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Netherlands / 2013 74% open

Netherlands is ranked #5 in the 2013 Index

Rank Dataset Breakdown Location (URL) Format Info Prev. Score
1 Location datasets
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http://geodata.nationaalgeoreg... xml n/a 100%
1 Location datasets
URL: http://geodata.nationaalgeoregister.nl/inspireadressen/extract/inspireadressen.zip
Format: xml

As part of the "BAG" data which contains all addresses and buildings in the Netherlands. The data set is most likely public domain (In this http://geodata.nationaalgeoregister.nl/inspireadressen/atom/inspireadressen.xml the description link yields an XML that specifies public domain), and the national data portal lists the BAG as public domain (although provides faulty links) https://data.overheid.nl/data/dataset/basisregistratie-adressen-en-gebouwen-bag-. The downloaded data set does not contain licensing info.

Cadastre is the data holder but they provide no direct mention of the data set on their own site, just a reference to their paid for services. They are however listed as data holder and contact info in the links above as well.

The data dump is a 1.4 GB zip file, that contains 7 other zip files, yielding over 30GB of data when unpacked, split up in 21MB xml files. This is the full BAG data set, containing all addresses and buildings for all of the Netherlands. From this dataset you need to combine several subsets to get to a full postcode list: The ‘NUM’ files give you address index numbers, its georeferences, the house number and the postcode, and a number that corresponds with a street. The ‘OPR’ files give you the corresponding street name, and the number of the place it is in. The ‘WPL’ files give you the place name, and through a separate table also the municipality it is in. (Do note that is does not include postcodes that are not connected to geolocations, such as PO Boxes) See for a detailed description of the search for the Dutch postcode data; http://www.zylstra.org/blog/2013/10/theoretically-open-post-codes-not-so-much-in-practice/


1 National Map
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http://www.kadaster.nl/web/The... shape, GML n/a 100%
1 National Map
URL: http://www.kadaster.nl/web/Themas/Registraties/brt.htm
Format: shape, GML

The full data set is openly licensed (CC-BY), but only available on request, after which the (4GB) large file will be quickly made available for download. The OSM community is also hosting the dataset for download convenience at http://mirror.openstreetmap.nl/kadaster/


1 Legislation
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https://data.overheid.nl/data/... Webserv ... n/a 100%
1 Legislation
URL: https://data.overheid.nl/data/dataset/basis-wetten-bestand
Format: Webservice, XML

Although the data download page at data.overheid.nl states the date of the data set is Nov 2012, in reality if you download the XML file, it will have a generation date of today. The data is updated daily.

All laws are also available through webinterface at http://wetten.overheid.nl/zoeken/


1 Election Results
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http://www.verkiezingsuitslage... CSV n/a 100%
1 Election Results
URL: http://www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl/
Format: CSV

Data is available per election in full since 1848 as csv


1 Government Budget
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http://opendata.rijksbegroting... csv n/a 100%
1 Government Budget
URL: http://opendata.rijksbegroting.nl/begrotingsstaten.csv
Format: csv

De begrotingsstaten van het Rijk worden op of rond prinsjesdag als open data ontsloten. Deze staten bevatten een artikelsgewijsuitsplitsing van de geraamde verplichtingen,uitgaven en ontvangsten van een begroting. Deze staten worden geregeld bijgewerkt.


7 Transport Timetables
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http://9292opendata.org/dataco... n/a n/a 70%
7 Transport Timetables
URL: http://9292opendata.org/datacollecties


Currently data is accessible only after registration. Data is currently free of charge, but data holder reserves right to charge in future. It is a set of datasets...


27 National Statistics
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http://statline.cbs.nl/statweb... n/a n/a 60%
27 National Statistics
URL: http://statline.cbs.nl/statweb/


cbs published 150 sets as open data in sept 2013. all other material is only available as selection through downloadable excel sheets


21 Pollutant Emissions
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http://www.lml.rivm.nl/ n/a n/a n/a 55%
16 Company Register
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http://kvk.nl n/a n/a 45%
16 Company Register
URL: http://kvk.nl


No bulk availability, and one record only free of charge. Openkvk.nl provides unofficial copy also through API, based on daily scraping. Charging model under discussion by the responsible Ministry.


20 Government Spending
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n/a n/a n/a 10%
20 Government Spending


No publication of expenditures is expected soon. National audit office is however slowly starting to think about open data (Jan 2013)


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