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Open data: The new oil fueling civic tech

Jason Hibbets

Senior Community Architect, Red Hat

Open Raleigh Brigade, Code for America National Advisory Council

SCaLE 17x - March 7, 2019

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What is open data?

“Open data is data that can be freely used, reused, and redistributed by anyone—subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and sharealike.”

Open Data Institute - https://theodi.org/

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Open data is the opposite of oil

Image source: https://opensource.com/article/18/8/django-framework

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My first interaction with open data

Image source: https://www.crimemapping.com/

Resource: https://www.raleighnc.gov/home/content/Police/Articles/OnlineCrimeMapping.html

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Dipping my toes into open data with surf forecasting

Image source: https://opensource.com/life/15/6/eight-open-source-data-visualization-tools

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Surfline

Image source: https://www.surfline.com/

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Swell Info

Image source: https://www.swellinfo.com/

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Magic Seaweed

Image source: https://magicseaweed.com/

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Finding your superpower

Image source: http://opensource.com/government/13/8/citizen-cio

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Code for America: Send in the Brigade

Image source: http://brigade.codeforamerica.org/

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Open data that you use everyday (and it’s economic impact)

Image source: https://opensource.com/business/10/5/show-me-money

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46 start-ups part of the ODI incubator

Source: https://theodi.org/global-network-directory/odi-startups/

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Open Data 500 from GovLab

Source: http://www.opendata500.com/us/list/

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Open data impact map

Source: https://www.opendataimpactmap.org/

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2600+ open data portals

Source: https://www.opendatasoft.com/a-comprehensive-list-of-all-open-data-portals-around-the-world/

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Making open data consumable

Source: https://www.appcitylife.com/

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Open data ripple-effect

Image source: https://opensource.com/business/15/11/how-record-screencasts

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Economic impact: $3 trillion annually

Image source: https://opensource.com/article/18/10/database-metrics-matter

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Economic impact: Data.gov

Image source: https://opensource.com/government/16/6/us-open-data-legislation

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Europe: Job creation and cost savings

Image source: https://opensource.com/article/19/2/resiliency-maps

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Open data can save your life

Source: https://www.florenceresponse.org/

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Open data helps us make better decisions

Image source: https://opensource.com/article/18/1/top-4-open-source-analytics-tools

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The power of open data

Image source: https://opensource.com/article/19/1/metrics-guide-open-source-projects

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Contact

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Email: jhibbets@redhat.com

Twitter: @jhibbets

IRC: shibby | Slack: jhibbets

Book: http://theopensourcecity.com

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Slides: https://github.com/jhibbets/presentations

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