An interesting TED Talk on opening up data from cities

City agencies have access to a wealth of data and statistics reflecting every part of urban life. But as data analyst Ben Wellington suggests in this entertaining talk, sometimes they just don’t know what to do with it. He shows how a combination of unexpected questions and smart data crunching can produce strangely useful insights, and shares tips on how to release large sets of data so that anyone can use them.

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  1. Great stuff! Take a leaf out of NYC’s book Auckland Transport and Auckland Council – release data regularly and not just in PDFs!

  2. City agencies often have access to a wide variety of data and statistics on aspects of urban life, from traffic, population, environment, economy, culture, education, health economic, etc. However, managing and effectively using this data is not always easy.

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