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Historical values for the German “Sonntagsfrage”?
In Germany, there are several surveys on voter's preference ("If there were an election next sunday, which party would you vote for"), the so-called "Sonntagsfrage".
Are historical values available? ...
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How do I escape an ampersand in a Socrata SODA 2 API call?
How do I escape & in a Socrata SODA 2 API call?
For example,
http://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/xh8b-g55w.json?$where=license_description='Special Event Beer & Wine'&$limit=1
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How do I escape a single quote in a Socrata SODA 2 API call?
I'd like to request a query that includes a single quote '.
http://data.cityofchicago.org/resource/xh8b-g55w.json?$where=license_description="Caterer's Liquor License"&$limit=1
returns
{
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How do you respond when government says it needs more proven results to release data?
We've rounded up some of the reasons governments cite for not releasing data to the public. We're asking for help now in refuting those reasons. You can read more in this blog post: ...
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How do you respond when government says it should be selling its data, not opening it?
We've rounded up some of the reasons governments cite for not releasing data to the public. We're asking for help now in refuting those reasons. You can read more in this blog post: ...
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How do you respond when government cites time concerns for not releasing data?
We've rounded up some of the reasons governments cite for not releasing data to the public. We're asking for help now in refuting those reasons. You can read more in this blog post: ...
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How do you respond when government cites costs for not releasing data?
We've rounded up some of the reasons governments cite for not releasing data to the public. We're asking for help now in refuting those reasons. You can read more in this blog post: ...
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How do you respond when government cites privacy for not releasing data?
We've rounded up some of the reasons governments cite for not releasing data to the public. We're asking for help now in refuting those reasons. You can read more in this blog post: ...
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How do I Get that Juicy Economic Data from BLS.gov (Bureau of Labor Statistics) into Zip Code Format?
You go to BLS.gov. Click on any one of the links up on their menu that you fancy - I specifically am interested in Consumer Expenditures or disposable income...potential demand..things of those ...
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How should I respond if a government official says she won't release data because she doesn't think it will be useful?
From the Sunlight Foundations's list of Reasons (Not) to Release Data.
Sometimes a government official won't release data because she doesn't see what the utility is. Variants include:
There’s no ...
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How should I respond if a government official says he won't release data because no one cares about the data?
From the Sunlight Foundations's list of Reasons (Not) to Release Data.
Sometimes governments say they won't release data because no one outside government is interested in the data. Variants of this ...
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Content-driven API or RSS feed
I'm looking for a few content-driven APIs and RSS feeds for a mashup website i'm building. Like Yahoo! News and Flickr, which allow you to submit a GET request and get a list of items based on a ...
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Shaded KML file for US Zip Codes? Doesn't have to be perfect
I was looking for a simple KML file anyone knew of that I could just easily import and overlay onto Google Earth. I know Google Earth already seems to show postal code regions under government data, ...
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Where to get IMDb datasets
IMDb offers a great deal of useful structured information for research.
There're multiple ways to get small pieces of its database:
Download a subset of data from http://www.imdb.com/interfaces
Use ...
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Is there Open Data on car engine efficiency?
New to this site - if I'm doing anything wrong please give me a chance to correct myself before hitting me with close question etc!
I'm very interested in the efficiency of car engines, particularly ...
