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Posted 9 years ago

#TravelHack took place in June hosted by Transport for the North and ODI Leeds to help create an environment powered by open data to help deliver a brand new travel reality for people in the North, making it easier for people to find the best journey and pay the cheapest fare using their preferred payment method. Think a next generation...

Posted 9 years ago

#AirHack took place in February at ODI Leeds. The Event was organised by the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the ODI Leeds to explore air quality – the problems, the data, the solutions and was open to anyone interested in air quality. For more information about the event, datasets and to contribute to the open discussion document,...

Posted 9 years ago

As part of Leeds Digital Festival 2017, ODI Leeds hosted a showcase of talks by digital leaders, innovators and partners on Monday 24 April. The day was a celebration of open data and tech projects in the region. The day was open to everyone to find out more about their work and current projects, and to learn about their sponsors and...

Posted 9 years ago

Use our new interactive dashboards to find out how we are doing. The dashboards show how we compare our progress over time, and how we compare against other authorities: Performance overview . Calderdale Council’s ambition is to be the ‘Best Borough in the North’. We measure our performance on three priorities – Growing the economy, Reducing inequalities, and Building a sustainable...

Posted 9 years ago

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 Calendar . Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Calderdale Data Works!!

Posted 10 years ago

#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 the challenges, datasets...

Posted 10 years ago

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 / Ryburn / Skircoat / Sowerby...

Posted 10 years ago

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 Map. Clicking on each allotment marked on...

Posted 10 years ago

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 in flooding detection, response, resilience, analysis and...

Posted 10 years ago

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, Bloom, BJSS, Arup, Leeds...