Open Data

According to the Open Knowledge Foundation, key features of Open Data are:

• Availability and access: the data must be available as a whole and at no more than a reasonable reproduction cost, preferably by downloading over the internet. The data must also be available in a convenient and modifiable form.
• Reuse and redistribution: the data must be provided under terms that permit reuse and redistribution including the intermixing with other datasets. The data must be machine-readable.
• Universal participation: everyone must be able to use, reuse and redistribute — there should be no discrimination against fields of endeavour or against persons or groups. For example, ‘non-commercial’ restrictions that would prevent ‘commercial’ use, or restrictions of use for certain purposes (e.g. only in education), are not allowed.

Open data can comes from a variety of sources, typically government, but can also include data generated from research.

Open data sources and portal grows daily.  This list is no way exhaustive, but it does highlight some of the top open data choices.

City of Kamloops

Other BC Municipalities

British Columbia

Outside of BC, other municipalities and provinces

Canada

United States

UK and Europe

Other International