Big Data, Open Data and Official Statistics
There are (at least) two big challenges official statistics will be faced with in the next few years and which will possibly …
Category Archives: 01 New on the Web
Country Portraits – Open and Embedabble
Looking for important statistical indicators of European countries? Comparing these countries? Taking the application to your own website? Making a …
Methods changed – Information changed
The joint OECD – WTO Trade in Value-Added Initiative breaks with conventional measurements of trade, which record gross flows of goods and …
SASTISTICS
Statistics 2013 Launch Video Released ‘The International Year of Statistics launch video is now available for you to view, use, …
Working in the open
Open Data flourishes and more and more open-data sites are launched with sophisticated functionalities. So now http://open.undp.org. ‘Open.undp.org presents UNDP’s 6,000+ …
How’s Austria?
Statistics Austria published an interesting dashboard. An interactive choice of indicators and visual presentations help in understanding and evaluating developments. …
Evidence-based Decision Making
iPads (or any easily accessible device) with a dashboard application on it become more and more used tools (or Gadgets) for …
WWW Foundation. What are they doing?
London based WWW Foundation has a mission: ‘We seek to establish the open Web as a global public good and …
The Wow Factor
Not sure everybody has seen this already, but I guess the Australian Census Bureau has clearly shown that it can’t …
The Graphical Web Conference 2012
Registration for the The Graphical Web Conference (formerly known as SVGopen) in Zürich Switzerland, Sept. 11-14, is now open and …
API and Apps: An example fom official statistics
An example of an API access to statistical data The U.S. Census Bureau now offers some of its public data …
