Hi Kael, Did you know about the European Union open data portal at https://data.europa.eu/euodp/en/data? Check the developer tab on the menu, they provide an API. Not sure on the grocery data, if they have datasets like that on their portal.
Regards Robin On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:04 PM, Kael Shipman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Does anyone know about any open data projects out there? What I'm > looking for is something like a gigantic data back-end that apps can > plug into via an API, and whose data the world has free access to. One > really trivial use-case would be pricing data at grocery stores > (something I've been passively collecting for years via GnuCash, and > something that would be really fascinating to see nation- or > world-wide), but a more applicable example would be something like > census data (which is usually publicly viewable, but not usually part of > a comprehensive data ecosystem). > > I'm wondering this because I'm going to be issuing some questionnaires > in an attempt to determine the current state of development of > collaboration among nonprofits (part of my "Open Source Social Sector" > project, if anyone wants to help me!) and I'd love to be able to share > my data, or -- perhaps better yet -- combine my data set with one that > already exists. > > Thanks, > Kael > > > _______________________________________________ > Osdc-list mailing list | This is a place for our readers, writers, > moderators and artists to discuss matters concerning Opensource.com and > otherwise do the work that makes this a community practicing the open > source way. > > Sign-up for our weekly newsletter: http://opensource.com/email-newsletter > > Send a message: [email protected] > Change preferences: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/osdc-list > Unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/options/osdc-list > -- Robin Muilwijk Advisor Internet and e-Government Community Ambassador Opensource.com Community Manager eZ Systems Discover an open source world | http://opensource.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/robinmuilwijk/ Twitter : @i_robin
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