http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/2010/01/data-gov-uk-now-thats-what-we-call-a-result/ A Guardian Technology campaign for free public access to non-personal data about the UK and its citizens Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:15:46 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/2010/01/data-gov-uk-now-thats-what-we-call-a-result/comment-page-1/#comment-134501 BrianSJ Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:04:48 +0000 http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/?p=564#comment-134501 The contrast in business models between NOAA coastal and UKHO could not be clearer. UKHO seems set on being a 'value added' commercial outfit, while NOAA coastal seems set on being a national asset to be used for (national) wealth creation. The contrast in business models between NOAA coastal and UKHO could not be clearer. UKHO seems set on being a ‘value added’ commercial outfit, while NOAA coastal seems set on being a national asset to be used for (national) wealth creation.

]]> http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/2010/01/data-gov-uk-now-thats-what-we-call-a-result/comment-page-1/#comment-134334 Mark Goodge Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:51:59 +0000 http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/blog/?p=564#comment-134334 While the launch of data.gov.uk is a big step in the right direction, the government's response to the petition inspired by the forced closure of ernestmarples.com has been pathetic. As a consequence, I've created a new petition which seeks to focus more tightly on the Postzon data (the data use by ernestmarples in their API). This can be found at http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/geopostcode/ While the launch of data.gov.uk is a big step in the right direction, the government’s response to the petition inspired by the forced closure of ernestmarples.com has been pathetic. As a consequence, I’ve created a new petition which seeks to focus more tightly on the Postzon data (the data use by ernestmarples in their API). This can be found at http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/geopostcode/

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