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Yet another UK Hyperlocal Directory… but this time it’s open data

At OpenlyLocal we’ve long been fans of hyperlocal sites, seeing them as a crucial part of the media future as the traditional local media die...

The GLA and open data: did he really say that?

The launch on Friday of the Greater London Authority’s open data initiative (aka London Datastore) was a curious affair, and judging from som...

Opening up Local Spending Reports on OpenlyLocal

As I mentioned in the last post, I’ve recently added council- and ward-level statistics to OpenlyLocal, using the data from the Office of Nat...

Openly Local is a new project to develop an open and unified way of accessing Local Government information.

So far we have opened up data for over 90 local authorities, and more are being added every week, with more information being opened up too.

We currently have information on:

  • 113 councils
  • 6,481 councillors
  • 4,235 committees
  • 32,007 committee meetings

Most of the data is accessible as XML or json data through a simple API (basically add .xml or .json to the main part of the URL). There is also a Google Gadget and an app for Hyperlocal sites using Ning