Derek just poured the current ALISS data set into Open Heat Map and out popped a lovely picture of our current coverage. Those colourful spots show where we’ve got details of local services and resources.
Clearly there are lots of gaps to fill – this reflects the fact that we’re mostly playing with data from Grampian Care Data and Renfrewshire Libraries plus assets discovered at various events. But then part of the plan for 2012 is to get a lot more dots on the map.
So if your area is looking a little less orange than others and you’d like to remedy that then get in touch – we’d love to talk about getting your data into the Engine.
What kind of data are we interested in? Well, all kinds of things. From big lists of local services (like directories created by health boards or voluntary organisations) to one-off examples from individuals (this record points to a photo of a poster in the library).
As of this week we’ve got community cafes in EH postcodes pretty well covered thanks to additional data from our friends at the Edinburgh Food and Health Training hub.
For more examples, take a look some of the discoveries we made as a result of the recent mapping event - just the kind of thing we’re after.
