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  Realtime Data

  Allow to sort by realtime vs. static or batched data. Include more realtime feeds from science departments (satellite, geographic sensors, camera's, location data of assets, monitoring equipment). This allows the public to for instance write realtime monitoring applications for earthquakes, volcanic erruptions. Or process other data in realtime (like raw feeds from satelites, power stations, water quality, weather, ...more »

  Allow to sort by realtime vs. static or batched data.

  Include more realtime feeds from science departments (satellite, geographic sensors, camera's, location data of assets, monitoring equipment).

  This allows the public to for instance write realtime monitoring applications for earthquakes, volcanic erruptions. Or process other data in realtime (like raw feeds from satelites, power stations, water quality, weather, etc).

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  Submitted by george_vic_bell 3 years ago

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  Showcase Uses of Data

  Create a page that highlights applications that are making use of data from data.gov. The examples should be real world (not demo's) sites that currently are making use of the data. They should range from simple to more complex. The public should be able to submit their sites to list. Possibly to encourage the use of the data prizes should be given out for the "best" sites, chosen by the goverment, or by public voting. ...more »

  Create a page that highlights applications that are making use of data from data.gov. The examples should be real world (not demo's) sites that currently are making use of the data. They should range from simple to more complex. The public should be able to submit their sites to list. Possibly to encourage the use of the data prizes should be given out for the "best" sites, chosen by the goverment, or by public voting.

  Contests to make use of the data would give insentives for the data to be used, and possibly create more value, and show the value of the system (it may also encourage larger buy-in from the different branches of government) and encourage local goverments to provide more data.

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  Submitted by george_vic_bell 3 years ago

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  Datasets that can't be released - And Why

  In light of some of the recent issues in the environmental community: It may be good to have a list of datasets that the government has/uses that can't be released and the reasons why. Ie. we can't release dataset x because it contains dataset y which we purchased from company z (and due to contractual/legal reasons we can't release dataset y). Another example would be data that is provided from other countries ...more »

  In light of some of the recent issues in the environmental community:

  It may be good to have a list of datasets that the government has/uses that can't be released and the reasons why.

  Ie. we can't release dataset x because it contains dataset y which we purchased from company z (and due to contractual/legal reasons we can't release dataset y).

  Another example would be data that is provided from other countries with the condition that it be not released.

  A third example would be datasets that are not available due to national security or other political reasons.

  In these cases clearly spelling out where the data is coming from becomes useful for people who want to go create that dataset for themselves (either by purchasing the dataset, or by trying to establish contact with the country of origin).

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  Submitted by george_vic_bell 3 years ago

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  Reporting problems with data

  The system should have a way to add "notes" about the data. This could include specific things that should be watched for (for example, the assumptions that the data was collected under, or the methology used to collect it)...it's not much use to use the dataset "tax data for 1999" in a mission critical application if the methology was to "ask 10 people what the tax rate was in 1999" Likewise, there should be ways ...more »

  The system should have a way to add "notes" about the data. This could include specific things that should be watched for (for example, the assumptions that the data was collected under, or the methology used to collect it)...it's not much use to use the dataset "tax data for 1999" in a mission critical application if the methology was to "ask 10 people what the tax rate was in 1999"

  Likewise, there should be ways for the public to add notes about possible problems they have found with the data and a feedback mechanism to ensure that others known about these possible problems...for example "21 Main St." no longer exists and should be removed from the "current address" dataset.

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  Submitted by george_vic_bell 3 years ago

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  Local Data

  Should be able to filter by area of country, as well as include data (with appropriate notification) from cities, towns, and states.

  There should be a standard way for cities, towns, states to incorporate their data into data.gov.

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  Submitted by george_vic_bell 3 years ago

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  Publicly list the requests for data

  You should list the types of data requested by the public and the number of votes for each type.

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  Submitted by george_vic_bell 3 years ago

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  Filter by How often data is updated

  There should be a way to search for data that was created in 1997.

  There should also be a way to search for only static data. Likewise there should be a way to filter by only data that is actively being updated or dynamic.

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