Data.gov, the clearinghouse for government data, will soon allow users to create mashups of maps and statistics. Within the next month, site visitors will be able to preview a viewer that lets them combine many of the site’s 270,00 datasets with maps. From NextGov:
The new mapping capabilities will allow third parties, including nonprofit government watchdogs, the press, private software providers and citizens to discover interesting or suspicious trends and correlations such as, perhaps, a high death rate in a region where a large proportion of the population is employed by mining companies.
Users will not need technical skills to create the maps. Link to full story in NextGov.
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