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How should I respond if a government official says she won't release data because she doesn't think it will be useful?

From the Sunlight Foundations's list of Reasons (Not) to Release Data. Sometimes a government official won't release data because she doesn't see what the utility is. Variants include: There’s no clear use for {insert specific type of data here} I…
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Wikidata get property of property

This question is related to this. We have the following query: SELECT DISTINCT ?item ?itemLabel ?AuthorLabel ?year WHERE { ?item wdt:P166 wd:Q255032. ?item wdt:P50 ?Author . ?item wdt:P577 ?year . SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam…
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What are the available datasets for fake news detection

I want to know about recently available datasets for fake news analysis
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Obtaining ADSB Mode-S Data Feeds for Aircraft from the FAA

A number of sites are publishing ADS-B/Mode-S data on maps, obtained from the FAA with a 5 minute delay. We would like to get access to these feeds, but I cannot find who to contact or where to start. The FAA web site has turned up with information…
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How can I register a new API key for api.data.gov programatically?

UPDATE: The government generously increased the API request limit to 1,000 per IP per hour. This question is now obsolete. api.data.gov allows for up to 1,000 API requests per user per hour, which is plenty. However, each user requires their own…
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Is data scraped from Govt agencies and in public domain considered open data?

We have been scraping information regarding oil wells drilled in a particular state using web scraper from the state regulatory agency. This agency provides an arcane interface for this information. Theoretically i can obtain information for any…
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Open sourced LiDAR dataset?

I mean laser ranging data from a ground based, moving vehicle. As it's the data the self-driving algorithms chew on, I'd assume there must be some interest.
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Shapefile of Malaysia Postal codes?

I am currently doing a project regarding a Choropleth map and I need data sets containing postal codes of Malaysia in a shapefile for map making purposes. I have already gone through these sources without…
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Voter Registration data in one place?

So I recently tried to get some voter registration data, especially historical information. The only state I could easily find the information available is Ohio(but only the most recent). It appears quite difficult to get this information in some…
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Is there any international public transport data?

I want to create some proof of concept for an international public transport service. Is there any data or an API available that already normalizes this data across multiple countries, besides Google Maps?
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Is "open" data free as in speech, free as in beer, both, or something else?

In open data, should I understand open to mean: Free as in speech Free as in beer, gratis Both? Something else? For example, the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) has dedicated itself to open data, and more and more of its…
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Federal Reserve - Tremendous amount of data

In the world of stock and hedge funding, does there exist, for instance, a way to gather a tremendous amount of data on the price of wheat from 20 years on the stock exchange (For instance, on Wall Street stock)? In fact, I'd like to treat,…
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UK supermarket product nutrition

Are there sources of nutritional data about UK supermarket products, by barcode? The indexing by barcode does not need to be direct: if I have to implement a join with some other data to achieve that, that's fine. Here is an example of the sort of…
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Is there any free weather database that one could use for correlations in business intelligence software?

I would like to see how big is the correlation between weather and visits to our website, but I can't seem to find any database that has option of downloading chosen datasets. Any ideas? To be specific I am talking about Poland / Europe.
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How to use the DOI system as an individual?

Is anyone aware of a way for an individual developer to access the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) system? I am a software developer working in biological research but independent of any single research institution, and thus it appears the DOI…
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