Tell us how you’re using our Open Data November 28th, 2018 by Simon Greaves If you can spare a few minutes, please let us have feedback on how you’ve used the site today, what you were looking for, preferred formats and how you’re using our open data. We work closely with Data Mill North and Northern Data Hub on all things open data so we’ll be looking at the…
Calderdale Council collaborates with local universities October 24th, 2018 by David Brook Calderdale Council has trialled a new partnership project with the Universities of Huddersfield and Leeds. It offered a variety of research project ideas for final year masters or PhD students, mainly using open data on Calderdale Dataworks. Subjects included topical matters such as reablement and home adaptations which help people to stay in their own…
IoT Showcase and IoTUK Challenger September 19th, 2018 by Simon Greaves The Internet of Things is a rapidly growing area of tech, encompassing creative projects alongside real-world applications across health, transport, environment, and more. To explore the potential of IoT, ODI Leeds are collaborating with IoTUK and Digital Catapult to bring you IoTUK Challenger North. Taking place in Leeds on Thursday 20 & Friday 21 September, it is an opportunity for SMEs to work with…
Performance dashboard August 9th, 2018 by Diane Wilkinson Calderdale is well on track to becoming the best borough in the North. That’s according to the Council’s latest performance review report. Our reports measure the Council’s performance against 78 key indicators, showing how it is doing against its own targets and compared to other councils. Information on how the Council is performing is available…
Data Mapper June 8th, 2018 by Diane Wilkinson Data Mapper is an interactive map, focusing on West Yorkshire and using Open Street Map, which has been created by one of our colleagues at ODI Leeds: Data Mapper. The Data Mapper harvests GeoJSON files from Calderdale DataWorks. The ‘drop down’ selection in the top left corner provides the option to add one or more…
We’re continuing to grow! May 15th, 2018 by Diane Wilkinson We now have over 200 datasets of local information freely available for you to use on DataWorks – data that could help make a difference to residents lives and support business opportunities. All the data is ‘open data’ – free information published in an accessible format with a licence that allows anyone to access, use…
Local election hex maps April 30th, 2018 by Diane Wilkinson In the lead up to the local elections on 3 May 2018, ODI Leeds have created a hex map using data from the Democracy club. The Democracy club uses crowd sourced data from thousands of volunteers and covers such details as candidates, polling locations, and when elections are held. Using data from the Democracy club…
State of Calderdale assembly 2018 March 22nd, 2018 by Diane Wilkinson The State of Calderdale assembly 2018 is being held on Friday 23 March. It brings together key representatives from the public, private, and community and voluntary sector. The assembly provides the chance to discuss what priorities and key issues organisations within the different sectors believe are relevant to the borough of Calderdale, how these can…
Brownfield land registers: data and maps March 1st, 2018 by Diane Wilkinson All local planning authorities are required to publish and maintain Brownfield land registers as open data (see The Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017). Land is classed as brownfield if it has been previously developed. You can see Calderdale’s Brownfield land register at DataWorks: Brownfield land register. All registers are required to…
Ward profiles January 24th, 2018 by Diane Wilkinson Ever wondered what data is available for the ward that you live and / or work in? On Calderdale DataWorks, we’ve created a series of Ward profiles that provide data on many topics, such as demographics, health and income. Since we first highlighted the profiles in September 2016, these have been developed further to include…