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Tagged: Open Data

Open State Foundation

Netherlands-based organisation campaigning for more government open data and transparency.

Fediverse address (in Dutch):
@openstate@mastodon.nl

Tagged Europe, European Union, Nederlands, Netherlands, NGOs, Charities & Campaign Groups, Open Data

LMU Open Science Center

Interdisciplinary science centre at LMU Munich in Germany, promoting open science practices such as open data, open materials, analysis scripts etc. Organises workshops, public talks and original research.

Fediverse address:
@lmu_osc@scicomm.xyz

Tagged Academic, Europe, European Union, Germany, Open Data, Open Science, Research, Science

rOpenSci

Non-profit initiative to promote open science and open data by creating software tools and infrastructure based on the R programming language.

Fediverse address:
@rOpenSci@hachyderm.io

Tagged Open Data, Open Science, R Programming Language / RStats, Science, Software Development & Programming

Suomen Lajitietokeskus

Open data on Finland’s environment, wildlife and plant life, presented in an online infrastructure for academic, scientific and general use.

Fediverse address (in Finnish):
@lajitieto@ecoevo.social

Tagged Animals, Biology, Botany, Ecology, Europe, European Union, Finland, Open Data, Open Science, Plants, Science, Suomi, Wildlife

data.gv.at

Official account of the Austrian government’s open data initiative.

Fediverse address (in German):
@datagvat@mastodon.social

Tagged Austria, Austrian Government & Public Bodies, Europe, European Union, Government & Public Bodies, Open Data

Open Data Kanton Zürich

Open government data for the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.

Fediverse address (in German):
@OpenDataZH@swiss.social

Tagged Deutsch, Europe, Government & Public Bodies, Open Data, Swiss Government & Public Bodies, Switzerland

Dr Peter Suber

Promotes open access to science, former director of the Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication. Author of the book “Open Access” which describes how easy and beneficial it is to release works under libre licences.

Fediverse address:
@petersuber@fediscience.org

Tagged Academic, Academic Journals, North America, Open Access, Open Data, Open Science, Peer Review, Publishing, Science, Scientific Journals, United States

Data Uruguay

Civil society organisation in Uruguay promoting open government, open data and transparency.

Fediverse address (in Spanish):
@datauy@mastodon.uy

Tagged Español, NGOs, Charities & Campaign Groups, Open Data, Open Government, South America, Uruguay

Research Organization Registry

US-based community initiative to create an open persistent identifier for every research organisation in the world.

Fediverse address:
@ResearchOrgs@mastodon.social

Tagged Academic, Academic Resources, Open Data, Research, Research Institutes, Science

Open Data Guppe Group

Discussion group about topics relating to open data. (Click here ⧉ for more info on how to use Fediverse groups.)

Fediverse address:
@opendata@a.gup.pe

Tagged Fediverse Discussion Groups, Guppe Discussion Groups, Open Data

Kompetenzzentrum Open Data

German Federal Government body advising other parts of the government on implementation of open data.

Fediverse address (in German):
@opendatabund@social.bund.de

Tagged Deutsch, Europe, European Union, German Government & Public Bodies, Germany, Government & Public Bodies, Open Data

State of the Map France

Conference in France for contributors, users and fans of OpenStreetMap.

Fediverse address (in French):
@sotmfr@fr.osm.social

Tagged Europe, European Union, France, Geospatial & Geographic Information Systems, Maps & Cartography, Open Data, OpenStreetMap, Tech Events, Technology

OpenStreetMap Guppe Group

Discussion group about OpenStreetMap for users and editors. (Click here ⧉ for more about how groups work.)

Fediverse address:
@openstreetmap@a.gup.pe

Tagged Fediverse Discussion Groups, Geography, Geospatial & Geographic Information Systems, Guppe Discussion Groups, Maps & Cartography, Open Data, OpenStreetMap

Will Deakin

Data visualisation coder, interested in open data and data science. Works with governance on UK railway IT and European regulations.

Fediverse address:
@wnd@fosstodon.org

Tagged Data Science, Data Visualisation, Europe, Open Data, Public Transport & Transit, Railways & Trains, Transport, United Kingdom

Code The City

Grassroots initiative based in Scotland that organises workshops, user groups, hack events etc to promote open data and libre technology as forces for public good.

Fediverse address:
@ctc@mastodon.me.uk

Tagged Activism, Events, NGOs, Charities & Campaign Groups, Open Data, Scotland, Technology, United Kingdom

Open Data Dortmund

The open data team of the local government in the City of Dortmund.

Fediverse address (in German):
@DortmundData@ruhr.social

Tagged Cities & Urban Life, Deutsch, Europe, European Union, German Government & Public Bodies, Germany, Government & Public Bodies, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany, Open Data

Open Data Lëtzebuerg

Open Data Portal of the Luxembourg Government.

Fediverse address (in French, German, English & Luxembourgish):
@OpenDataLu@mas.to

Tagged Deutsch, Europe, European Union, Français, Government & Public Bodies, Lëtzebuergesch, Luxembourg, Luxembourg Government and Public Bodies, Open Data

Open Data Beer

Meetups of the open data community in Switzerland.

Fediverse address (in German):
@opendatabeer@swiss.social

Tagged Deutsch, Europe, Open Data, Switzerland

data.gouv.fr

Official open data platform of the French government.

Fediverse address (in French):
@datagouvfr@social.numerique.gouv.fr

Tagged Europe, European Union, Français, France, French Government & Public Bodies, Government & Public Bodies, Open Data

BDNB / La Base de Données Nationale des Bâtiments

French public body providing a national database of buildings.

Fediverse address (in French):
@bdnb@social.numerique.gouv.fr

Tagged Europe, European Union, Français, France, French Government & Public Bodies, Geospatial & Geographic Information Systems, Government & Public Bodies, Open Data

GovData

Official portal for open data from the German Federal Government.

Fediverse address (in German):
@opendata@social.bund.de

Tagged Deutsch, Europe, European Union, German Government & Public Bodies, Germany, Government & Public Bodies, Open Data

Canadian Open Data Society / Communauté canadienne des données ouvertes

Organisation of open data supporters in Canada, also arranging regular events related to open data.

Fediverse address (in English & French):
@OpenDataSociety@mstdn.ca

Tagged Canada, Français, NGOs, Charities & Campaign Groups, North America, Open Data, Tech Events

OpenCage

Company offering forward and reverse geocoding API based on open data, sponsors and organises Geomob events and the Geomob podcast, member of the OpenStreetMap Foundation.

Fediverse address:
@opencage@en.osm.town

Tagged Geospatial & Geographic Information Systems, Maps & Cartography, Open Data, OpenStreetMap

Open Data Basel-Stadt

Open data department at the city of Basel in Switzerland.

Fediverse address (in German):
@opendatabs@swiss.social

Tagged Deutsch, Europe, Government & Public Bodies, Open Data, Swiss Government & Public Bodies, Switzerland

Wikidata

Free open knowledge base, available for anyone to use on any project. It is collaboratively edited like Wikipedia, and its contents is public domain.

Fediverse address:
@wikidata@wikis.world

Tagged Collaborative Tech, Computing, Free Open Source Software, Internet, Open Data, Public Domain, Wikis

UN Mappers

Mappers supporting the field work of the United Nations through open mapping data.

Fediverse address:
@UN_Mappers@en.osm.town

Tagged Geospatial & Geographic Information Systems, Maps & Cartography, Open Data, OpenStreetMap, United Nations

Dr Esther Plomp

Open science enthusiast, researcher, EU regional co-ordinator of Open Knowledge Foundation, Data Steward at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Research interests in human osteology and bioarchaeology / isotope archaeology.

Fediverse address:
@toothFAIRy@scholar.social

Tagged Academic, Archaeology, Biology, Netherlands, Open Data, Open Science, Research, Science

OpenStreetMap

Official account for the free open map of the world that anyone can edit.

Fediverse address:
@openstreetmap@en.osm.town

Tagged Collaborative Tech, Commons, Free Open Source Software, Geography, Geospatial & Geographic Information Systems, Maps & Cartography, Open Data, OpenStreetMap

Open-Meteo

Open source weather data free for non-commercial use via an API, using data from weather agencies around the world. Covers both forecasts and historical data.

Fediverse address:
@openmeteo@fosstodon.org

Tagged Open Data, Weather News, Weather, Climate & Meteorology

Open Data Manchester

Non-profit organisation campaigning for responsible data practice, based in Manchester, UK.

Fediverse address:
@opendatamcr@mastodon.green

Tagged Europe, NGOs, Charities & Campaign Groups, Open Data, United Kingdom

ORCID Organization

ORCID is a free open identifier system which assigns a unique code for authors and researchers on academic publications, to help track the contributions made by individuals.

Fediverse address:
@ORCID_Org@scicomm.xyz

Tagged Academic, Academic Libraries, Academic Resources, NGOs, Charities & Campaign Groups, Open Data, Open Science, Research, Science

OpenStreetMap Austria

Association of the OSM community, contributors and enthusiasts in Austria.

Fediverse address (in German):
@osm_at@mastodon.social

Tagged Austria, Deutsch, Europe, European Union, Maps & Cartography, Open Data, OpenStreetMap

David Hood

Open data enthusiast based in Aotearoa / New Zealand, also following the Covid situation there.

Fediverse address:
@thoughtfulnz@mastodon.nz

Tagged COVID-19, New Zealand / Aotearoa, Open Data

Plazi

Non-profit organisation promoting persistent and openly accessible digital taxonomic data about plants, animals and fungi. Founded in 2008 and based in Bern, Switzerland.

Fediverse address:
@plazi_species@mastodon.green

Tagged Academic, Academic Resources, Animals, Biology, Botany, Europe, Fungi and Lichen, NGOs, Charities & Campaign Groups, Open Data, Open Science, Plant Science, Plants, Science, Switzerland, Zoology

Josh Wells

Professor of Anthropology and Social Informatics at Indiana University South Bend. Principal Investigator at Digital Index of North American Archaeology. Interested in GIS/Geospatial, open data, and a more humane and equitable approach to data and systems.

Fediverse address:
@josh@fediscience.org

Tagged Academic, Anthropology, Archaeology, Geospatial & Geographic Information Systems, Informatics, North America, Open Data, United States

Protomaps

Free open source customisable map of the world, deployable as a single static file. Allows anyone to easily self-host vector map tiles of the entire planet.

Fediverse address:
@protomaps@mapstodon.space

Tagged Free Open Source Software, Geography, Geospatial & Geographic Information Systems, Maps & Cartography, Open Data, Self Hosting & Community Hosting
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