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A short – and subjective – history of data journalism in Finland
In many ways, the Finnish Open Data scene was born three years ago, in 2009. In April of that year, Peter Corbett from Washington D.C. made a visit to Helsinki and gave a presentation on the Apps4Democracy contest he had run in the United States. The same year, the first Apps4Finland contest took place and […]
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- Published by Tapio Nurminen on June 6th, 2012
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Genealogy and open data – Finland, Europe and the US
Flo Apps’ Nomen est omen, which shows you what Finnish public databases tell about your family name, has proven to receive a steady stream of visitors since its launch. Started as a trial in 2009 to show how public online data can be combined and used in novel, informative ways, it has been regularly updated […]
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- Published by Tapio Nurminen on November 30th, 2011
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Five days in Washington D.C. – what did we do?
As a lot of people have asked me how the Apps4Dev prize ceremony in Washington D.C. went in April, I decided to reflect on my and Raine Rimpilä’s experiences visiting the World Bank one more time. We flew to Washington on Wednesday 13 April. We were instructed to meet at the World Bank at 9 […]
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- Published by Tapio Nurminen on July 14th, 2011
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Finnish Open Data Highlights
More and more data sets are being released as open data throughout the world and Finland is steadily following pace. The principle decision by the Finnish government in March 2011 that governmental data should primarily be open, machine readable and for free will contribute to more and more data sets being released during the oncoming […]
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- Published by Tapio Nurminen on June 13th, 2011
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Julkisen datan seminaari Helsingissä 7.4.2011
Hallitus teki 3.3.2011 periaatepäätöksen julkishallinnon digitaalisten tietoaineistojen saatavuudesta. Tietoaineistojen tulee olla avoimesti saatavilla ja uudelleenkäytettävissä yhtenäisin, selkein ja kaikille tasapuolisin ehdoin. Periaatepäätös koskee ensisijaisesti sellaisenaan luovutettavissa olevia julkisia aineistoja, joiden käsittelyä ei lainsäädäntö rajoita. Mutta mitä se tarkoittaa käytännössä? Miten voidaan avaa julkisia tietoaineistoja? Julkinen data -seminaari torstaina 7. huhtikuuta 2011 Chydenia-talossa Helsingissä (Runeberginkatu 22-24) […]
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- Published by Tapio Nurminen on March 30th, 2011
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Avoimen tiedon hackathon 4.12. myös Suomessa
Avoimen tiedon hackathon 4.12. myös Suomessa
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- Published by Tapio Nurminen on November 29th, 2010
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