20 Fresh JavaScript Data Visualization Libraries. There are plenty of JavaScript libraries out there for rendering your otherwise plain and boring numerical data into beautiful, interactive, and informative visualizations. The beauty of using JavaScript for data visualization is that, if created correctly, your data will be highly accessible (usually via HTML tables). A long time ago (2008), I wrote about JavaScript solutions for graphing and charting data and this article revisits the topic with twenty more JavaScript libraries that you can use to bring your data to life. 1. Highcharts Highcharts is one of the most promising JavaScript charting libraries to hit the scene recently, with its large array of features including seven charting types (line, pie, and bar among them), the ability to zoom in and out of charts, and tooltips for offering more information about data points.
The library has many options for customization and they’re well documented on one page for easy referencing. 2. gRaphaël 3. 4. jQuery Visualize Plugin 5. moochart. The future of open data in the UK: what we hope the Shakespeare review says. Tomorrow morning will see the release of a major new review on how to make the most out the UK’s Public Sector Information authored by Stephan Shakespeare, founder of opinion polls company YouGov.
Given our role in advocating open data in the UK for many years, we’re very keen to see what Shakespeare says. Here are a few of our thoughts about what we hope to see in the review. Strong commitment to open data as the default for UK Public Sector Information. On the back of President Obama’s recent Executive Order announced last week that says public information in the US should be “open and machine readable” by default, we hope Stephan Shakespeare’s review will urge similarly strong support for open data in the UK. In particular we hope he pushes the UK to do more to open up raw data currently sold by trading funds, and key datasets like the Postcode Address File (which is a crucial part of any website or app which involves putting things on maps).
Open data isn’t just about money. Welcome to the School of Data Handbook. The School of Data Handbook is a companion text to the School of Data. Its function is something like a traditional textbook – it will provide the detail and background theory to support the School of Data courses and challenges. The Handbook should be accessible to all learners. It comes with a Glossary explaining the important terms and concepts. If you stumble across an unexplained term or a concept that requires more explanation, please do get in touch.
The Handbook will guide you through the key stages of a data project. Processing stages for data projects While there are many different types of data, almost all processing can be expressed as a set of incremental stages. An introduction to the data pipeline Acquisition describes gaining access to data, either through any of the methods mentioned above or by generating fresh data, e.g through a survey or observations. Your Right to Data. Say That You Know Your Rights Usually the law does not require that you mention the access to information law or freedom of information act, but this is recommended because it shows you know your legal rights and is likely to encourage correct processing of the requests according to the law. We note that for requests to the EU it’s important to mention that it’s an access to documents request and it’s best to make a specific mention of Regulation 1049/2001.
Keep it Simple In all countries, it is better to start with a simple request for information and then to add more questions once you get the initial information. That way you don’t run the risk of the public institution applying an extension because it is a “complex request”. Keep it Focused A request for information only held by one part of a public authority will probably be answered more quickly than one which requires a search across the entire authority. Think Inside the Filing Cabinet Try to find out what data is collated. British Library Labs - BL Collections. Labs projects leverage existing digital content which has been produced or acquired for our collections. That is to say additional digitisation activities will not be taken up or funded via Labs. For some example collections, content and even some ideas from the curators about how these collections could be used, we have grouped them according to type (see the menu on the left), but do get in touchwith us with questions about others that aren't listed and Labs will look into it.
Intellectual property Like most libraries of our size, our digitised collections are the result of thousands of small and large digitisation projects and thus come with a patchwork of historical copyright and licensing terms which can flummox even the most determined researchers! One key aim of Labs is to understand just how much these issues impact upon innovative research with our collections and to consider our approach to licensing. Other digital collections / data to be used with Labs. Computers: Internet: Searching: Directories: Open Directory Project. About. We help individuals and businesses to get, clean, visualise, analyse and manage data from thousands of sources. For science, journalism, lead generation—whatever you need. The magic happens via “tools” running on our self-service platform.
But we also offer managed services for corporate customers who want to make the most of their public and private data. Our team Francis Irving CEO A technology leader, Francis created the original TortoiseCVS, which has improved version… More » control for tens of millions of people. Dr Ian Hopkinson Senior Data Scientist 8 years as an academic soft matter physicist, then research scientist at Unilever Plc for 8 years… More » with experience of numerical models, simulations, data analysis, visualisation, image processing using Matlab, R and Python amongst other technologies. Dave ‘Dragon’ McKee Data Scientist Paul Furley Data Scientist Dr Steven Maude Data Scientist Aine McGuire CMO Aidan McGuire Business Development Director David Jones First Engineer Thanks. Open Knowledge Foundation. Letting Grow. UPDATE: #LettingGrow is now over (explanation here) Thanks for the donations!
TL;DR version: I’m raising money for cancer research in 2013. I’ve shaved my head and beard and won’t be cutting either until 2014. You can donate here: justgiving.com/letting-grow (I’m aiming to raise £7,866 – or one pound for every Twitter follower I had on 01/01/2013!) We’ve had better Christmases. The week before the big day our one year-old daughter tripped, fell and gashed her head. Then, on Christmas Eve she vomited. When you’re ill with something like a vomiting bug it’s comforting to know that in a few days you’ll be back to normal.
Let’s beat cancer in our lifetime. Usually I trim my hair and beard about once a week. Every time I write a blog post I’ll update the photograph of myself here as well as my avatar on Twitter. So, if you or someone you know has been affected by cancer, please do what you can: >>> <<< Jaron Lanier: Why Facebook Isn't Free | Humanizing Technology. What’s the Big Idea? Facebook shares start trading today, at a price that will value the company at close to $100 billion, or roughly the 2011 GDP of Sudan. The difference between this and other comparably enormous initial public offerings is that Facebook's product, or service, is free. Its business model is based on the value to advertisers of the rich data its users provide by sharing their changing interests and relationship networks in real time. The "big data" that Facebook and other networks gather is especially valuable because of its level of detail.
Jaron Lanier, a virtual reality pioneer (widely credited with inventing the term 'virtual reality'), musician, author of You Are Not A Gadget, and vocal opponent of what he sees as the widespread social conformity and economic unsustainability of Web 2.0, sees a hidden cost in the "free" services of the social web. Video: Jaron Lanier wants to see new technologies creating jobs and wealth, rather than undermining them. Big Data is Neutral: A Tool for Both Good and Evil | Think Tank. What's the Big Idea? Big Data is watching you. And it's big business. Credit card companies, for instance, are selling the data about what you're consuming. So why is it that you, as the person manufacturing the data, has no say over who's using it or what they're doing with it?
Smolan argues that while data creators need control over how it is used, Big Data is not inherently evil. The picture of Big Data that Smolan hopes to convey in his book is one that is "thought-provoking, disturbing and exciting. " Watch here: What's the Significance? As Smolan points out, in a sense we actually do have the ability to "listen to this global heartbeat and actually sense this pattern of behavior across the planet in the course of a day. " In the slideshow below, you will get a taste of how data is being used as "the most powerful tool set the human race has ever had to address the widespread challenges facing our species and our planet," as Smolan puts it. Photo credits Infographics: 23 & Me Wikileaks. Big Data. Public spending by UK gov.
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Networking by numbers. RSA Connected Communities has started a new project with Nathan of the MIT Center for Civic Media to create a new, cost-effective way to measure the social impact of public services and civic interventions and to allow people to see their own personal networks. We’re designing a mobile and tablet app for recording real-life social networks: your friends, families and contacts. The open source software we build will also be useful to journalists, ethnographers and anyone trying to make sense of rapidly changing social phenomena. Here I illustrate how we are currently recording this data, and why I think it is important that we change the way that we do it. What is data? Data is a rushed researcher putting together a survey to capture the full extent of a human life on paper.
The scales are based on someone else’s testing. The newly combined scales are then re-tested on new people. A community researcher goes door to door. And so what? So over to you. Comments. Projects | Open Knowledge Foundation. The Human Face of Big Data - Home. How Content Is Shared. TED Playlists | Open-source, open world. What is the digital Economy? Horizon Digital Economy Overview from David Martin on Vimeo. Digital technology in the form of the Personal Computer and the Internet has already transformed work, education, government, leisure and entertainment, generating new market opportunities and having a major economic impact across a broad range of sectors. The emergence of new digital infrastructures, including wireless networks, mobile devices and positioning technologies, heralds the next radical shift in digital technology as it becomes embedded into the public spaces, architectures, furniture and the personal fabric of our daily lives.
The widespread adoption of handheld computers, mobile phones, digital cameras, satellite navigation, embedded sensors and a host of increasingly interconnected devices marks the beginning of a shift towards a world of ubiquitous computing that will ultimately see people served by many thousands of computers. For more information visit. Digital Economy-Intelligent Infrastructure | Connected Services. Open Data Institute. Technology Visionaries RAEng lecture series Wednesday 22 February 2012, the Royal Society, London By Claire Thorne and Koen van Dam Unsure of how many notable FREng’s to expect in the audience, we arrived at the Royal Society (the current base for the RAEng during their refurbishment).
With twenty-four FREng’s on the delegate list, including one on stage, we weren’t disappointed (but possibly just a little underdressed!). The lecture by Prof Nigel Shadbolt FREng (Prof of Artificial Intelligence, University of Southampton) was part of the RAEng’s Technology Visionaries series and promised a whistle-stop tour through the vast topic that is Open Data. Presenting in his current Government role as co-director of the Open Data Institute (ODI) [pdf] (along with WWW inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee) Nigel set the scene by highlighting the historical significance of data (c.f. the Copernican revolution and the realisation that cholera is spread by contaminated water). Open Data and smart cities. Data-Driven Documents. London DataStore.
Open-data Cities Conference2012. I wrote this column for The Argus newspaper after the conference: More than 150 people attended the Open-data Cities Conference at Brighton Dome Corn Exchange. The conference, I hope, helped put Brighton and Hove at the forefront of an historic shift – fuelled by emerging internet technologies – that will transform the lives of millions of citizens in a global network of “networked” cities.
So what is an open-data city? In simple terms, it is a city where democratically-accountable and publicly-funded organisations take the lead in the widespread release of data – with no licensing strings attached – that can be interpreted or manipulated by computers. As a result, such data can then be used to create innovative applications and services for the public good. To emphasise: open data is not about personal data relating to identifiable individuals. When I gave up my job to organise the conference, I was determined that it should not only generate discussion, but also inspire action. Everything Open and Free. Protocol for Implementing Open Access Data.
Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community interested in distributing data or databases under an “open access” structure. There are several definitions of “open” and “open access” on the Internet, including the Open Knowledge Definition and the Budapest Declaration on Open Access; the protocol laid out herein is intended to conform to the Open Knowledge Definition and extend the ideas of the Budapest Declaration to data and databases. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind, but does specify the requirements for gaining and using the Science Commons Open Access Data Mark and metadata, by using legal tools and norms that conform to the protocol specified.
This memo is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (unported jurisdiction) license and will be submitted to the World Wide Web Consortium for consideration. 1. Intellectual foundation for the protocol 1.2. 2. 3. 4. 5. 5.1 Category errors 5.2 False expectations 6. Impact » Food Security Open Data Challenge. Last week, President Obama announced the G-8’s commitment to the “New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition”, the next phase of the G-8’s shared commitment to achieving global food security and nutrition goals. One of the elements of this New Alliance is a focus on science, technology, and innovation including the importance of open and available food security data. The group also committed to convene an international conference on food security and Open Data for G-8 members and stakeholders to determine how to increase openness and access to data.
Seizing on the commitment of the G-8, USAID convened six leading innovators to showcase mapping, videos, and other tools that use data for more effective development. Thin Air Nitrogen Solutions, fertilizer fixes nitrogen from the air, sidestepping the need for energy-intensive production and transportation infrastructure to get fertilizers to farmers’ fields. USAID’s Food Security Open Data Challenge includes three core events. Visualizing Data at the Oxford Internet Institute. Smarthistory: a multimedia web-book about art and art history. TEDxBarcelona-My data soul. Learn Hadoop & Big Data with Free Courses Online | Big Data University.