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Mashup Your Data with Free Data API Options February 18, 2010 Typical data.gov Problem The publishing of government data on the Web only bridges the gap half-way. Without the APIs to access the data, a developer is faced with


  1. “Mashup” Your Data with Free Data API Options February 18, 2010

  2. Typical “data.gov” Problem The publishing of government data on the Web only “bridges the gap” half-way. Without the APIs to access the data, a developer is faced with significant costs and complexities. Hosting a database server � Loading the data (ever try this?) � Developing/Establishing APIs � Reloading the complete dataset every � time a refresh happens Typical response: “Thanks, but NO thanks…”

  3. Two FREE API Enabled Solutions 1. http://LiveData.ca.gov based on an open source solution OGDI (open government data initiative) hosted by ca.gov Google Fusion Tables 2. a solution hosted by google.com Demo…

  4. A Quick High-Level Comparison Livedata Fusion FAQs: (OGDI) Tables Data load format required? CSV CSV & KML How to upload data? Some effort Easy Slow load Fast Edit after upload? No Yes Can automate updates? Not currently Yes Datasets loaded organized? Yes No

  5. A New Data.ca.gov On the Way Note: there are plans to have a “California” API gallery that would provide links to all our API accessible data located in the above solutions, or any other solution.

  6. Loading data into Google Fusion Tables… Demo: Data Loading

  7. Data Load Workshops Are you ready to load your data into one of these solutions? “Lets just do it” Workshops:

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