Statistics Finland is making further utilisation of statistical data easier
From the post:
Statistics Finland has confirmed new Terms of Use for the utilisation of already published statistical data. In them, Statistics Finland grants a universal, irrevocable right to the use of the data published in its www.stat.fi website service and in related free statistical databases. The right extends to use for both commercial and non-commercial purposes. The aim is to make further utilisation of the data easier and thereby increase the exploitation and effectiveness of statistics in society.
At the same time, an open interface has been built to the StatFin database. The StatFin database is a general database built with AC-Axis tools that is free-of-charge and contains a wide array of statistical data on a variety of areas in society. It contains data from some 200 sets of statistics, thousands of tables and hundreds of millions of individual data cells. The contents of the StatFin database have been systematically widened in the past few years and its expansion with various information contents and regional divisions will be continued even further.
Curious if the free commercial re-use of government collected data (paid for by taxpayers) favors established re-sellers of data or startups that will combine existing data in interesting ways. Thoughts?
First seen at Christophe Lalanne’s Bag of Tweets for January 2012.