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Gov data may be used only for statistical purposes?
Sometimes when I try to download a data zip file I see a popup that states like this:
"Under law, public use data collected and distributed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) may be used only for statistical purposes. Any effort…
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Coordinates of all embassies and consulates
I am an editor at Wikivoyage (world travel guide), and for each city we list all embassies and consulates available in that city. Our problem is that this information quickly becomes out-of-date.
Where to find up-to-date information about embassies…
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Where can I find the locations of factories in the U.S. and Japan?
Where can I find the locations of all or many of the factories in the world, including in Japan and the United States?
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Look for sets of data of historical dates
I am looking for some sort of collection of significant historical dates. Things like:
4 July 1776, Signing of the Declaration of Independence
15 April 1912, Sinking of the RMS Titanic
Obviously, one can find examples in places like Wikipedia, but…
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Where can I find open etymology databases?
Are there any open and directly accessible, freely available, English etymology dictionary databases like the one used by online etymology dictionary?
It could be accessible either directly via database clients (e.g. mysql) or available as a .sql…
user4151
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Is it okay to download all datasets from a government open data portal?
I'm thinking of making a copy of all my country's open data portal datasets. I will be rate limiting my downloads. Is that okay or is it bad manners to get a full data dump? I am asking of the ethical/moral considerations.
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What are the legal uses of the data from livingwage.mit.edu?
What are the legal uses of this data?
For example, could I design a non-for-profit service using this data, a for-profit application that I sell subscriptions to, or a spreadsheet that I use myself that pulls data from this website?
If this isn't…
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Understanding the population sample represented in CDC WONDER database
I’m trying to understand the population numbers in the CDC WONDER database when querying information regarding STD morbidity.
If I build the following query:
Age: 20-24 years
Disease: All
Gender: All
Race/Ethnicity: All
State: Illinois (17)…
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How do I license a work with CC license version X "or later"?
When licensing software under the GPL, you can (optionally) add an "or later" clause to the license version. So "GPLv2 or later" can be incorporated into a GPLv3 work, for example.
Is there a recommended way to do this for CC licenses? For example,…
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Where to download decimals of Pi?
Where can I download decimals of Pi?
It must be in chunks so that I can download with a particular offset. It must be public domains, without any restrictions before download.
The site with most decimals wins.
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Missing medical device recall information? OpenFDA not finding recalls from FDA database
To ensure I was understanding how openFDA works, I have been checking my queries against the searchable medical device recall database the FDA already has (http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfRES/res.cfm). I am currently trying the…
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Food expiration database
I was wondering if there are any open sources/databases for which I can find standard food lifespans/expirations? This would possibly include shelf life estimations for raw/uncooked, refrigerated, cooked, or frozen food.
I've tried looking through…
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Video game dataset
I am looking for a video games listing with as many following fields as possible:
date of release
platform(s) (e.g. PlayStation 1, Windows 7)
genre (e.g. RTS, racing, FPS)
location(s) where the game takes place (e.g. Miami, Paris, China,…
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Hospital originated infections and mishaps
NPR and other news organizations are citing a dataset analyzed by Kaiser from the CDC:
Created with Datawrapper
Source: Kaiser Health News analysis of CDC data Get the data
Would anyone know where the raw data set comes from?
I am interested in…
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Enron Email Dataset in MySQL
For the purpose of my research, I need the Enron Email Dataset. According to the project's official website, there is an archive of emails represented in the set of separate TXT files, but the problem is this archive is not well organized and…
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