Data v EU a ve světě

The popularity of drones has recently taken a flight among citizens. It has become a hobby for many to fly them and discover the beautiful images from above. However, this development also creates concerns in a number of fields. As the air is an open space, drones can go everywhere and see whatever they want. Some governments are therefore working on legislation to specify where you are allowed to...

The European Data Portal harvests the metadata of Public Sector Information available on portals, both national and regional/local, throughout Europe. Currently there are 71 catalogues harvested, which provide a total amount of more than 640,000 data sets. When looking at the download statistics, since the launch of the portal on 15 November 2015 the most downloaded data is from the national Open...

Since the launch of the first smartphone, just 20 years ago, the number of smartphones has increased extremely fast. Already in the year 2013 alone, more than one billion smartphones were sold. Smartphones allow people to be online where ever and whenever they want. The increased demand to have internet available at any location has resulted in an increased demand for Wi-Fi spots as well. Now it...

In total there are currently 597,090 data sets on the European Data Portal. To find your way in this tremendous amount of data, there are 13 different data domains in which the data sets are divided. As explained in a previous Featured data article, approximately 70% of the data sets are mapped to the data domains. When exploring the domains more closely, one can wonder whether data domains with...

Berlin and London belong to the most dynamic cities in Europe. Both are capitals of two big European economies and both attract the most active, innovative people and companies. Despite these similarities the cities have a different status in their countries; London is a super-city, which is driving the whole British economy while Berlin has high political and cultural status, but does not belong...

The bigger economies of the world are increasingly driven by the analysis of great amounts of data. However, data is not instantly valuable, the value resides in its (re-)use. Read more about the benefits of Open Data. Governments acknowledge this and have joined the data revolution by progressively publishing their data catalogues as Open Data, making the data accessible and reusable by everyone...

Finding the right school is probably one of the most important decisions in many parents' lives. You would like your child to be educated in a place which provides a safe environment and offers high-quality education. Preferably, this school is located in your direct neighbourhood, and it should offer world-class facilities and the best teachers in town. But how to find schools satisfying all...

Electrical bikes are increasingly popular in Europe. According to the latest figures, in Germany electric bicycles now account for 12.5% of the total bike sales; in Holland the e-bike market share in 2015 reached 28% of the total bike market. This figure is close to the development that is predicted for the e-bike market in Europe in the next five years. Electrical bikes have a battery on board...

Everybody can use a break once in a while to relax, spend time with their family or to travel the world. During the autumn period it is a good time to think back of the summer holidays you had and to plan the holidays for next year. Open Data allows you to compare the average annual holidays per country and to compare them with the European Union average. The table below shows the average annual...

Today, almost all European countries now have an Open Data portal, and across the continent these portals are becoming more advanced, being used more frequently and creating more benefits for societies. Citizens have come to rely on services that have been built using data published through data portals. From bus times to weather data to crime figures, data published on Open Data portals is having...