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Two Worlds of Open Government Data: Getting the Lowdown on Public Toilets in Chennai and Other Matters

Locating public toilets would appear to be a natural for Open Government Data (OGD). Data on such facilities should be relatively accessible from municipal government offices and making that information available to the general public as a service via a mobile app is an obviously useful application and seemingly win-win-win... (more)

5-2-12
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Open Data: Empowering the Empowered

Michael Gurstein

Efforts to extend access to "data" will create a "data divide" like the "digital divide" between those who have access to data and those who don't. And these divisions don't simply stop with the provision of digital "access." People also need to be in a position to actually make use of the Internet or data in ways that are beneficial for them. (more)