Germany

German Data Portal Coming

Posted on: 06-02-2013

During the 17th PSI Group Meeting at the European Commission in Luxembourg the German representative brought the news that a national portal will be launched this month in beta.

This is the result of study (by Fraunhofer FOKUS) that found while lots of government information is being published, it is not available as data for re-use, and which recommended a portal to be created.

The German national data portal, commissioned by the German Ministry for the Interior (BMI), will also aggregate the metadata of the data sets that can be found in local and state...

Second DACHLI Conference: CfP

Posted on: 05-02-2013

The second conference in the DACHLI series is to take place on 16 May in Berlin, Germany. DACHLI is the German speaking open data conference series, taking place in each of the German speaking countries.

The second conference will look at the needed cultural change for increased citizen participation, and diminishing the distance between government and citizenry.

A call for papers has been issued. Proposals are invited for topics such as:...

Rostock To Launch Data Portal

Posted on: 05-02-2013

The German city Rostock is preparing the launch of a city data portal for 22 February. An alpha version is already available online containing some 50 datasets covering a variety of fields and themes. All data is provided under an open license, requiring only attribution of the source.

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Three German States Have Data Portal Plans

Posted on: 29-01-2013

During the 17th PSI Group Meeting at the European Commission in Luxembourg the German representative announced that three additional German States are preparing the launch of an open data portal. This in addition to existing state level open data portals such as Bremen, Berlin, Bayern, and Baden Württemberg. It was not shared which states have these plans.

Berlin's Energy Data Open

Posted on: 28-01-2013

Vattenfall the energy utility company that runs the grid in Berlin, in collaboration with Fraunhofer FOKUS, have opened up data concerning the energy grid to the public. This is a first in Germany, and part of the company's transparency initiative. In Italy, ENEL, the country's largest energy producer earlier made similar steps, although the data made available in Berlin is much more detailed.

The new portal, Netdaten-Berlin...

Baden-Würtemmberg Provides Free Geo Data

Posted on: 17-01-2013

The German State Baden-Würtemmberg has started publishing detailed map data free of charge for re-use. By doing so “we are taking a lead role in Germany", Minister Alexander Bonde said in Stuttgart, and "fulfilling a long time wish of the Open Street Map community".

With the now available maps and aerial photos in high resolution re-users have access to a resource that is free of charge, does not require anything but attribution of the source (Creative Commons BY), and which can be used both for...

Germany's Open Gov Challenges for 2013

Posted on: 15-01-2013

Carsten Köppl at the Government2020.de blog looks at the challenges for the German open data and open government community in 2013.

Machine translation;
"Still, the open government community revolves around itself: A few convinced people from government, politics, business and civil society have created open data portals, app contests and "Hacking Days". But about three years into the "hype" in Germany, these frontrunners remain largely among themselves. And they are in a difficult position sandwich: It...

Open Transport Data in Berlin

Posted on: 07-01-2013

On 29 November the Apps & The City workshop took place in Berlin, focussing on public transport.

Till Nagel has posted a short report on the session, that brought together some 150 interested coders, developers and others. Nagel presented at the event and created a visualization of public transport in Berlin, which is shown below.

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First German Local Finance Data Released

Posted on: 21-12-2012

The German State Nordrhein-Westfalen (Northrhine-Westphalia) has for the first time released data on the financial situation of local governments in the state. The German Pirate Party has been negotiating the release of this data for a year, which is now available from the Pirate Party website. The State government has indicated it will now also incorporate this data in its state databanks in the near future.

Fraunhofer 1st Open Data Dialogue

Posted on: 05-11-2012

The Open Data Dialog seeks to target the industry, civil society, government and research to discuss the status, needs and challenges in opening data to the public. It will review and discuss new business cases and businesses being established on open data as well as review and discuss organizational, legal and regulatory settings for open data.

Day 1 of the program has a focus on current German open data efforts and experiences, whereas day 2 has a stronger focus on international speakers.

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