Maptime: Open Data Detroit

Presentation by Diana Flora; Data Driven Detroit
March 31, 2015

Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)

This presentation to Maptime discussed Data Driven Detroit's perspective on open data and gave examples of locsl, state, and federal open data sites.  Topics included: a definition of open data and the standards to which open data sites must adhere; the different kinds of open data (e.g., science, weather, transport; government orgaizations); reasons for making data open to the public; and the risks and downfalls of open data. Diana Flora, the presenter,  illiustrated specific open data sites such as the recently announced Data.DetroitMI.gov intended to give the public greater access to City of Detroit data; Data Driven Detroit's open data portal; and the open data site of the State of Michigan.