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RETURNING USERS OF OPEN DATA

Welcome back to the City of Winchester, Virginia's new open data hub that provides access to the city's raw data in one convenient digital location. Find information about the City services, public safety calls for service, interactive maps and other types of datasets in a variety of file formats to suit your needs. The platform is also mobile-friendly giving you the ability to search our datasets while on the go.

Please note that we use a consistent public domain license because we truly want you to use our data without restrictions. If you create or learn something from our open data (e.g. visualization, application, or data driven story), please share it with us so we can showcase your work!

If you need a quick overview on Comprehensive Knowledge Archives Network (CKAN), an open source platform, see the videos below. Otherwise, explore away.

NEW USERS OF OPEN DATA

Thank you for visiting the City of Winchester's new open data hub. If you are new to open data don't worry. We've curated content on this platform to help you get started. Some recommendations:

• Check out this Open Data starter kit 
• Review these slides that provide a brief orientation to the platform and some persona based use cases for available open datasets
• View the videos below to get a brief overview of this platform
• Refer to the glossary whenever you need additional context
• Use the top level search bar, the topic categories, or browse the popular datasets to see what is available
• For even more of a historical narrative, check out this article called "A Brief History of Open Data" in the Paris Tech Review

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Comprehensive Knowledge Archives Network (CKAN) TRAINING VIDEOS