Emily Dowdeswell, PhD Intern, Defra Chief Scientist’s Office – Defra digital, data, technology and security

Emily Dowdeswell, PhD Intern, Defra Chief Scientist's Office

Data, emerging technologies, uses and impact

Emily Dowdeswell, PhD Intern, Defra Chief Scientist's Office, 21 April 2017 - Data Transformation, Defra digital, Defra Science and Innovation, Earth Observation, Maker community, Open data, Software tools

How can we use data, now and in the future? What are emerging technologies and what are their potential uses and impacts? A Defra-Royal Society panel debate asked these and other questions recently.

Why Defra has an Earth Observation Centre of Excellence

Emily Dowdeswell, PhD Intern, Defra Chief Scientist's Office and Ian Boyd, Defra Chief Scientific Advisor, 7 April 2017 - Data Transformation, Defra digital, Defra Science and Innovation, Earth Observation, Open data, Software tools

Earth Observation technologies help us to understand how our actions affect our environment and are key to delivering better services through smarter use of data.

A digital-data future at Ordnance Survey

Emily Dowdeswell, PhD Intern, Defra Chief Scientist's Office, 24 February 2017 - Data Transformation, Defra Science and Innovation, Earth Observation, Open data, Software tools

On a recent visit to Ordnance Survey (OS) I learned about the diversity of geospatial data and innovation OS undertakes. OS was born in 1791 under the ambition of creating a superior map of Britain. While world-famous for their paper …

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