by admin | Mar 23, 2022 | Maps, Open Data
Ahoy there! Did you know that you can track the location of vessels? All you need is the AIS data transmitted by the vessel. AIS data provides a wealth of information including current location, course, and speed all of which can all be used to make waves in the field...
by admin | Mar 13, 2022 | Open Data, Hackathon, Images, Maps, PowerBI
Over 23,000 ships have been wrecked off the coast of Scotland. I was astounded when I discovered that figure as it’s far higher than I would have guessed. I quickly went from being astonished to being quite sombre thinking about how many lives would have been lost at...
by admin | Mar 6, 2022 | Open Data, Hackathon, Images, PowerBI
#worldbookday2022 – I discovered last month that some illustrations for The Frog Prince, a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, are held by Aberdeen Archives, Museums and Galleries (AAGM). I came across the artwork whilst taking part in a wiki editathon....
by Pauline Cairns | Dec 14, 2021 | Open Data, Hackathon, Maps
‘Twas the 27th November, the day after Storm Arwen. We were in our homes huddled around our computer’s discussing the effects of the storm. But we couldn’t sitting around chatting all day as we had two days of hacking ahead of us at at Code...
by Pauline Cairns | Nov 8, 2021 | Open Data
Question: How do we demonstrate the value of open data? Response: Create some noise! The question was posed for a group discussion at the Scottish Open Data Unconference (SODU) conference held online in October 2021. We...
by Pauline Cairns | Sep 27, 2020 | Open Data
Coffee. Check. Biscuits. Check. Pick session at SODU to attend. Check. It was the afternoon of Sunday 6th September and I was attending the Scottish Open Data Unconference (SODU) conference online. I had four sessions to choose from and the one that tempted me most...
