In a world awash with data, the ability to make the right decisions regarding the use of data becomes increasingly more complex and difficult. Our capacity to create, collect and
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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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Feb
Feb
This was our first meeting at a new venue, the Innovation Centre of Manchester Science Park. There was around 20 attendees, mostly new faces to LoRaWAN and our Things Manchester
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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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Nov
Nov
There is a wealth of data created about the communities that we live in, and although this data is publicly available, many of us simply don’t know it exists — let alone
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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
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May
May
This abridged post was written by Marc Hudson and originally appeared at marchudson.net This was a superb event. A diverse audience of somewhere between 80 and 90 attended a truly