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National A geographical map Geographic information is Markings of national traffic routes
Maps of the country instrumental for many use Markings of relief/heights
including national cases, including journey Markings of water stretches
traffic routes, planning, the mapping of National borders Coordinates to
stretches of water, topography, as well as qualify, data must contain
and markings of demographic indicators. geographic projections that enable to
heights interpret coordinates
measurement called "Global
Open Data Index" which is
Administrative Data on Data about administrative
Boundaries administrative units or zones has many use cases: "an annual effort to measure
areas defined for the Who are the candidates in the state of open
purpose of my region? Which government data around the
administration by a government bodies
(local) government administer my region? How world". And they evaluate
is wealth distributed across the openness of an open
regions?
dataset according to the
Locations A database of Open location data shows Zip codes Addresses following questions:
postcodes/zip codes the addresses of public and Coordinates
and the private buildings. Data available for entire country The GODI is the annual
corresponding spatial global benchmark for
locations regarding publication of open
latitude and longitude
government data, run by the
National Key national statistics Official statistics provide an Country Population Open Knowledge Network.
Statistics on demographic and indispensable element in the Gross Domestic Product The crowdsourced survey
economic indicators information system of a National unemployment
such as Gross democratic society, serving method measures the
Domestic Product the Government, the openness of government
(GDP), or economy and the public with
unemployment and data about the economic, data according to the
population statistics. demographic, social and ‘definition’ of Open Data.
environmental situation.
By having a tool that is run
Draft Data about the laws Open data on the law- Content of Act/law by civil society, GODI creates
Legislation discussed within making process is crucial for Status of Act valuable insights for
national parliament as parliamentary transparency Available for current legislation
well as votes on laws period government’s data
publishers to understand
National Law This data category Access to open data on a Content of the law where they have data gaps.
requires all national country's national law Date of last amendment It also shows how to make
laws and statutes to supports compliance with Amendments to the law data more usable and
be available online law, enables to keep track of
legal changes, and also eventually more impactful.
enables public deliberation GODI therefore provides
around a law.
important feedback that
Air Quality Data should be Air quality is a key factor for Particulate matter (PM) governments are usually
available for all air human health and Sulphur oxides (SOx)
monitoring stations or environment. Nitrogen oxides (NOx) lacking.
zones in a country Carbon monoxide (CO) GODI measures the
Ozone (O3) openness of clearly defined
Water Quality Water quality data by This information is essential Fecal coliform data categories. Any open
water source. The for both the delivery of Arsenic data that does not fall
data category regards services and the prevention Fluoride levels
the quality of of diseases. Nitrates within these categories is
designated drinking Total Dissolved Solids not regarded for in their
water sources. Available for the entire country
assessment. This has three
reasons. Firstly, GODI
assesses open government
Firstly, GODI assesses open GLOBAL OPEN DATA INDEX data that has proven to be
government data that has There are two mainstream useful for the public.
Secondly, GODI is a
proven to be useful for the methodologies, which are Global Open comparative indicator. In the
public. Secondly, GODI is a Data Index (GODI) and Open Data past, they have used broader
comparative indicator. In Barometer. The Global Open Data Index categories and compared
evaluates an open data portal from 11
very different datasets, at
the past, they have used different aspects based on the Open the expense of
broader categories and Definition of open data, while the Open comparability. Thirdly, a
compared very different Data Barometer adds two more indices standardized procedure
compared to the previous one.
supports the researchers to
datasets, at the expense of According to the service offered by Open reduce bias and personal
comparability. Knowledge International, they run a judgement.

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