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This article was originally published on 11 Mar 2019 by The Data WA Team

The DataWA team have been working hard on several enhancements to make it easier for customers and data publishers to access and use the WA Open Data platform data.wa.gov.au.

We pleased to announce for Geospatial Data Publishers version 2.2 of the SLIP Data Upload Tool will be released on Thursday 14th March 2019.

This article was originally published on 08 Mar 2019 by The Data WA Team

We wanted to let you know that we have been working to improve the way news and information is delivered through our blog and mailing list.

News, articles and updates posted here on the DataWA blog will shortly have tags to help you better identify the information in them, and to let you choose the topics that most interest you. 

This article was originally published on 06 Feb 2019 by The Data WA Team

Summary

• Main Roads’ road asset data is now accessible via the Main Roads data portal
• Road asset data sets will be removed from the SLIP Public Transport service on Wednesday 27 March 2019

This article was originally published on 03 Dec 2018 by The Data WA Team

Summary

ArcGIS Online will be upgrading to TLS 1.2 in February 2019

• Are you using spatial data services? If yes, read on to find out what this change means for you
• TLS is the acronym for Transport Layer Security; it’s a protocol that encrypts and authenticates secure connections across the web
• TLS 1.0 and 1.1 will be formally deprecated
• Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla have announced they plan to disable TLS 1.0 and 1.1 support in their browsers in the first half of 2020
• We will also be removing support for TLS 1.0; applications and web browsers using TLS 1.0 will not be able to connect to spatial data services (SLIP) and maps when support is removed

This article was originally published on 12 Jul 2018 by The Data WA Team

Summary

• The federal government is seeking input into the development of the Data Sharing and Release Bill
• The laws propose making more public data available for sharing and release
• It is part of a broader push to recognise and harness data as a key national asset
• The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet are seeking input from individuals and you can provide comment until 1 August 2018