22 lines
869 B
Markdown
22 lines
869 B
Markdown
---
|
|
title: Open Data
|
|
---
|
|
## Open Data
|
|
|
|
Open data is data that is freely available and anyone can _access, reuse, and share_ it.
|
|
|
|
The following points are characteristic of open data:
|
|
|
|
* The data becomes usable by being available in a common understandable format.
|
|
* The data must be available under an open license. This allows anyone to use, redistribute and modify it.
|
|
|
|
Open data can help governments, businesses, and individuals. It can improve services, bring socioeconomic changes, and protect the planet.
|
|
|
|
One way that you can use open data is through Civic Hacking in your local code for America Brigade.
|
|
#### More Information:
|
|
<!-- Please add any articles you think might be helpful to read before writing the article -->
|
|
* [Open Data Wikipedia Page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_data)
|
|
* [Find Your Brigade](http://brigade.codeforamerica.org/brigade/)
|
|
|
|
|