.stordahl.org/enhetsregisteret.html

12. Where do I begin?
• Idea — what datasets do I need?
• Dataset — what can I make with this?
• Organisation — they must have some interesting datasets..
• Learn something — programming language, framework, library
etc
• Curious

13. data.norge.no
National registry of open public sector data

18. www.europeandataportal.eu

19. Sharing data doesn’t mean that the
data will be used.
- Anne Cathrine Frøstrup, managing director, Norwegian
Mapping Authority

20. Direktoratet for forvaltning og IKT

21. “
#hack4no 2015. Foto: Statens kartverk

22. #hack4no 2015. Foto: Statens kartverk

24. Bilde: http://kartverket.no/om-kartverket/nyheter/Na-kan-du-laste-ned-Norge-i-Minecraft/

25. • data.norge.no
find datasets and register what you have made with open data
• mention missing dataset : http://bit.ly/1OsMPjI
• Twitter: @opnedata / #opnedata
• opnedata@difi.no