Dude, no need to apologise for plugging yourself. Nice work! :-) On May 31, 2012 12:11 PM, "Richard @ eDemocracyBlog.com" < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > On the subject of new open data, it might also be worth mentioning that an > API for the ePetitions site was launched on Friday too. > > For information see the API question on this page... > http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/faq > > Sorry for plugging myself, but if it's of interest I made a sample heatmap > of one petition and posted a few other thoughts about the possibilities > here: > > http://www.edemocracyblog.com/edemocracy-blog/the-most-important-dataset-yet-released/ > > If anyone has any interest in doing something with it, I'd be happy to > pitch in with some ideas (if not much actual technical ability!). > > Cheers, > Richard Parsons > > > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:00 PM, < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Send developers-public mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> >> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >> >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of developers-public digest..." >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. police outcome data (Francis Davey) >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Francis Davey <[email protected]> >> To: "mySociety public, general purpose discussion list" < >> [email protected]> >> Cc: >> Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 10:55:53 +0100 >> Subject: [mySociety:public] police outcome data >> As some of you may know, www.police.uk now has *outcome* data as well >> as crime data for the UK. The new feature was announced this morning. >> >> There is - surprisingly - no easy way to link up crimes and outcomes. >> There is no unique identifier in the system that would allow the >> reliable tracking of a report of a crime to an outcome such as a >> conviction, caution or decision to take no further action. This has >> meant that some heuristics have had to be applied to link up as many >> reported crimes and outcomes as possible - the data is not therefore >> perfect. >> >> (If this website has given us anything useful it is that there is a >> hopeless failure in criminal justice here - many victims of crime >> would like to feel that there was a way to find out, at least in >> principle, what had happened). >> >> There is an API which I've been promised information about but which I >> have not yet seen. >> >> -- >> Francis Davey >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list [email protected] >> Unsubscribe, archive or settings: >> >> https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public >> > > > _______________________________________________ > developers-public mailing list > [email protected] > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public > > Unsubscribe: > https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/owen%40blacker.me.uk >
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