Workshop at PyCon Ireland 2015

1. www.derilinx.com
Using Open Data in your Applications
Deirdre Lee
deirdre@derilinx.com
@deirdrelee
24th Oct 2015

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3. What is Open Data?
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“Open data and content can be freely used,
modified, and shared by anyone for any
purpose”
http://opendefinition.org/

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Open Government Data

6. Impact of Open Data
Political:
• government transparency
• government efficiency
Social:
• environmental sustainability
• social inclusion
Economic:
• economic growth
• entrepreneurial activity
Davies, T., Perini, F. & Alonso, J.M., 2013. Researching the Emerging
Impacts of Open Data: ODDC Conceptual Framework
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7. Economic Value of Open Data
• Direct impact of Open Data on the EU27 economy was
estimated at €32 Billion in 2010, with an estimated annual
growth rate of 7%. (Vickery 2011)
• Aggregate direct and indirect impact across EU27 economy are
estimated to be of the order of €140 billion annually. (Vickery
2011)
• Foresee that Open Data, and not simply big data, will be a vital
driver for growth, ingenuity and innovation in the UK
economy. (Deloitte Analytics, 2012).
• An estimated $3 trillion in annual economic potential could be
unlocked across seven domains. (McKinsey 2013)
• US National Weather Service supporting a private weather
industry worth over $1.5 billion per year. (CapGemini 2014)

8. ~432 Open Data Portals
http://datacatalogs.org/

9. Open Data in Use
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http://www.climate.com/

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http://www.godan.info/

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https://www.recipal.com/

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 http://www.robmcmackin.ie/work_gosimply.html

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http://citilogik.com/

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http://www.cremeglobal.com/

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https://buildingeye.com/

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https://opencorporates.com/

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The Wind Map, Cameron Beccario
http://earth.nullschool.net

19. UK Real-Time Flood Monitoring
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https://defradigital.blog.gov.uk/2015/03/27/exploring-rivers-of-data/

20. Firefighter Safety in Netherlands
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http://www.disaster20.eu/smerst-2013/wp-
content/uploads/2013/04/Bart-van-Leeuwen.pdf

21. Open Data in Ireland
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23. https://data.gov.ie
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24. 87 Open Data Publishers in Ireland
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25. Government Policy on Open Data
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Open Data
ICT Strategy
and
eGovernment
Strategy
Action Plan
for Jobs &
“Big Data”
EU &
International
Initiatives
Open
Government
Partnership
Action Plan
Civil Service
Renewal Plan
Public Service
Reform Plan
Public Bodies
Business
Plans &
Strategies

26. Open Data Governance Board
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27. Open Data Technical Framework
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License
Metadata
Formats
Standards
URIs
Access

28. Open Data Licence
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

29. Metadata
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DCAT

30. 5-Star Linked Open Data?
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http://5stardata.info/en/

31. Standards
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32. Unique Resource identifier (URI)
http://{domain}/{type}/{concept}/{reference}
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http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2014/act/15/

33. Access
 Search
 Filter
 Real-Time
Access
 Import
 Export
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34. data.gov.ie Demo
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35. CKAN API
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36. CKAN API Demo
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38. Using Open Data…
Visualisations
• https://developers.google.com/chart/
• http://d3js.org/
• https://public.tableau.com/
• https://www.elastic.co/products/kibana/
Geospatial
• https://www.openstreetmap.org/
• http://leafletjs.com/
• https://www.arcgis.com/
• https://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/
Dublin
• http://www.dublindashboard.ie/
• http://www.smartdublin.ie/
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40. Open Data Competitions
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https://www.openscienceprize.org/
https://opendataincubator.eu/
http://apps4gaps.ie/

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http://codeforireland.com/
The next meet-up will be on Thurs 29th Oct
Dogpatch Labs, The CHQ Building, Custom House Quay

42. www.derilinx.com
We’re hiring!
Deirdre Lee
deirdre@derilinx.com
@deirdrelee
24th Oct 2015