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Blog Posts
UKCrimeStats and the Cambrian Data Explosion
Posted about 15 years ago
Today, the Economic Policy Centre launches a new website, http://www.ukcrimestats.com/ – the country’s first free to view crime-ranking platform for Neighbourhoods, Police Forces and streets with maps, analysis and reports. It has taken many months to develop and brings a number of new capabilities beyond those of the government’s own website, www.police.uk. For example; A unique and searchable crime id,...
An Open Data Value Chain - Making Data Flowers Bloom
Posted about 15 years ago
Earlier this month, colleagues from local and central government, bloggers, community activists and developers got together at an event organised by @Madwdata – making a difference with data http://www.madwdata.org.uk/ to discuss how open public data could be used to make a difference. The Making a Difference with Data project is trying to identify what data is needed, and what else...
Camden Data
Posted about 15 years ago
Camden Council is the latest local authority to launch a local data store, Camden Data, at www.camdendata.info, as part of its commitment to transparency. The site launched this month with about 200 datasets, including data that hasn’t been previously published or has been difficult to find on the council and other websites. This is very much a starting point and...
NHS London Data Update
Posted about 15 years ago
NHS London makes yet more NHS data publically available as part of the government’s Information Revolution. In this latest update NHS London has made available previously unpublished data about the number of stroke patients taken by ambulance under ‘blue light’ conditions direct to a Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We have also updated data about stroke, healthcare associated infections, cancer, A&E,...
Hyp3rlocal
Posted about 15 years ago
The web is a big place and growing rapidly, both in terms of sheer physical size and complexity. Against that backdrop, tools for communicating have never been more ubiquitous or simple to use. The democratisation of content and the explosion of mobile computing has led us to a point where we are always connected and ready with something to say....
New Data Catalogue for Datastore
Posted over 15 years ago
The eagle-eyed amongst you may have spotted a new menu item appearing in the Datastore navigation recently. The new Data Catalogue page has been set up in response to user requests and contains a link to download the back-end metadata for all packages on the Datastore in CSV format. The file is updated on a daily basis and should allow...
NHS Information Revolution Continues
Posted over 15 years ago
NHS London is continuing to make NHS data publically available as part of the government’s Information Revolution. In this latest update NHS London has made available previously unpublished data relating to major trauma, mental health and Londoners’ satisfaction with the NHS. We have also updated data relating to maternity services to include the very latest figures. The data is available...
Using Data to Create Distinctive Social Markings
Posted over 15 years ago
Some interesting stories are beginning to be told through data and infographics. Microsoft (http://obieosobalu.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/infographic-an-overview-of-the-history-of-microsoft-in-the-last-10-years/) Foursquare and Old Spice have all put some useful examples together recently. The great patrons of this art are likely to be the corporations who, just like those of the Renaissance, have the means and the desire to develop their social profile using new technology. Visceral...
Imperial College Launches it's New Web-Based Service for Patients Undergoing Knee Replacement Surgery
Posted over 15 years ago
This month in Charing Cross Hospital, West London (part of Imperial College NHS Trust) we launched a new service called myJoint. myJoint gives patients more information and greater control, improving their care experiences and allowing us as clinicians to keep track on how our patients are doing once they leave hospital. We hope that our new online service will help...
How London Leads the Way in Techno Wizardry
Posted over 15 years ago
Below is my article in today’s Evening Standard on the London Datastore and impact of freeing London’s data: Help! What should I do? There I was, late for dinner with the Twitter delegation, and the docking station was full so I couldn’t park my Boris bike. I whipped out my iPhone, pressed the bike hire app, and a map indicated...