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This article was originally published on 05 Mar 2021 by The Data WA Team

Happy International Open Data Day! Today groups around the world are gathering to use open data in their communities, demonstrate the benefit of open data, and encourage the adoption of open data policies.

Data WA is celebrating by participating in a free online event on Monday 8 March from 9.00 to 10.30am – register via Eventbrite to celebrate with us.

This article was originally published on 03 Mar 2021 by The Data WA Team

Summary

• Data WA Champions Network aims to connect like-minded people, projects, and groups.
• Get involved by taking a 3-5 minute survey.

This article was originally published on 23 Feb 2021 by The Data WA Team

Landgate, the Office of Digital Government and Data WA Champions have teamed up with WA Data Science Innovation Hub to help celebrate International Open Data Day!

Join us for a free online event on Monday 8 March from 9.00 to 10.30am. Register via Eventbrite.

This article was originally published on 19 Feb 2021 by The Data WA Team

Summary

• Data Custodians can provide GDA2020 data to SLIP
• New metadata guidelines for GDA2020
• In June 2021 new data download formats will support GDA94 and GDA2020
• Web services will remain in WGS84 (equivalent to GDA94)
• New GDA2020 and SLIP guide in the Data WA Toolkit

This article was originally published on 23 Dec 2020 by The Data WA Team

As we approach the end of 2020, if you are continuing to work or taking a break from all things data, we wish you well for now and into 2021.

The Data WA team will be taking a short break next week, returning on 4 January.