OSM Queries

For the past month I've been working on a small side project which I'm pleased to launch for Open Data Day 2021. I've long been a fan of OpenStreetMap. I've contributed to the map, coordinated a local crowd-mapping project and used OSM tiles to help build web based maps. But I've only done a small … Continue reading OSM Queries →

What is collaborative maintenance of data? A short talk at the Royal Society

Following the publication of their report on data governance in the 21st century, the Royal Society are running a number of workshops to explore data governance in different sectors. In October 2019 year they ran one exploring data governance in the auto insurance sector. Last week they held a workshop looking at data governance in … Continue reading What is collaborative maintenance of data? A short talk at the Royal Society →

A key difference between open data and open source

In "left-pad and the data commons" I tried to identify some lessons for the open data community based on recent events in the Javascript/NPM world. Open source, open science and open data are all parts of the same endeavor of creating the commons. There's a lot of fertile territory to be explored by looking at how those respective communities are … Continue reading A key difference between open data and open source →