Today we have a short post from the retiring Environment Agency Chief Executive Dr Paul Leinster: I am coming to the end of my time as Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, an NDPB within the Department for the Environment …
Learning as we go, an update on #OpenDefra and releasing Defra data.
Hi, I’m Lisa Allen; I am the lead for the data governance workstream of the #OpenDefra Data Programme. On 25 June the Secretary of State set out her vision for open data to transform food and farming. She gave a …
On Friday (10/07/15) I had the pleasure of attending 'Make it Better With Data: Sheffield' at Sheffield Town Hall hosted by the cities Better With Data Society and Sheffield City Council, with support from Capita and Socrata. The conference was one of the …
Hello - I’m Tom Guilbert and I work in the Data, Mapping, Modelling and Information team at the Environment Agency. I’ve been working over the last few months on updating and improving our bathing water quality open data services …
Today we have a guest post from Savania Chinamaringa, who is a Defra rep at the Environment Agency Data Advisory Group (EADAG)... I have been involved with the EADAG as a Defra rep from its inception. I attend EADAG meetings to listen and learn but …
We’re posting here on the Defra digital blog some of the stories about our data, data activities and data releases. On 25 June, our Secretary of State Elizabeth Truss set out her vision for the role of open data in the future of food and farming.
This week saw the beta release of the Environment Agency's flood data APIs and 4 new open data products from Ordnance Survey including the detailed OS Open Map - Local and the new OS Open Rivers network data. Alex Coley's …
Open 'Flood' Data Last year the Environment Agency increased its publication of Open Data. In the first instance, and in response to the extreme flooding episodes of the 2013/14 winter, this included access to flood warnings, flood alerts and river …
This week sees some exciting steps forward in opening up useful data that support our understanding of rivers and providing data that local groups interested in topics such as flood management and pollution control can access. OpenMap Water This week we …
