Data v EU a ve světě

Our world offers outstanding scenery which is worthwhile paying a visit. Unfortunately there is too much to see everything and for some locations it is almost impossible to visit them. Using Open Data, there is now a solution to see this scenery, in the form of satellite images. This offers a magical view of the beautiful places the earth has to offer. There are many impressive locations showcased...

Minerals take many different colours and shapes depending on the environment. Similar to vitamins, minerals are essential for processes in the human body. There are two different kinds of minerals; micro-minerals (for example copper, iron and selenium) and macro minerals (for example calcium, magnesium and Sodium). Micro-minerals are only needed in limited amounts, which are easily found by having...

Wine and cheese are popular when enjoying a sunny terrace. France, with its famous grape varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay and Syrah, is the country with the largest wine production in 2015. Spain was the second largest producer. Note that the numbers of Italy were not available. France was also the largest cheese producer, however the latest data contains the cheese production from...

The export-to-import ratio is the value of export of goods and services divided by the imports of goods and services. Values higher than one indicate a positive trade balance whereas values smaller than one indicate a negative trade balance (source: Eurostat website). This ratio is known for 30 countries for the period 2002 to 2013. Norway is the country with the highest ratio, followed by Austria...

There are many cities to visit all over Europe. What better way is there to explore these cities by bike. Transportation by bike helps protecting the environment, when otherwise a car or another motorized vehicle would be used. Riding a bike also improves personal health. Lastly, bike rentals promote asset sharing. There are several cities among Europe sharing the location of rental bikes as Open...

It might not come as a surprise that there are less data sets found for smaller European countries, as they might simply have less data to share. A correlation we had presented in an earlier Featured Data. Nonetheless, smaller countries, are given the opportunity to show a bigger relative growth compared to larger countries with already large amounts of data referenced. This Featured Data examines...

Specific regions in countries produce specific goods. Goods which are transported to other regions or countries. How much of these goods are transported via rail? And which country could benefit from transporting more via rail? Germany is the top country in rail transport among the EU28+ countries (European Union member states plus Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland). Poland and France are...

On Friday 10 June 2016 the European Championship kicked off in France with the match of the organising country against Romania. In one month time 24 teams will compete to become the champion and gain the cup. But when it comes to Open Data in the field of football, which European country can already be crowned the champion in that topic? The datasets available contain information about football on...

Since the release of the first official version of the European Data Portal (EDP) in February 2016, the number of catalogues harvested by the EDP and the number of datasets harvested by the national portals, has increased. The datasets are categorised into 13 domains. Some national portals use a different categorisation requiring the mapping to be continuously improved and updated. Currently...

Travelling is a great way to relax and explore parts of the world. With the summer approaching, people are planning trips to numerous interesting places all over the globe. One of the most popular destinations of trips like these is London, both for short and long term visits. But how long are those tourists actually staying? And where do they come from? Because of the Open Data published by...