Open Data Weekly Newsletter - Tuesday, June 30, 2015

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Top new questions this week: What should I do with a database of public library greeter questions? I work at a county public library, and recently I found out that our greeters have been writing down the questions patrons ask them. I gave them a form to make the data more coherent and I've been ... releasing-data uses-of-open-data   asked by Remy 6 votes answered by albert 2 votes Basic English proficiency in the world I am looking for data showing how all world countries compare in terms of basic English proficiency. In answers, the SAME METRIC should be used for all countries. Reasonably recent, at least after ... data-request education english   asked by Nicolas Raoul 3 votes ISO 3166-2 codes to Olson Time Zone Codes Just curious, is it possible to link ISO 3166-2 codes to Olson Time Zone Codes. For example the US has these Olson Time Zone Codes: US United States America/Adak US United States ... data-request metadata gis   asked by csetzkorn 3 votes Australia Hotel/Motel Data I am wondering if there is anyone here that either has 2013-2015 list of hotels in Australia with contact phone numbers and if it had emails that would be a bonus. I am currently putting an excel ... data-request csv sql excel   asked by RussellHarrower 2 votes Automate API Queries I'm a project manager. I'm interested in IATIStandard.org an International Aid Transparency Initiative that makes it possible for humanitarian organizations to share information on aid activities ... data-request api-request metadata uses-of-open-data xml   asked by Brent 2 votes answered by Orphid 3 votes Campgrounds in the United Kingdom I'm looking for a dataset with campgrounds in the United Kingdom that I can load into a handheld Garmin GPS-receiver. Openstreetmap includes some, but it is not complete and it is not easy to search ... data-request geospatial uk   asked by gerrit 2 votes answered by Skram 3 votes Where can I find data related to Availability of world energy resources? I am looking for data related to availability of world energy resources. I am collecting this data for a project which deals with creating Infographic. Please help. data-request energy   asked by Mr_Green 2 votes answered by i_am_Halloran 1 vote Greatest hits from previous weeks: How many software developers are there in the world, per country? This question has been asked (and closed) in various forms across this network, ie: Stack Overflow: How many software developers are there in the world? Programmers: Where can I find ... data-request economics programming   asked by samthebrand 10 votes answered by Snubian 6 votes A web API user's guide for free and open data There are many web-based Application Programming Interfaces (API) that allow data-hungry people to get their hands on all sorts of data. It's a great way to collect data as-needed, instead of looking ... api best-practice web-crawling programming   asked by philshem 8 votes answered by philshem 12 votes Can you answer these? Location accuracy with 3taps API I'm using the 3taps API and there's a field it returns called "accuracy", which the documentation describes: An integer indicating the accuracy of the supplied lat/long value. But I can't seem ... api-request api   asked by Ben 1 vote Hotel internal historical data required I am looking for a hotel data to dig through. What I need as historical information is: Pricing Room Capacity Occupancy Thank you! data-request historical prices   asked by Bullzeye 1 vote Annual Telecommunications Wire Production I'm trying to find a data set that includes the amount of telecommunications cable production in terms of length produced dating as far back as possible. data-request   asked by John 1 vote

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