Naomi Perdomo | 18 Nov 2015
The DataStart information nights kicked off on Tuesday 17 November at the Pollenizer Headquarters in Sydney.
We’ll be talking about how you can apply for the program, the types of ideas we’re looking for and sharing some of the resources available to applicants.
There is lots of government data currently available for use, including:
Over 7,100 discoverable datasets on data.gov.au.
Over 2,900 datasets are viewable on the NationalMap.
The AREMI map – which provides access to renewable energy information, including electricity infrastructure, renewable energy, boundaries, topography and population.
All data from these sources is free and open – some available for download and some available as an API.
DataStart looks to test how these valuable data resources can be leveraged by the private sector to create commercial opportunities.
Datasets by Theme
Here are some of the datasets we think offer exciting opportunities (feel free to make your own suggestions in the comments below):
Finance: Housing Finance, Lending Finance by Industry, Budget 2014-15 & 15-16, Reserve Bank Liability and Assets.
Environment/Energy: Catchment Scale Land Use, Monthly Sun Radiation For Solar Energy, Live National Power Generation by Location, Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangement (expenditure and claims).
Agriculture: Aquifer Location and Quality, Water Table Salinity, Surface Water .
Mining: Surface Geology, Geothermal Temperature 5 km, Mine Areas, National Bore Holes.
Spatial: Water Observation from Space.
Communications: Broadband Quality and Availability & Mobile Black Spots.
Please note that many of the above links are to the data services which need to be viewed using a geographical application. See links in the comments below to view the data on the NationalMap and AREMI map.
Example Problems
We’ve come up with some potential challenges for DataStart applicants, have you got any to add?
Power: Using government supplied power generation, transition capability, logistics information and environmental conditions to provide data-driven investment opportunities for the renewable and traditional power generation companies.
Agriculture: Fusing Government environmental, water and land use data with farming industry price and stock data to provide data-driven decision support around stock management and horticultural investment to the agricultural industry.
Insurance: Using open water observation from space datasets, surface water information and then fusing that with high quality built environment data and geocoded address data to provide more detailed flood risk information to the insurance industry.
Communications: Fusing Broadband Quality and Mobile Black Spots data with terrain and population information to deliver services to business and the public on the quality and availability of communications when planning new business or moving house.
For more information on DataStart visit datastart.com.au.