The UF Digital Collections has many data sets, but most are historical – as in pre-digital historical, printed on paper, and then digitized. In digitizing the materials, text is created by OCR so the data is all available, but it’s not as exciting, born-digital format.*
Recently, born-digital data sets for energy consumption in Gainesville were added and this data is in an exciting format and it’s exciting data.
Check it out here: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/IR00000242/00001
Also, check out the Gainesville-Green.com site, which uses the data set in a visual comparison tool that lets you compare your energy consumption over time, with neighbors, and more!
* At least on a dealing-with-files level; data-as-content is always exciting for what it contains.
2010-10-30