Comments on: Google Public Data: Threat or Opportunity for Data.gov? http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/2009/04/30/google-public-data-threat-or-opportunity/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:26:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Government transparency starts with data.gov | Fairfield Voice http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/2009/04/30/google-public-data-threat-or-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-935 Government transparency starts with data.gov | Fairfield Voice Sun, 24 May 2009 05:54:34 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/?p=375#comment-935 [...] make things wonderful for everyone” shenanigans and released Google Public Data (Gartner Blog talks about this a bit). The sweet thing here is that it’s one step ahead (sort of) of the Sunlight + Data.gov path. [...] [...] make things wonderful for everyone” shenanigans and released Google Public Data (Gartner Blog talks about this a bit). The sweet thing here is that it’s one step ahead (sort of) of the Sunlight + Data.gov path. [...]

]]> By: Microsoft Joins Google and Amazon in the Rush to Open Government http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/2009/04/30/google-public-data-threat-or-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-843 Microsoft Joins Google and Amazon in the Rush to Open Government Fri, 08 May 2009 21:38:08 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/?p=375#comment-843 [...] the announcements from Google and Amazon, both of which I have covered in previous posts, it is now Microsoft’s turn to play in [...] [...] the announcements from Google and Amazon, both of which I have covered in previous posts, it is now Microsoft’s turn to play in [...]

]]> By: Amazon Public Data: Another Nail in Data.gov’s Coffin? http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/2009/04/30/google-public-data-threat-or-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Amazon Public Data: Another Nail in Data.gov’s Coffin? Tue, 05 May 2009 16:26:54 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/?p=375#comment-828 [...] Google, also Amazon is creating vast repositories of public data pulled from data sources managed by [...] [...] Google, also Amazon is creating vast repositories of public data pulled from data sources managed by [...]

]]> By: Christian http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/2009/04/30/google-public-data-threat-or-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-810 Christian Sat, 02 May 2009 05:04:38 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/?p=375#comment-810 In a related topic, there is something to be said for the collective intelligence of web searches. Google's data on the swine-flu led the data from the CDC by two weeks: http://www.gauravbhalla.com/2009/04/collective-intelligence-of-web-search-logs.htm In a related topic, there is something to be said for the collective intelligence of web searches. Google’s data on the swine-flu led the data from the CDC by two weeks:

http://www.gauravbhalla.com/2009/04/collective-intelligence-of-web-search-logs.htm

]]> By: Bruce Robertson http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/2009/04/30/google-public-data-threat-or-opportunity/comment-page-1/#comment-807 Bruce Robertson Fri, 01 May 2009 15:49:41 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/andrea_dimaio/?p=375#comment-807 Or alternatively, DATA.GOV could resolve into multiple external providers that actually host COPIES of the data (rather than going back to the original source), that in turn could be accessed by Google and others for cool graphics and other analysis work. Why should the US Gov't host ANY of this for direct access -- why not just distribute the data regularly to commercial and academic sites (like say JPL does for those huge NASA satellite photos of Saturn and so on). The only real worry would be that the data set would be CHANGED in the copy, but in the end greater access will trump this risk factor IMHO. You could always do a final run of your analysis against the OFFICIAL site as a final check to be sure this problem didn't happen to you. Or alternatively, DATA.GOV could resolve into multiple external providers that actually host COPIES of the data (rather than going back to the original source), that in turn could be accessed by Google and others for cool graphics and other analysis work. Why should the US Gov’t host ANY of this for direct access — why not just distribute the data regularly to commercial and academic sites (like say JPL does for those huge NASA satellite photos of Saturn and so on).

The only real worry would be that the data set would be CHANGED in the copy, but in the end greater access will trump this risk factor IMHO. You could always do a final run of your analysis against the OFFICIAL site as a final check to be sure this problem didn’t happen to you.

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