What: A report from the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative on the impact open data will have on agriculture, “How Can We Improve Agriculture, Food and Nutrition With Open Data?” ...

Blake O’Shaughnessy, a top real estate broker turned tech founder, examines why the housing market still operates behind a ...

These days, the vast majority of state and local governments have implemented some kind of open data system to share government data resources with developers and the public at large. But what data ...

This memorable quote by the great English physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton defines his research philosophy. Newton believed that scientific progress can happen only if research by individual ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I decode analytics for business people. Today, with more 200,000 datasets, it’s a lot more popular. Still, real-life demands for ...

Even if you know about open data and its significance, you may not be familiar with Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN). GODAN is a 330+ partner organization formed to encourage ...

This story was originally published by Data-Smart City Solutions. One of the great promises of open government this decade has been that it can serve as a catalyst for a new civic-centered “innovation ...

Open remotely sensed data make hard-to-reach wilderness areas more accessible -- at least from above. These advances provide new opportunities for Earth system research, such as in a recent soil ...

Brazil slipped one position in a worldwide ranking that analyzed how governments in 115 countries used open data for accountability, innovation and social impact in 2016. According to the latest Open ...

The US government has reopened following its longest-ever shutdown, setting the stage for the eventual release of the gold-standard federal data that is crucial in analyzing the health and trajectory ...