Open Data Advent Calendar December 12th, 2016 by Diane Wilkinson For some festive open data inspiration, our friends at ODI Leeds have created an advent calendar showcasing some great examples of open data in action, including Wee three kings (public toilets map) and The Nightmare after Christmas (Boxing day floods). Check back throughout December for your daily dose of festive open data: Open Data Advent…
#HighwaysHack October 25th, 2016 by Jenny Dixon #HighwaysHack took place on 21 and 22 October 2016 at the ODI Leeds. The hack was organised by Highways England and the ODI Leeds and tried to tackle problems and find solutions in transport. Over 100 people attended the hack where there were three challenges; Better journeys for everyone Lane availability The future of the network See #HighwaysHack for details of…
Ward profiles September 16th, 2016 by Diane Wilkinson Calderdale is made up of 17 wards, which vary in both size and demographics – some urban, some rural, and some a mix of the two: Brighouse / Calder / Elland / Greetland and Stainland / Hipperholme and Lightcliffe / Illingworth and Mixenden / Luddendenfoot / Northowram and Shelf / Ovenden / Park / Rastrick…
Allotments of West Yorkshire August 15th, 2016 by Diane Wilkinson Inspired by National Allotment week (8 – 14 August), ODI Leeds have used data from Calderdale Data Works and Data Mill North (data from Leeds and Bradford), plus a file from Kirklees to create a map of all the allotments in West Yorkshire. West Yorkshire allotment map The map has been created using Open Street…
Events and innovation at ODI Leeds June 27th, 2016 by Diane Wilkinson A number of events and innovations are planned at ODI Leeds. #FloodHack16 In March nearly a hundred people came to ODI Leeds to pool knowledge, share ideas and build solutions to flooding. Supported by TechNorth, and Leeds, Bradford and Calderdale Councils, the aim was to develop innovative tools to support anyone who has an interest…
Calderdale Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) April 28th, 2016 by Diane Wilkinson www.calderdale.gov.uk/jsna is Calderdale’s JSNA and is a valuable source of information for commissioners, local groups, organisations and other interested parties who want to know more about the population health needs of Calderdale. It gives an overall picture of the current and future health and wellbeing needs of the people. The information can be used in a variety…
ODI Leeds and Friends showcase April 8th, 2016 by Diane Wilkinson As part of Leeds Digital festival, ODI Leeds invite you to come and find out about their ‘Pioneer node’ status, work and current projects on Wednesday 27 April: get tickets You can also learn about their sponsors and collaborators. These include Leeds Data Mill, Leeds City Council, Bradford City Council, Calderdale Council, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, KPMG,…
#Floodhack16 Update March 18th, 2016 by Jake Roy A flurry of activity was seen at #Floodhack16 at the ODI Node, Leeds on 11th and 12th March. The idea of the event was to develop innovative tools to support anyone who has an interest in flooding detection, response, resilience, analysis and recovery through the use of data and technology. More than 70 data scientists,…
#Floodhack16 @ODILeeds February 26th, 2016 by Jake Roy ODI Leeds will be running #FloodHack16 on the 11th & 12th March, looking at the challenges the recent flooding created and what technology, data and innovation can do to help. It’s supported by Leeds, Calderdale & Bradford Councils – hopefully York will be joining as well. There is also support from TechNorth, ODI HQ and…
Flooding data January 8th, 2016 by Diane Wilkinson We have published data, maps and information relating to the recent flooding in Calderdale: Flood data The maps and addresses provided are an indicative representation of areas affected by recent flooding as at the date of publication. The information has been collated from local intelligence in the affected areas. The indicative nature of the data…