Tag Archives: Data

Hassle-free screen scraping with Dapper

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Sebastian Payne

Unfortunately for journalists, not all data on the internet is available in easy downloadable formats. Before the advent of public data releases, screen scraping was the most common method to pull information into a nice format. Screen scraping is a … Continue reading →

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D’oh! No spreadsheets, just charts

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Sebastian Payne

A few weeks ago, a story broke in the London Evening Standard regarding the performance of the London Underground since Boris Johnson entered office. The story followed a claim by ex-Mayor of London Ken Livingston that reliability of the Tube … Continue reading →

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Free data from TfL? Think again

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Sebastian Payne

Earlier this year, I wrote my first published data story with the Telegraph. Based upon a Freedom of Information request placed by open data Adrian Short in October 2010, the story was found inside the first One million Barclays Cycle … Continue reading →

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