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Submission + - Ordnance Survey releases mapping tool (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by rHBa on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @10:32PM

rHBa writes: The BBC reports that the UK mapping organisation Ordnance Survey has added 4 new products to its open data portfolio: OS Local, Names, Rivers and Roads. Perhaps the most interesting of the free data sets is OS Local which provides a base map to identify ‘hotspots’ such as property pricing, insurance risk, and crime.

The OS are not creating a new Google Maps-style service of their own but rather are providing their data for use by other third-party apps and online tools. They expect developers and designers to use the data to enhance their own products and improve the information people can access via the web.

What uses would you put this sort of data to if it were available in an easily parsable format for your area?

Submission + - CERN looking for help filling in the gaps in photo archive

Submitted by rHBa on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @01:17PM

rHBa writes: According to the BBC scientists at the European nuclear research centre CERN have uncovered an archive of images from its first 50 years and are asking for help in deciphering what is going on in them. Dr Sue Black, who was a key figure in the campaign to save Bletchley Park, said "we believe that much of this information could be crowd-sourced from the CERN community."

Submission + - Audacious Hack Exposes Bush Family Pix, E-Mail (thesmokinggun.com)

Submitted by rHBa on Friday February 08, 2013 @09:55AM

rHBa writes: The apparent hack of several e-mail accounts has exposed personal photos and sensitive correspondence from members of the Bush family, including both former U.S. presidents. The posted photos and e-mails contain a watermark with the hacker’s online alias, “Guccifer.”

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