Happy Presidents Day.
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Happy Presidents Day.
Two weeks ago, the CIA shut down the World Factbook - a public
domain reference on every country, used by 6 million people
monthly since 1997.We built a replacement:
https://openfactbook.org261 countries · Instant search · Country comparisons
Public data should stay public.
#OpenData #CivicTech #OpenSource #PresidentsDay
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Happy Presidents Day.
Two weeks ago, the CIA shut down the World Factbook - a public
domain reference on every country, used by 6 million people
monthly since 1997.We built a replacement:
https://openfactbook.org261 countries · Instant search · Country comparisons
Public data should stay public.
#OpenData #CivicTech #OpenSource #PresidentsDay
#PublicDomain #DataRescue@openfactbook The 16.64bn population seems a bit large though.
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@openfactbook The 16.64bn population seems a bit large though.
@otte_homan it’s double counting! Whoops! Fixing it now! Thank you
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@openfactbook The 16.64bn population seems a bit large though.
@otte_homan Fixed!
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@otte_homan Fixed!
@openfactbook excellent. Number of Countries also off by about 60?
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@openfactbook excellent. Number of Countries also off by about 60?
@openfactbook don't get me wrong, I very much appreciate your work, just adding my 2c of quality control
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Happy Presidents Day.
Two weeks ago, the CIA shut down the World Factbook - a public
domain reference on every country, used by 6 million people
monthly since 1997.We built a replacement:
https://openfactbook.org261 countries · Instant search · Country comparisons
Public data should stay public.
#OpenData #CivicTech #OpenSource #PresidentsDay
#PublicDomain #DataRescueI'm not sure that the UK primary timezone is actually UTC-08:00.
https://openfactbook.org/countries/united-kingdom/ -
Happy Presidents Day.
Two weeks ago, the CIA shut down the World Factbook - a public
domain reference on every country, used by 6 million people
monthly since 1997.We built a replacement:
https://openfactbook.org261 countries · Instant search · Country comparisons
Public data should stay public.
#OpenData #CivicTech #OpenSource #PresidentsDay
#PublicDomain #DataRescueOh Thanks for this!
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Happy Presidents Day.
Two weeks ago, the CIA shut down the World Factbook - a public
domain reference on every country, used by 6 million people
monthly since 1997.We built a replacement:
https://openfactbook.org261 countries · Instant search · Country comparisons
Public data should stay public.
#OpenData #CivicTech #OpenSource #PresidentsDay
#PublicDomain #DataRescue@openfactbook This is wonderful!
We just added OpenFactBook to our list of geography resources that we recommend to teachers.
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Happy Presidents Day.
Two weeks ago, the CIA shut down the World Factbook - a public
domain reference on every country, used by 6 million people
monthly since 1997.We built a replacement:
https://openfactbook.org261 countries · Instant search · Country comparisons
Public data should stay public.
#OpenData #CivicTech #OpenSource #PresidentsDay
#PublicDomain #DataRescue@openfactbook this seems cool, but “we built a replacement for the world factbook in two weeks”seems like a red flag that you haven’t actually done that.
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