Blog

Discover hundreds of new road and traffic datasets

Released: 13 Jun 2019 by The DataWA Team

Summary

  • Main Roads is publishing high-quality road and traffic data on its Open Data, Maps and Apps portal
  • Data is available in modern machine-readable formats and API web services under a Creative Commons Attribution licence
  • Hundreds of new road and traffic datasets are now discoverable through data.wa.gov.au

https://data.wa.gov.au/Blog/discover-hundreds-of-new-road-and-traffic-datasets

Australian Statistical Geographic Standard consultation is now open

Released: 07 Jun 2019 by The DataWA Team

Summary

  • The Australian Bureau of Statistics is seeking consultation on the ASGS
  • Feedback is being gathered via an online survey on the ABS's consultation portal
  • Submissions close 15th July 2019

https://data.wa.gov.au/Blog/australian-statistical-geographic-standard-consultation-is-now-open

SLIP Esri ArcGIS Upgrade

Released: 29 Apr 2019 by The DataWA Team

Summary

  • On 11th May 2019 SLIP’s Esri ArcGIS infrastructure and geodatabases will be upgraded
  • There will be an outage to all services during the scheduled maintenance period
  • For polygon/multipolygon data only the “st_length” field will be renamed to “st_perimeter”

https://data.wa.gov.au/Blog/slip-esri-arcgis-upgrade

Data Publishers: Access & Use summaries are now live

Released: 02 Apr 2019 by The DataWA Team

Summary

  • Access categories made easy
  • Communicate key information with data access statements
  • More flexible licensing options

https://data.wa.gov.au/Blog/data-publishers-access-and-use-summaries-are-now-live

Introducing Access & Use summaries

Released: 02 Apr 2019 by The DataWA Team

Summary

  • Discover more on data.wa.gov.au without the confusion
  • Access categories made easy
  • Improved licensing information

https://data.wa.gov.au/Blog/introducing-access-and-use-summaries