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The Applied Data Science Workshop

You're reading from   The Applied Data Science Workshop Get started with the applications of data science and techniques to explore and assess data effectively

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800202504
Length 352 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Internet Data Sources

As data scientists, the internet helps connect us with any kind of dataset we could imagine. For instance, governments around the world publish public datasets that are rich with information. Along the same lines, some companies make certain datasets public, which can be of huge value within a given industry. One example of this is the ride-sharing business Lyft, who has released open source data that could be beneficial for training autonomous vehicles.

In addition to online datasets, Application Programming Interface (API) services also exist, which provide relevant and fresh data programmatically. For example, a business that depends on the weather may want an API that provides the current conditions in a given region, along with updated forecasts. Processes could be set up to query that API daily and update an internal database that's connected to a dashboard in order to provide that and other relevant data to business stakeholders.

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