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Exploring 'Rivers of Data'

Posted by: dataenvagency, Posted on: 27 March 2015 - Categories: Defra digital, Open data

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 …

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Near Real Time 'Flood Data' API

Posted by: dataenvagency, Posted on: 24 March 2015 - Categories: Open data

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 …

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