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16 July 2015 · David Patterson · Open Data

Open Data pioneers

KnowNow has been recognised by the Open Data Institute as Open Data pioneers. Our Flood Event Model was developed solely with Open Data sources and still achieves 85% accuracy in predicting where emergency resources should be deployed in during extreme weather conditions. You can read more about the use of Open Data in the UK […]

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17 December 2014 · Chris Cooper · Open Data

Open Data Floodgates. Why the sad face?

So the open data world pats itself on the back by learning that the UK Cabinet Secretary Francis Maude is releasing more open data.  This is brilliant news for both the Open Data community and for us as citizens.   Even better news from a KnowNow perspective for our own open data project WudoWud is the release […]

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