When Open Data Manchester were asked if we would like to run a tent at this year’s Blue Dot Festival, held at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, how could we resist?
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May
May
Open:Data:Night is an open session for anyone with an idea, project or interest related to open data and data practice. We usually host an Open:Data:Night every few months, and they
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May
May
By Jamie Whyte. On Tuesday 14th May, we held an Open Data Manchester special — an election hack! Local elections had taken place across the country the previous week, and we wanted
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May
May
On Saturday 27th April, Joy Diversion returned for the first time this year. Despite having been visited Storm Hannah the night before, our intrepid explorers weren’t put off and we
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Feb
Feb
On Tuesday 26th February, Open Data Manchester decamped from our usual home at The Federation and trotted down to Tech Incubator in the Manchester Science Park on Oxford Road, where
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Jan
Jan
On Tuesday 29th January, we hosted our first public meetup of 2019 — ‘Open:Data:Night’, an evening of presentation and project sharing from Manchester’s open data community. Tom Passmore from Dsposal kicked off
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Dec
Dec
We’re happy to announce that we’ve partnered with Stockport Council on a project called ‘Mapping Mobility Stockport’, funded through the ODI Geospatial Fund. Working with Age UK and Disability Stockport,
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Nov
Nov
During the first weekend of November, the Open Data Manchester team travelled to Aberdeen for Open Data Camp 6, an ‘unconference’ for all things open data. Hosted on the University
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Oct
Oct
Post written by Pamilla Kang. Data is an undeniable part of modern society. Perhaps surprisingly, an incredible amount of data is collected about our daily lives and the communities in