In the third part of our series looking at the ways Defra colleagues are using AI, Zoe Wilson reflects on how Copilot empowers her as a form of assistive technology.
Natural England’s Long Term Monitoring Network (LTMN) vegetation data has been published on data.gov.uk. The Long-term Monitoring Network is one of the ways that Natural England will understand the effects of climate change, air pollution and land management on the …
Earth Observations: the value Data and smart ways of working should be at the heart of everything government does, which is why Defra is working with experts in the field to realise the potential of Earth observation data. Earth observation …
...new office ...and so much more. Being part of the journey to open data, an open culture and improving data use has been a thread throughout. The ask may have...
The following case study from Mike Williams, Data Research Consultant at Landmark Information group, shows how Defra's open data is being provided as a service alongside environmental expertise, to advise developers on the suitability of land for development. With the Government Digital Service …
The JNCC Technical Skills Framework – a strategic approach to training The majority of staff at the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) are scientists. We also have a dedicated technical development team but how do we know that we have …
Recently I attended the first meeting of the Defra Data Programme Board. This is the group of senior officials advising the SRO of the Defra Data Programme, Emily Miles, and reports into ExCo, the executive team of Defra chaired by …
Last week (21 April) the World Wide Web Foundation published the results of its Open Data Barometer, which showed that the UK remains at number one in the world. The barometer compares a number of measures to judge how well …
This week we’ve released our water quality archive as open data (you can find it all here on data.gov.uk). The archive provides data on the quality of rivers, lakes and estuaries. There are a staggering 58 million measurements and 4 …
About the authors: Lisa leads a team in implementing data governance and data quality, with a responsibility for developing, implementing and measuring the Environment Agency’s data maturity model. Deborah co-ordinates and leads work across the Environment Agency to embed an …
April is a busy month in our open data journey, as we make a number of significant flood-related datasets open including: Flood Map for Planning Areas that benefit from flood defences Flood storage areas Flood zones Spatial flood defences (without standardised …
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