Explore our Open Data use cases
Publication Date/Time
2016-09-15T09:15:00+00:00
How do you use Open Data?
With Open Data on nearly all subjects, it serves as a source of
information for many applications, purposes or services. These
examples of Open Data re-use further emphasise, enhance the
versatility and show the opportunities offered by Open Data. However
despite the widespread use and diversity of Open Data applications, it
can sometimes be difficult to present an interesting example of a
product or service which uses Open Data. As tangible examples are the
best way to spread awareness of the Open Data benefits, the European
Data Portal collects and showcases a broad range of Open Data use
cases. Helping the Open Data community to create a common awareness of
the possiblities and which examples are available.
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/img/media/use-cases.png]
At the moment, there are more than 100 Open Data use cases avaiable on
the portal and this number keeps on growing. The cases cover numerous
subjects, ranging from applications providing advice on traffic in
Norway
[/sites/default/files/use-cases/use_case_norway_-_traffiflyt_v1.pdf]
or Estonia
[/sites/default/files/use-cases/use_case_estonia_-_tarktee.pdf] to the
nutrituional value of your food in Finland
[/sites/default/files/use-cases/use_case_finland_-_miils.pdf]. While
most of these use cases come from Europe, the collection is not
confined to this continent with global
[/sites/default/files/use-cases/use_case_global_-_code_for_all_v1.pdf]
or American [/en/impact-studies/use-cases?country=United+States] use
cases as well.
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/img/media/your-story.png]
With the diversity in the use cases, you never have to look far when
searching for good examples of how Open Data can be used. This can
help you make a stronger case, both to encourage your organisation to
use Open Data or when asking your public administration to release
more of it. Do you already use Open Data and want people to use your
application as an example? Tell us your story
[/en/using-data/tell-us-your-story] and we will include you in our
collection as well! Do you want to explore our Open Data use cases
yourself? You can find all of them by following the link below.
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