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The best Open Data newsletters

7 newsletters, ranked by editorial quality and how recently they published. Looking for something more specific? Search instead.

interline.io· irregular· Published 6 months ago

Interline Technologies publishes practical technical articles on transit data, covering tools like Transitland, GTFS-Pathways station layouts, and feed checksum methods. Readers get concrete, hands-on guidance for working with public transit datasets and product tie-ins for their own tools.

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blog.dclimate.net· irregular· Published 6 days ago

dClimate's blog covers its climate data products, including wall-to-wall TESSERA geospatial embeddings, the engineering behind productionizing them on the cloud, and carbon credit verification using satellite data. Readers get technical posts on geospatial data pipelines and practical notes on how climate data supports carbon market integrity.

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beautifulpublicdata.com· irregular· Published 9 days ago

Beautiful Public Data is a newsletter by Jon Keegan that highlights visually interesting datasets from government agencies, with context on what each dataset contains and why it is striking. Each issue combines the source material with the writer's own observations, such as the anatomy of the Visible Human Project, WWII vehicle recognition guides, or boat names in NOAA vessel data.

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offensiveosint.io· irregular· Published 2 months ago

A technical OSINT newsletter in which the author walks through data-driven investigations, scraping and cross-referencing public registries, and interactive visualizations, with an occasional experiment in AI-driven trading. Readers get hands-on methods, tooling notes and write-ups of investigations such as Warsaw short-term rental ownership.

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datarescueproject.org· irregular· Published yesterday

The Data Rescue Project newsletter covers efforts to preserve public datasets, including upcoming DataLumos metadata office hours and advocacy around the proposed changes to the US Census. It mainly offers calls to action for volunteers and updates on the project's partnerships.

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digitalcommons.coop· irregular· Published 20 days ago

Updates from a UK co-operative that builds LandExplorer, a free tool for finding land and property ownership in England and Wales, along with webinars, event talks and job postings. Readers get practical guidance on tracing company ownership and reading Companies House accounts, plus news about the organisation.

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blog.oa.works· irregular· Inactive for over a year

OA.Works Blog is the newsletter of the Open Access tools organisation behind OA.Report and ShareYourPaper, covering product updates, shutdown announcements, and open access policy compliance work. Readers get news about the organisation's tools, case studies with funders and research organisations, and reflections from its leadership.

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