{"id":36,"date":"2016-02-13T19:55:04","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T19:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/?p=36"},"modified":"2016-02-13T19:55:04","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T19:55:04","slug":"open-knowledge-meetup-at-national-library-of-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/open-knowledge-meetup-at-national-library-of-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Knowledge meetup at National Library of Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 19th January 2016, I attended my first ‘Open Knowledge<\/em>‘ meetup at the National Library of Scotland.<\/p>\n

Link here: Open Knowledge meetup at NLS<\/a><\/p>\n

In an informal friendly setting, with a lovely assortment of sandwiches, nibbles and drinks I was able to observe an equally lovely assortment of Open Knowledge initiatives espoused by the evening’s speakers including:<\/p>\n

Jeremy Darot on Edinburgh Open Data Map. Utilising lots of cool data to populate OpenStreetMap. Data like planning projects, schools, GP surgeries, shops, catchment areas, air quality, green belt areas & much more besides. Phew!<\/p>\n

\"Jeremy<\/a>

Jeremy Darot<\/p><\/div>\n

Also, the University of Edinburgh’s own Professor Richard Rodger outlined the MESH project (Mapping Edinburgh’s Social History): 60,000+ properties mapped accurately by physically walking past taking a note of every garden, wall and business with the ambition to create the most accurate city map in Edinburgh. http:\/\/www.<\/span>mesh.ed.ac.uk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Then there was architect Akiko Kobayashi on fabulous @<\/s>fountainbridgec<\/b><\/a> project: open source house designs on Commons\u00a0 which can be digitally fabricated & assembled easily.<\/p>\n

\"Akiko<\/a>

Akiko Kobayashi<\/p><\/div>\n

Lastly, the National Library of Scotland’s own Fred Saunderson enthused about NLS’s Open Data Publication plan to publish 3-star open data (14 datasets in 2016, 8 more in 2017).<\/p>\n

\"Fred<\/a>

Fred Saunderson – NLS<\/p><\/div>\n

All in all, a great night of Open Knowledge initiatives. More please!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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