<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:8pt"><div>Cheers Andrew. I certainly agree that "sources are by no means limited to authorities and</div><div>official data hierarchies" and wasn't trying to suggest otherwise. One big advantage in using data obtained via data.gov.uk (or through FOI requests, for example) is that the chances of being made to look 'stupid' (other than being stupid enough to believe the government) or getting 'sued' for using them is greatly minimised ;-)</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">P.</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Andrew Back <andrew@carrierdetect.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Paul Colley <pchcolley@yahoo.co.uk> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> "bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk" <bradford@mailman.lug.org.uk> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, 3 February 2013, 11:43<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Bradford] Fwd: Leeds Data Thing<br> </font> </div> <br>On 3 February 2013 10:35, Paul Colley <<a ymailto="mailto:pchcolley@yahoo.co.uk" href="mailto:pchcolley@yahoo.co.uk">pchcolley@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br>> OPEN DATA<br>> Requesting Government Data: The next step in open use of government data
is<br>> a form on data.gov.uk to enable anyone who has an idea for a dataset which<br>> is not yet accessible to make a request and indicate the benefits of<br>> releasing the data. Possible options given on the form for use of data are<br>> community work or research, as well as business or personal use. Open Data<br>> User Group's latest article at<br>> <a href="http://data.gov.uk/blog/odugs%E2%80%90call%E2%80%90for%E2%80%90open%E2%80%90data%E2%80%90requests" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/blog/odugs‐call‐for‐open‐data‐requests</a>, form at<br>> <a href="http://data.gov.uk/node/add/data%E2%80%90request" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/node/add/data‐request</a>.<br><br>I'd just add that sources are by no means limited to authorities and<br>official data hierarchies. There are also huge opportunities for<br>grassroots and crowd-sourced open data, e.g. through Internet of<br>Things applications such as the Japanese
radiation map and Air Quality<br>Egg:<br><br> <a href="http://japan.failedrobot.com/" target="_blank">http://japan.failedrobot.com/</a><br><br> <a href="http://airqualityegg.com/" target="_blank">http://airqualityegg.com/</a><br><br>In particular where there may be reason to not trust official data...<br><br>Although the issues surrounding copyright (e.g. who owns environment<br>data collected by a device in a shared space), privacy and licensing<br>can quickly get quite thorny!<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Andrew<br><br>-- <br>Andrew Back<br><a href="http://carrierdetect.com/" target="_blank">http://carrierdetect.com</a><br><br><br> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>