In the background this week, I have been pulling together geographical and news data from a few sources for some experiments I want to try. If things work out, I'll probably show a few people what I am trying and the web would be the right way to do this. So I've been paying attention to republication restrictions and the like whenever I locate something that looks useful. Conclusion: the Australian government is not really leading the world in this sort of thing and Australian companies seem to follow suit.

Here's a survey of the good and not so good (plus you can play the "what is he doing?" guessing game, if you like).

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Topics: technology/data

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