Finally, our legislators are getting below the surface of the Open Data issue and addressing one of the deeper plains: Open Data is nearly useless when it is delivered in PDF. To address this problem, our very own Brian Maienschein (well, the inland “us” ) has introduced AB 169, which mandates that when agencies publish open data, it is published in a machine readable format.
Yea! One prayer answered! If you are in district 77, send Maienschein some love, if not, tell your assembly person to get with the program.
Terrific news.