Open data

Orange launches the online test "où habitez-vous vraiment?" with OWNI, FING and Everydatalab.

• A test site allowing people to compare their perception of their area with that supplied by public ‘open data'.
• Analysis of the results carried out by the researchers at the Orange Sociology and Economics of Networks and Services Laboratory.
• The initiative is part of the support for public authorities programme.

Days of sunshine, tourism, healthcare, education by answering 16 questions like.
Do you think you have more general practitioners in your town? Do you think that net earnings are higher in your department? (in comparison to the national average), internet users can test their knowledge. After answering the questions they will be able to discover the gaps that exist between their perception and the reality as painted by open data. This innovative project is managed by Orange Labs in association with OWNI, FING and Everydatalab.

The results of the test, compiled by the researchers at the Orange Sociology and Economics of Networks and SErvices Laboratory, will allow for an initial analysis of the effects of making public open data available to internet users in terms of their impressions of their institutions, public services and the area they live in...and identify the questions for which the gaps between perception and statistical information are the widest. The results will be published on the site once a statistically significant sample size has been reached.

The site also offers an opportunity to explain the use of public or open data. More and more local authorities and countries are making the data that they collect in the course of their activities available to all in digital format: usage of hospitals, allocation of public spending, real time timetables for public transport...Initiatives intended to make the data more widely available, to improve the visibility of their actions and allow third parties, such as the developers of applications for example, to create new services based on the data for the benefit of everyday citizens.