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What’s Open Data, why is it useful and how to start on the road to Open Data. Presentation done at the Software Freedom Day, Nov 11, Algeria
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The Road to OpenData
Me!
@iChaib
Some Questions
• Where can I park my car?
• Where can I find the nearset public W.C?
• What is the cleanest restaurant in Medea?
• At what time the next train to Algiers will come?
The answers exist here!
What?
What’s OpenData?
1.Public Data2.Available 3.Reusable - machine
readable4.Free Licence
World Bank Initiative
Mapping Tax Payers Money
Solving Local Problems
Raising The Bar of Financial Transparency
Open Data is like Fuel!
Why?
+62 € millions
Profit of the Danish Open Data Initiative
Economic Growth
Data Journalism
Innovation
Participation
Good for Society
How?
1. Inform!
2. Collect existing data
2. Organise an App Competition
The data existsthe good will
too
Start Today!
