WHY OPEN DATA? Find out more: WRI India

THINKING DATAon International Open Data Day21st February 2015

In 2012, the world generated 2.5 exabytes – that's 2.5 billion gigabytes – every single day! To know more, click here.

“Data is the new oil? No: Data is the new soil.” – David McCandless

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-26383058

Every minute,

100,000 tweets,

684,478 Facebook posts,

& 2 million google search

queries are generated. To know more, click here.

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” – Albert Einstein

http://mashable.com/2012/06/22/data-created-every-minute/

NYC’s “geek squad” had a 95% success rate in predicting which restaurants were dumping grease in sewers using city open data sets. To know more, click here.

“Maybe stories are just data with a soul.” – Brene Brown

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/nyregion/mayor-bloombergs-geek-squad.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

The economic value of open data is estimated at $3.2 – 5.4 trillion globally. To know more, click here.

“What gets measured, gets managed.” – Peter Drucker

http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/business_technology/open_data_unlocking_innovation_and_performance_with_liquid_information

More than 90% of countries lock away data that could be used to curb corruption & improve government services.To know more, click here.

“War is ninety percent information.” – Napolean Bonaparte

http://barometer.opendataresearch.org/

NYC’s Open Data Hackathongenerated over 200 apps which impact how 8.5 million people travel daily.To know more, click here.

“In God we trust, all others must bring data.” – W. Edward Deming

http://2013mtaappquest.challengepost.com/

There are 1000 fewer deaths in heart surgery each year due to open data and big data inititiaves at the NHS. To know more, click here.

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” – Aldous Huxley

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/mar/12/nhs-transparency-open-data-initiative

Transport for London’s open data feeds have resulted in apps that saved commuter time worth £15-58 million annually. To know more, click here.

The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight” – Carly Fiorina

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/198905/bis-13-743-market-assessment-of-public-sector-information.pdf

In India, the open data movement has just begun. Since 2012, Data.gov.inhas shared 13,302 data sets. Citizens are participating by generating visualizations, apps and solutions. To know more, click here.

“Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” – Sun Tzu

https://data.gov.in/catalogs

http://embarqindiahub.org/infographics/announcing-shortlist-data-visualization-challenge-umi-2014

https://data.gov.in/featured-community-apps

http://thecityfix.com/blog/india-needs-open-data-better-urban-mobility-zainab-kakal-roshan-toshniwal/

To get involved in the open data movement in India, connect with [email protected]

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WHY OPEN DATA? Find out more: WRI India