Acquiring Free and Open Data
The open data movement has liberated thousandsof datasets. You too can access information thatwas once only available to government agencies.This three-hour workshop provides an intensiveoverview of where to find the best data, whatquestions to ask when acquiring data, and how tothink critically about data quality and accuracy.By the end of the workshop, you will have a firmgrounding in how to apply these techniques invisual analysis outputs and web maps.