The INSPIRE Directive requires each EU Member State to submit an annual INSPIRE Monitoring Indicators Report. Member States are also required to publish the monitoring report. Every three years, from 2010 Member States must also submit a written report on …
This has been a busy couple of weeks for the Transparency Team in the Cabinet Office. On Tuesday we had the announcement of an international open data charter which saw members of the G8 sign up to orient themselves towards open data by default.
Today was a big day for open data in the UK with the publication of Stephan Shakespeare’s Independent Review of Public Sector Information. Of course the Government will be responding formally to the review over the next couple of months but …
Public bodies are facing the most challenging INSPIRE deadline yet: by December any dataset within scope of INSPIRE must be published in its current form with a view service and a download service. INSPIRE requires public bodies to publish spatial …
Today, almost two years since the UK’s initial involvement and the official launch of the OGP in New York, we are publishing the self-assessment report on the UK National Action Plan, originally published in September 2011.
Don’t sell our postcodes! Why we should have Open Addressing in the UK
Open Data User Group Response to the Ofcom Postcode Address File (PAF) Consultation
...focus on, including Cadastral Land Polygons, Charity Commission Registers, DVLA Bulk Data and Energy Performance Certificates. The balance of the data requests, where ODUG is not building a specific high-priority...
I was in a Black Cab last week, talking to the driver about postcodes and address data, because we all talk to the cabbie about whatever is occupying our thoughts….. “Do you know,” he said, “my navigation system is hopeless …
Earlier this month ODUG responded to the Cabinet Office consultation on the code of practice for datasets and beta charged licence. A copy of the full response is available below.
First of all, I would like to thank everyone who’s made a data request since the Open Data User Group (ODUG) launched the new data request form back in September. I am delighted with the number of requests we have received during this period, and encouraged by the show of interest and demand that is out there. It really makes my role as chair of ODUG worthwhile.
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