Comments on: No, Really, Show Us The Data http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2009/03/25/no-really-show-us-the-data/ Derek Willis' weblog on investigative and computer-assisted reporting. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:26:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha hourly 1 By: Miramon http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2009/03/25/no-really-show-us-the-data/comment-page-1/#comment-146550 Miramon Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:38:05 +0000 http://blog.thescoop.org/?p=5203#comment-146550 Re the CIA World Factbook. "The Factbook Web site now features Country Comparison pages for selected Factbook entries. All of the Country Comparison pages can be downloaded as tab-delimited data files that can be opened in other applications such as spreadsheets and databases." Also, you can scrape the data off the site for things not on the comparison pages with your favorite scraping-to-data tool. Re the CIA World Factbook.

“The Factbook Web site now features Country Comparison pages for selected Factbook entries. All of the Country Comparison pages can be downloaded as tab-delimited data files that can be opened in other applications such as spreadsheets and databases.”

Also, you can scrape the data off the site for things not on the comparison pages with your favorite scraping-to-data tool.

]]> By: pisola - links for 2009-05-13 http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2009/03/25/no-really-show-us-the-data/comment-page-1/#comment-136036 pisola - links for 2009-05-13 Wed, 13 May 2009 20:59:09 +0000 http://blog.thescoop.org/?p=5203#comment-136036 [...] No, Really, Show Us The Data :: The Scoop - A list of data, which the US government should make more easily available. [...] [...] No, Really, Show Us The Data :: The Scoop – A list of data, which the US government should make more easily available. [...]

]]> By: Les votes du Sénat Américain disponibles en XML | ReadWriteWeb France http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2009/03/25/no-really-show-us-the-data/comment-page-1/#comment-135922 Les votes du Sénat Américain disponibles en XML | ReadWriteWeb France Mon, 11 May 2009 15:06:21 +0000 http://blog.thescoop.org/?p=5203#comment-135922 [...] reste-t-il à ouvrir ? Aux Etats-Unis, vous pouvez jeter un oeil à une liste de huit sources de données gouvernementales à ouvrir sans délais selon Willis du New York Times. En France, tout reste à faire et la situation a peu évolué [...] [...] reste-t-il à ouvrir ? Aux Etats-Unis, vous pouvez jeter un oeil à une liste de huit sources de données gouvernementales à ouvrir sans délais selon Willis du New York Times. En France, tout reste à faire et la situation a peu évolué [...]

]]> By: John http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2009/03/25/no-really-show-us-the-data/comment-page-1/#comment-135683 John Tue, 05 May 2009 20:55:55 +0000 http://blog.thescoop.org/?p=5203#comment-135683 Great list. I'd love to be able to get Supreme Court decisions programatically too--or at least an RSS feed for notifications of when new decisions were posted. Great list. I’d love to be able to get Supreme Court decisions programatically too–or at least an RSS feed for notifications of when new decisions were posted.

]]> By: Derek http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2009/03/25/no-really-show-us-the-data/comment-page-1/#comment-134457 Derek Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:38:11 +0000 http://blog.thescoop.org/?p=5203#comment-134457 Michael, That's awesome, thanks! And yeah, I bet there are good insights from this information. Michael,

That’s awesome, thanks! And yeah, I bet there are good insights from this information.

]]> By: Michael Stephens http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2009/03/25/no-really-show-us-the-data/comment-page-1/#comment-134455 Michael Stephens Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:28:09 +0000 http://blog.thescoop.org/?p=5203#comment-134455 I wrote some quick and dirty code to grab the diplomatic visit lists off the State Department's website and dump them to CSV files: http://github.com/mindleak/state_visits/tree/master This led to the interesting (but not surprising) chart at http://mindleak.com/visits.png I wrote some quick and dirty code to grab the diplomatic visit lists off the State Department’s website and dump them to CSV files: http://github.com/mindleak/state_visits/tree/master

This led to the interesting (but not surprising) chart at http://mindleak.com/visits.png

]]> By: Ben Welsh http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2009/03/25/no-really-show-us-the-data/comment-page-1/#comment-134407 Ben Welsh Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:30:41 +0000 http://blog.thescoop.org/?p=5203#comment-134407 How about fixing all the noise on the Senate Office of Public Records site that is supposed to work but doesn't. Amendments!!! My freaking kingdom for amendments. How about fixing all the noise on the Senate Office of Public Records site that is supposed to work but doesn’t. Amendments!!! My freaking kingdom for amendments.

]]> By: Top secret Appropriations earmark database crashes http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2009/03/25/no-really-show-us-the-data/comment-page-1/#comment-134406 Top secret Appropriations earmark database crashes Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:37:22 +0000 http://blog.thescoop.org/?p=5203#comment-134406 [...] Why isn’t this data public: Earmarks. If you don’t think the Appropriations Committees have a database of earmarks, you’re [...] [...] Why isn’t this data public: Earmarks. If you don’t think the Appropriations Committees have a database of earmarks, you’re [...]

]]> By: Show me THIS data http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2009/03/25/no-really-show-us-the-data/comment-page-1/#comment-134204 Show me THIS data Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:20:29 +0000 http://blog.thescoop.org/?p=5203#comment-134204 [...] Willis, with whom I was lucky enough to work with at the Center for Public Integrity, critiques the recent Show Us The Data effort (full disclosure: Sunlight was involved in building the site, [...] [...] Willis, with whom I was lucky enough to work with at the Center for Public Integrity, critiques the recent Show Us The Data effort (full disclosure: Sunlight was involved in building the site, [...]

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