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The call for proposals for this year's @OpenDataSociety summit closes tomorrow (July 18!). It'll be an awesome crew of folks in New Brunswick this year: https://opendatasummit.ca/ #opendata #GovMaker
What does it take to maintain one of the world's largest repositories of free, structured knowledge?
Read this interview about the challenges Wikidata faces and how the team handles massive scale and constant updates, all while remaining open source:
https://www.bigdatawire.com/2025/07/10/scaling-the-knowledge-graph-behind-wikipedia/ #OpenData #KnowledgeGraphs #BigData #SemanticWeb
Good news! Videos from #SOTMUS presentations are now being uploaded to our YouTube channel. Thanks for your patience!
https://bit.ly/SOTMUS2025-videos
#OpenStreetMap #Boston #StateoftheMapUS #SOTMUS2025 #opendata #charthecourse #geography #GIS #maps #opengeospatialdata
Unterstützung bei #OpenData gesucht?
In der #Wissensbibliothek 
des CCOD findet Ihr Leitfäden, Handbücher, Infos & mehr - strukturiert & niedrigschwellig vom Kompetenzzentrum Open Data selbst & aus externen Quellen.
Fragen oder Ideen? 
Meldet Euch gern!
Hier gibt's Infos:
https://www.opendata.bund.de
The June Open 
@cquest@amicale.net
Scrutin public n°2957 sur l'ensemble de la proposition…
Assemblée nationaleJoin us for our two-day open cultural data #hackathon "culture.explore(data)" held at the #StabiBerlin on 7 and 8 October 2025. Create your own digital projects based on #opendata and curated datasets of the @kulturSPK and the Libraries and Museums at the #OxfordUni. Unlock hidden stories by rethinking #culturalheritage and experimenting with digital forms, such as #apps, #games, #storytelling, #data visualizations or #interactive #exhibitions.
More infos https://lab.sbb.berlin/culture-explore-data/
Nominate yourself or a colleague in the OpenUK Awards 2025 Open Data category sponsored by @ODIHQ 
https://openuk.uk/awards Shortlist September #opendata #openukawards #opensource 
#PaulKrugman on the cutbacks at #NOAA and National Weather Service (#NWS).
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/for-maga-ignorance-is-strength
"Weather forecasting and the research that supports it…are what economists call “public goods.” That is, they’re things provided by the government because they’re valuable to everyone but can’t easily be monetized, because there’s no good way to limit access to paying customers. I say no 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 way advisedly. Republicans have long sought to restrict access to National Weather Service data to private companies like AccuWeather, which in turn would provide forecasts only to paying customers. And they may succeed. But this would be obvious profiteering, creating artificial middlemen for access to information generated at taxpayer expense. And it would at best support forecasting, not the research that makes forecasting better."
h/t @lschiff
#Climate #DefendResearch #OpenData #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
Research cuts aren’t about shrinking government, they’re…
Paul Krugman"Data manipulation within the US Federal Government."
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01249-8/fulltext
"A US Department of Veterans Affairs dataset compiling veteran health-care use in 2021 was quietly amended on March 5, 2025. A column titled #gender was renamed #sex, and the words were also switched in the dataset title and description…Before March 5, the dataset had not been modified since it was published in 2022. As of May 1, the dataset change log, in which modifications should be tracked, is empty. The switch from gender to sex also occurred in other public health datasets, including US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (#CDC) datasets tracking global adult tobacco consumption, stroke mortality data from 2015 to 2017, and a survey of nutrition, physical activity, and obesity…The agencies involved have not issued any statements confirming or explaining these changes."
PS: If these agencies think the label change ("gender" → "sex") is significant, then they are deliberately misrepresenting the data. If they think the terms are synonymous, then why are they bothering?
#Censorship #Data #DefendResearch #OpenData #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
Open data success is being driven by collaboration—fueled by shared incentives and supported by strong governance.
Read the full report: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/pathways-to-open-data?hsLang=en
#OpenData #LFResearch #Collaboration #Governance #OpenSource
Open.by.data 
& #Datenadler 
zeigen, wie
Kooperation 
im Bereich #OpenData gelingen kann.
Die zentrale Plattform open.by.data beinhaltet bereits 23.000 Datensätze. Dank #OpenSource können andere Stellen wie Brandenburg
die Lösung effektiv nachnutzen.
Mehr Infos:
https://www.byte.bayern/quick-bytes/openbydata-weist-den-Weg
Everybody loves a challenge!
Beim Thementag #SeriousGames der KI-Ideenwerkstatt für Umweltschutz haben wir gestern verschiedene Gamification-Ansätze aus unseren Projekten vorgestellt: von der Schnitzeljagd mit Escape-Game-Elementen über das Planspiel von @dgt bis hin zu einem Deep dive in die Entwicklung des Spiels „Data Heroes” des @CivicDataLab
Letzteres gibt es übrigens als #OER hier zum Downloaden und Remixen: https://civic-data.de/kartenspiel-datenkompetenz/
Noch bis Freitag-Nacht läuft eine öffentliche Konsultation der EU-Kommission zur EU-Datenstrategie. Zum mitmachen bitte hier entlang:
European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
Open Data Workshop in Meerut!
90+ researchers, librarians & academics explored open data, FAIR principles, and learned to use #OpenDataEditor — building skills to become data advocates in their communities.
Auf der Suche nach offenen #Geodaten?Da kann die #OpenData Anwendung WFS-Explorer helfen!
Das Tool 
wurde von der #ODIS entwickelt & ermöglicht die
niedrigschwellige Erkundigung von #Daten über Web Feature Services (WFS).
Mehr Infos hier:
https://odis-berlin.de/projekte/2025-06-wfsexplorer/
Offene Geodaten leichter erkunden, analysieren und…
odis-berlin.deIf Learned Societies in Europe and UK could digitize their old carte-de-visite collections, they would do such a major favor to improve biographies on Wikipedia ... the Royal Horticultural Society has done a fabulous job of putting out their collection - hope others follow ...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:RHS_Lindley_Collection
UN Mappers x FAO mapping updates 
As of 14 July, we have completely mapped and validated Project 1 
With your time and contributions, we have added about:
1,370 km of waterways and 
520km² of farmland areas!
#FAO is now using the #opendata for spatial analysis for monitoring and improvements of crop production and food security in southern Mauritania 
#UNMaps #UNMappers #OpenStreetMap #waterwaysmapping #agriculturalmapping #openmapping #agriculture #foodsecurity #mapping
Neuer Datensatz verfügbar: „Trinkbrunnen_BWB" - jetzt entdecken: https://daten.berlin.de/datensaetze/trinkbrunnen_bwb
Dieser Datensatz enthält die Trinkbrunnen in Berlin. Neben den verschiedenen Trinkbrunnen-Typen „Botsch Brunnen“, „Kaiser Brunnen“ und „Wiener Brunnen“ ist der sogenannte „Bituma-Brunnen“ behindertengerecht. Die Betriebszeit der Trinkbrunnen ist von Mai bis Oktober. Die Wartung erfolgt durch die Berliner Wasserbetriebe.
"Dieser Datensatz enthält die #Trinkbrunnen in Berlin. ... Die Betriebszeit der Trinkbrunnen ist von Mai bis Oktober. Die Wartung erfolgt durch die Berliner Wasserbetriebe."
https://daten.berlin.de/datensaetze/trinkbrunnen_bwb #cczero #opendata #berlin