Flowing Data Maps a Century of Earthquakes
If you have an interest in visualizing data, then you should be visiting the site Flowing Data on a regular basis. The author is Dr. Nathan Yau (PhD), and he provides fantastic examples…
Instructional Video to Mashup Chicago and San Francisco Crime and Police Open Data
Open Data Bits has created the above video to provide value in a few different ways: This video gives instructions for using the Open Data Bits library to create your…
CMS Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data Now Featured at Open Data Bits
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently released Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data at the detail level of Physicians and Other Suppliers. This release of open data…
City of Chicago Crime Data Now Featured at Open Data Bits
The City of Chicago has an official open data portal providing public access to city government data. A data set with details about Crimes in the city of Chicago from 2001…
Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development Portfolio Open Data Feature
The State of Connecticut has recently launched an open data portal providing public access to open data. The site is powered by Socrata, which in my experience provides a very solid…
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Complaint Database Now Featured at Open Data Bits
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of the United States educates consumers about financial options, enforces federal consumer financial laws, and conducts studies to "better understand consumers, financial services providers, and…
Video: What is Open Data Bits?
Open Data Bits is a new initiative to provide guidance and a methodology for using and mashing up open data. The video embedded above gives a brief overview of our…
WhiteHouse.gov Office of Management and Budget Data Visualization
Office of Management and Budget open data from visualized in Excel 2013 The United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has provided budgetary open data for public use that is accessible…
San Francisco Graffiti Reports and SFPD Reported Incidents Data Mashup
San Francisco Graffiti and Police Incidents Data Mashup The open data sets previously featured at Open Data Bits were both from the city of San Francisco, and they both contained…
San Francisco Graffiti Reports Open Data
San Francisco Graffiti Report Open Data The city of San Francisco has numerous data sets available to the public, including data that details reports about graffiti in the city. This…