Archaeology can be an interesting source of data for projects or exploring analytical techniques. This post contains a few sources of open archeology data which you may wish to refer to. Journal of Open Archaeology Data This isn’t a repository of data itself, but the articles published in the journal of open archaeology data typically… Read More »
In this post I’ve found some cool open data APIs which allow access to a range of data including environmental, weather, economic, and transport data. Organisations are increasingly making their data available via an API. An API, or Application Programming Interface allows users to access services or data using a particular set of commands or… Read More »
Use this interactive map to find Colchester public toilets. There are some as far afield as Dedham and Mersea! Colchester Public Toilets: Python Code Data on the locations of the public toilets in Colchester from Colchester Borough Council. This map was produced using the Folium python package. The code is available below, or you can download… Read More »
Open science, open data and open publishing are all the rage right now, so why not open source your research and share your code with GitHub? GitHub is an online platform for hosting and sharing repositories of the git version control software. If you’re not already familiar with it, version control is a process of… Read More »
List of UK Open Data Websites The UK national government as well as local governments have made available much data and GIS information. This is a list of UK Open Data Websites and repositories for your own research and projects. This list is not comprehensive – I’ve tried to focus on those that seem to… Read More »