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This article was originally published on 18 Dec 2017 by The Data WA Team

Summary

• The data.wa.gov.au homepage has been refreshed to focus more on discovering data and providing the tools needed to access, use, and understand data.
• The new data toolkit will help you make the most of data, with specific sections for data publishers, developers, professional data users, executives, and more.
• Find out about new data as it’s published with a new latest datasets section.
• An easier way to discover data by topic: environment, infrastructure, property, water and more.

This article was originally published on 10 Oct 2017 by The Data WA Team

Summary

• Research project undertaken by Landgate and the CRCSI.
• The study will explore the use of geospatial data in a wide range of organisations.
• You are invited to participate in the research.
• Nominate at opendata@landgate.wa.gov.au by Tuesday, 17 October.

This article was originally published on 20 Jun 2017 by The Data WA Team

Summary

• data.wa.gov.au has a new and expanded data toolkit to help you make the most of data https://toolkit.data.wa.gov.au.
• It’s now easier to search and through the toolkit to find what you’re after, and discover related articles.
• The toolkit has been built using a role-based approach - with specific sections for data creators, developers, professional data users, decision makers, and more.
• Many articles are still a work in progress, with the full suite of articles being published over the next three months.
• We’d like your feedback - you can help shape the toolkit direction and content through comments and voting on articles, and direct feedback.

This article was originally published on 19 May 2017 by The Data WA Team

Summary

• Refreshed look and feel for the DataWA data catalogue.
• Formally dropping the 'beta' label.
• DataWA is now secured using HTTPS by default.
• Next steps: data.wa.gov.au homepage refresh and a new user-centric toolkit for publishers and users of data.

This is a guest post by Helen Ensikat from the Department of Treasury’s Program Evaluation Unit was originally published on 20 Dec 2016

Many public sector datasets refer to location – for example, data on health spending in the Kimberley, or the number of ratepayers in the City of Vincent.

However, there is no common standard for defining geographic boundaries in Western Australia.  Over time, different agencies have taken many different approaches to dividing the State into areas relevant to their work.