The socio-economic advantages of open data implementations
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Platform transforms datasets into APIs and runs in 19 countries with ten language translations, used by governments and companies across transport, energy and culture. Concrete reuses include feeding restaurant hygiene inspections into Yelp/TripAdvisor, powering real-time bus localisation apps, publishing school lunch ingredients and origins, mapping public toilets, and sharing a museum photography collection. Claim: open data delivers transparency, everyday utility and cost savings, but technology alone fails without quality data, demand-driven priorities and an engaged ecosystem.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:24Who is Opendatasoft
- 2:26What is a platform
- 4:55Actors
- 6:17Return of investment
- 6:56Problems with open data
- 9:13Myths and realities
- 12:41Use cases
- 12:59France
- 14:08Toulouse
- 14:42Paris
- 15:36Save the Planet
- 16:30Conclusions
- 19:04Wrapup
- 20:07Outro
