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City of Amsterdam opens DataLab
On 15 February, the city councillor of Amsterdam opened a new DataLab. This place is meant to be a meeting point where the municipality of Amsterdam gathers and shares data in collaboration with universities, schools, organisations and companies. For example, by linking data to data related questions and problems, it is possible to choose the best location for garbage containers more efficiently. The number of households in the area are combined with the walking distance towards a garbage assembling point to plan the best locations. With the opening of the DataLab, Amsterdam also launched a
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High level presentation of the European Data Portal architecture
The European Data Portal harvests the metadata available on public data and geospatial portals across European countries. The functioning of the Portal requires integration of multiple components into the overall architecture. To better understand each components' functionality as well as interactions from different perspectives, a fact sheet is created to better understand the European Data Portal architecture. The fact sheet can be downloaded Here:
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Public transport data available in Vilnius
The residents of Vilnius are now able to access data about the public transportation system of their city. Thereby, it is possible to assess the effectiveness of public transport. The online register contains information about the amount of passengers travelling during rush hours, location of the stops and the different routes the drivers are taking. By comparing the data on planned and executed trips, the register enables assessing the number of planned trips which were on time. There are currently 37 vehicles equipped with infrared sensors monitoring the stops at stations and the passenger
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Impact of Dutch highway extension assessed using Open Data
The highway A4 in the Netherlands was extended with an additional part between Delft and Schiedam. The Dutch newspaper NRC used the real-time traffic data that is available as Open Data to assess the impact of the opening of the new highway. Data such as the number of cars and average speed on the A13 highway was therefore estimated as well as the expected benefits from the road works. It turns out that a lot of people tried the new road after it just opened, but choose their normal route again shortly after. Still, the amount of traffic on the A13 decreased significantly. This means that the
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Open Innovation 2.0 Conference 2016
On the 23rd and 24th of May, the Dutch EU Presidency will organise the Open Innovation 2.0 Conference. During this two day event, innovation experts, policy-makers, academics and citizens will come together to discuss a variety of Innovation related themes. These themes are action driven and concerning subjects such as Future Cities, Data Driven Innovation and the Digital Single Market. Of course Open Data and the European Data Portal will be on the programme as well to discuss the future of Innovation. The event will take place in the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam and the registration
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Finland opens up legal information
After already hosting 'public' data, since 10 March, Finlex also provides its data in a machine readable format under an Open Data licence. By offering the data under these conditions, the Finnish Ministry of Justice offers the opportunity to develop new means and channels for citizens, public administration and companies to make use of the vast legislation and case-law database. The portal is developed in a joint partnership with Aalto University and the University of Helsinki and has published most of its architecture online. Want to know more about the portal and project behind it? If you
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More Open Data in Bulgaria
The Bulgarian Government announced that it will publish more Open Data throughout the course of 2016. The published data will cover a variety of subjects such as healthcare, real estate, transport, education, environment, labour policies and other topics. The Portal offers data from 43 bodies and uses CKAN as architecture. Of course, all the data available on the Bulgarian portal is harvested by the European Data Portal. Read more: http://www.novinite.com/articles/173686/Bulgaria+Govt+to+Upload+New+Open+Data+Sets
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Open Governance in Slovakia
Do you want to participate in the Open Governance plans of Slovakia for the upcoming years? In cooperation with representatives of ministries, NGOs and academia, the Ministry of Interior drafted an Open Government Partnership Action Plan. In this draft, the initiatives to enhance open governance for the years 2016-2019 are set forward. To involve the public, the Ministry has launched a public consultation on the draft. You can either send them a mail with your feedback or participate in one of the three workshops organised around this draft. Do you want to help shape the Open Governance agenda
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Can Open Data make Bristol Britain's "Smartest City"?
With a joint venture between the City council and Bristol University, Bristol is making big steps in becoming one of the worlds smartest cities. The project combines policy developments on the release of public data with the introduction of new technologies in the physical architecture of the city. For example by releasing around 200 anonymised data-sets on pollution, energy use, health and other matters. This information is gathered and shared by a network comprising 1,500 radio-linked lampposts, hundreds of kilometres of fibre-optic cable running under the city's streets, and a mile-long
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New App competition launched
The Dutch Presidency of the Council of the EU organises an app competition to challenge developers, designers, and entrepreneurs to use their imagination and build apps that unlock the power of EU open data. By participating you're not only helping Europe to make innovative use of its Open Data, you also have the chance to win a trip to Washington DC in September to visit the Sunlight Foundation Transparency camp. You can participate by either: Building an application that improves transparency and opens the black box of EU decision-making by using an EU open data set, Submitting apps that use