Norway 71% open

Norway is ranked #7 in the 2014 Index
Norway's overall Index ranking is down from #4 in 2013

Rank Dataset Breakdown Location (URL) Format Info Prev. (2013) Score
1 Election Results
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http://statbank.ssb.no/statist... csv, ... #1  100% 100%
1 Election Results
URL: http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/?PLanguage=1
Format: csv, tsv, xml, pc-axis, excel

License is open when you also look at these web pages: https://ssb.no/informasjon/om-statistikkbanken/hvordan-bruke-statistikkbanken https://ssb.no/informasjon/om-statistikkbanken/generelle-vilkar-for-bruk-av-statistikkbanken

License("URL to license or terms of use") in the link is not strictly an open license, and this seems to be since it's a general notice which also includes text, layout etc. on the website.

(Reviewer notice, 2014)


1 National Map
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http://data.kartverket.no/down... n/a #1  100% 100%
1 National Map
URL: http://data.kartverket.no/download/


License is CC 4.0 BY. As of 26.09.2013 extensive portions of Norwegian map data is released in digital form, under a open license ( CC 3.0 BA ) - the announcement is here: http://www.kartverket.no/Om-Kartverket/Nyheter/Nasjonale-kartdata-blir-gratis/ New maps will be added, but at this point in time Norway maps with a resolution 1:50 000 and up, are available, here: http://data.kartverket.no/download/ 2d views, terrain models, location names, road data, and boundary maps are all part of this map release. An online (WMS) version of the maps is available, freely, here: http://beta.norgeskart.no/ In order to download data, the portal requires users to register.


1 National Statistics
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http://statbank.ssb.no/statist... mostly ... #1  100% 100%
1 National Statistics
URL: http://statbank.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/?PLanguage=1
Format: mostly csv, tsb, xml, pc-axis, excel, json

Data is freely available as long as the source is referenced. See http://ssb.no/en/informasjon/copyright

Previous editor's note: But I've been corresponding with Statistics Norway ( the home of the statistics ) and they've said the same. Their license is essentially the same as the Norwegian License for Open Government Data ( NLOD - http://data.norge.no/nlod/en/1.0 ), but they can't yet write this, though they're working on it. That is, their license is CC BA compatible.

Datasets available through the API (data.ssb.no) is licensed under NLOD: http://www.ssb.no/en/omssb/tjenester-og-verktoy/api


1 Company Register
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http://hotell.difi.no/?dataset... CSV, ... #3  90% 100%
1 Company Register
URL: http://hotell.difi.no/?dataset=brreg/enhetsregisteret
Format: CSV, JSON, JSONP, YAML, XML

Fields available: http://hotell.difi.no/api/html/brreg/enhetsregisteret/fields

Further data may be made available in the future: http://www.brreg.no/nyheter/2012/06/datasett_enhetsregisteret.html

Edit: added that the data - though in a minimal form, compared to what's registered with the government, is available under a free license from data.norway.no , using the firstmentioned url above.

Edit: amended main URL so it goes directly to dataset and not to search.

Edit: the data set is updated nightly.

Publisher is "The Brønnøysund Register Centre", but the technical publisher is Difi (who receives the data-export and makes it available). (Reviewer-comment 2014)


1 Pollutant Emissions
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http://www.miljostatus.no/milj... csv, ... #1  100% 100%
1 Pollutant Emissions
URL: http://www.miljostatus.no/miljodata/Miljotall/
Format: csv, tsv, xml, pc-axis, excel

There's some parallel environmental information, also in free ( by attribution) machine readable form, available from Statistics Norway http://ssb.no/natur-og-miljo?innholdstype=statistikk / google translated: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fssb.no%2Fnatur-og-miljo%3Finnholdstype%3Dstatistikk


11 Transport Timetables
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http://labs.rutebok.no/ JSON, XML #3  90% 90%
11 Transport Timetables
URL: http://labs.rutebok.no/
Format: JSON, XML

NRI took over the responsibility of providing national travel data in 2013, and they're still in a process of getting more data (accessibility, realtime etc), more frequent updates, expanding their API etc. All public and private companies providing personal transport are required to export data to NRI, and they as of 2014-11-19 have 214 companies in their database, according to their API.

Whether data is available in bulk is uncertain. This depends on the definition. I've been strict here, since it was not trivial to download the raw base data for all routes in Norway with the current API-documentation. You can however easily list all transport companies, the routes they provide, search to/from and get trip-results, query for further details on each journey etc.

Note1: the license is not prominently mentioned on the website. It is mentioned on the form you have to fill out to get an API-key.

Note2: many of the local providers have their own APIs with more functionality, real time data etc. Most notably labs.ruter.no

(Reviewer-comments, 2014)


23 Government Budget
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http://www.statsbudsjettet.no/... Excel, CSV #11  90% 70%
23 Government Budget
URL: http://www.statsbudsjettet.no/
Format: Excel, CSV

No license for use of data is stated on statsbudsjettet.no.


89 Legislation
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http://lovdata.no n/a #56  30% 30%
89 Legislation
URL: http://lovdata.no


Editor: For private use, the data is available free of charge. However, commercial use requires a angreement ( read: subscription ) http://www.lovdata.no/info/lovavtale.html

No changes since 2013.

Reviewer-note 2014: Lovdata mentions an API on their webpage: https://lovdata.no/info/api Plans for the future?


16 Government Spending
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https://www.ssb.no/statistikkb... n/a #19  10% 10%
16 Government Spending
URL: https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selecttable/hovedtabellHjem.asp?KortNavnWeb=statsregn&CMSSubjectArea=offentlig-sektor&checked=true


Records of spending on a transactional level is not openly available online, and have to be requested.

There are some higher-level numbers available;

Monthly expenses: http://www.dfo.no/no/Forvaltning/Statsregnskapet/Manedlig-statsregnskap/2014/

Statistics Norway: https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken/selecttable/hovedtabellHjem.asp?KortNavnWeb=statsregn&CMSSubjectArea=offentlig-sektor&checked=true


42 Postcodes / Zipcodes
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n/a n/a #21  45% 10%
42 Postcodes / Zipcodes


The data is still not officially available as Open Data. The site http://adressesok.posten.no/en/postal_codes/search?q=1350 allows web queries postcode lookup to get the name of the locality. This is HTML only with a restrictive licence at http://adressesok.posten.no/en/pages/usage_terms and only one postcode can be queried at a time.

You can download the dataset in bulk from http://www.bring.no/hele-bring/produkter-og-tjenester/brev-og-postreklame/andre-tjenester/postnummertabeller in XLSX-format. No lat/long is provided only ZIP-code, placename, municipalitycode, municipalityname and category.

http://data.kartverket.no/download/content/stedsnavn-ssr-wgs84-geojson could be used to obtain a rough lat/long of the postcode. However, as suggested by the original submitter, it's been gathered and made available by a private citizen, at http://www.erikbolstad.no/geo/noreg/postnummer/. However, the privately gathered data is has some quality/accuracy issues, so it's a good question as to whether it can be considered complete. (note: moved link to comments area in line with editorial instructions.)


Contributors

Reviewers

  • Andrew Stott
  • Daniela Mattern
  • Pierre Chrzanowski
  • Livar Bergheim
  • Mor Rubinstein
  • Christian Villum
  • Miska Knapek

Submitters

  • Geirmund Knutsen
  • Daniela Mattern
  • Pierre Chrzanowski
  • Livar Bergheim
  • Statens kartverk
  • Andrew Stott
  • Mor Rubinstein
  • Heather Broomfield
  • Øystein Åsnes
  • Trygve Falch
  • Miska Knapek
  • geirmund