Python ❤️ Open Data!
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An overview of Python’s central role in the Open Data ecosystem, explaining what open data is, why it’s valuable, and how to obtain it. A detailed look at CKAN — the large open-source data portal written in Python — covering its architecture, implementation, strengths, and challenges. A survey of tools beyond pandas and scikit-learn for obtaining and working with open datasets, plus concrete civic-technology use cases from Open Data Córdoba (e.g., price monitoring, nautical chart analysis, and electoral data analysis).
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:16Open data goals
- 4:02Open data definition
- 7:29CKAN in Python
- 11:20Argentina portals
- 14:09Open data use cases
- 15:34Toll data analysis
- 18:43Supermarket inflation
- 22:54Election data impact
- 25:07Media spending analysis
- 26:31Voter roll issues
- 28:19Voter demographics
- 29:44Global open data projects
- 33:17Frictionless Data standards
- 35:47Summary & Python call
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