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GEOSPATIAL DATA AND MAPPING Geospatial data and mapping. Public service design. This talk explores a new report written by the ODI and funded by the Legal Education Foundation, explaining the problem digital services face, and explores how the issue can be tackled by service designers, regulators and further research. Meetup, Members Event, Summit, Talk. WHAT IS A DATA TRUST? A data trust provides independent, fiduciary stewardship of data. Data trusts are an approach to looking after and making decisions about data in a similar way that trusts have been used to look after and make decisions about other forms of asset in the past, such as land trusts that steward land on behalf of local communities. DATA SHARING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR The ODI is engaging with private-sector companies to show how sharing data can positively impact the bottom line. We are already seeing open approaches to data happening in sectors such as physical activity, banking, and pharmaceuticals. This project seeks to demonstrate the business value of sharing data to a sector, network or individual THE DATA ETHICS CANVAS The Data Ethics Canvas is a tool for anyone who collects, shares or uses data. It helps identify and manage ethical issues – at the start of a project that uses data, and throughout. It encourages you to ask important questions about projects that use data, and reflect on the responses. These might be: TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES THROUGH DATA ACCESS Tackling climate change challenges through data access – Microsoft and the ODI. As part of a global partnership between Microsoft and the ODI to encourage open, trustworthy data sharing and collaboration, we have been conducting research into climate change to identify priority areas for increased access to data through data collaborations. LONDON FIRE STATIONS Guide to using the tool. This page presents an interactive map of London for each borough visualising the degree of risk from fire incidents as described in the Methodology section of this website.. The fire stations are shown as green dots if simulated as open or

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THE ODI – OPEN DATA INSTITUTEKNOWLEDGE & OPINIONPROJECTS & SERVICESEVENTSGLOBAL NETWORK DIRECTORYABOUT THE ODIEXPLAINERS Helping bridge the data divide – The ODI and Microsoft are working together to help address the looming ‘data divide’. Data innovation for the UK – Our R&D projects for Innovate UK cut across themes of data sharing and trust, supporting innovation and upgrading data infrastructure. Explore all. WELCOME TO THE OPEN STANDARDS FOR DATA HANDBOOK Open standards for data are reusable agreements that make it easier for people and organisations to publish, access, share and use better quality data. This guidebook helps people and organisations create, develop and adopt open standards for data. It supports a variety of users, including policy leads, domain experts and technologists. DATA SKILLS FRAMEWORK You can use the Data Skills Framework to identify and understand the requirement for this balance of skills – by analysing current skills and existing training programmes within your organisation. This helps ensure that skills and capability development plans align with organisational goals and that silos are not created. Page 1 / 2. Zoom

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GEOSPATIAL DATA AND MAPPING Geospatial data and mapping. Public service design. This talk explores a new report written by the ODI and funded by the Legal Education Foundation, explaining the problem digital services face, and explores how the issue can be tackled by service designers, regulators and further research. Meetup, Members Event, Summit, Talk. WHAT IS A DATA TRUST? A data trust provides independent, fiduciary stewardship of data. Data trusts are an approach to looking after and making decisions about data in a similar way that trusts have been used to look after and make decisions about other forms of asset in the past, such as land trusts that steward land on behalf of local communities. DATA SHARING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR The ODI is engaging with private-sector companies to show how sharing data can positively impact the bottom line. We are already seeing open approaches to data happening in sectors such as physical activity, banking, and pharmaceuticals. This project seeks to demonstrate the business value of sharing data to a sector, network or individual THE DATA ETHICS CANVAS The Data Ethics Canvas is a tool for anyone who collects, shares or uses data. It helps identify and manage ethical issues – at the start of a project that uses data, and throughout. It encourages you to ask important questions about projects that use data, and reflect on the responses. These might be: TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES THROUGH DATA ACCESS Tackling climate change challenges through data access – Microsoft and the ODI. As part of a global partnership between Microsoft and the ODI to encourage open, trustworthy data sharing and collaboration, we have been conducting research into climate change to identify priority areas for increased access to data through data collaborations. LONDON FIRE STATIONS Guide to using the tool. This page presents an interactive map of London for each borough visualising the degree of risk from fire incidents as described in the Methodology section of this website.. The fire stations are shown as green dots if simulated as open or

black if closed.

LONDON FIRE STATIONS This site provides tools for exploring the impact of closing different fire stations in London, based on open data. Working with Open Data Institute partner, Telefónica Dynamic Insights, has enabled us to develop a tool that also takes account of numbers of people affected

by the changes.

WELCOME TO THE OPEN STANDARDS FOR DATA HANDBOOK Open standards for data are reusable agreements that make it easier for people and organisations to publish, access, share and use better quality data. This guidebook helps people and organisations create, develop and adopt open standards for data. It supports a variety of users, including policy leads, domain experts and technologists. BECOME AN ODI MEMBER ODI Membership (individual) Join as an individual and you’ll join a network of over 300 others who can support and inspire you in your work. Get personal invitations to our popular networking events, 30% off events and courses plus our bi-weekly Monthly Muse and Monthly Mingle newsletters sharing special events, networking opportunities

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