Kayla Taborn
April 16th
St. Louis Regional Data Exchange
The St louis Data exchange also known as (RDX) is an open data portal designed to centralize and enhance access to public data across the St louis’ region. This was brought by the St louis Regional Data Alliance also known as (RDA) which began at the University of Missouri-St louis. RDX aims to serve as resources for community data. The main goal of the project was to give access to local data and break down information as well as give access to data that isn’t from local government and nonprofit websites. The intended audience is pretty much for anyone in any data related work specifically based in the St louis’ region. From things like academic research and journalism.
The RDX supports anyone who is working to improve lives and make changes in the St louis region using reliable and local data. When it comes to methods and technology data aggregation, which is when collecting data from multiple sources and putting it together into one set and mapping tools which use things like digital software that lets you see different data on a map rather than just seeing this information number or chart based. This project took about several months it started back in 2020.This project strengths include things like acc and transparency and benefits from multiple sources some of the weaknesses may include that the accuracy of the data may not be up to date and standard yet. This project adds value by giving us a further understanding of the St louis’ region and providing information on things like health and education. This fits with needs within the region and is useful when trying to gain knowledge in simple ways. In conclusion, the data it shares is pretty much of a high quality which is pretty useful for organization and efficiency. RDX centralizes over 400 data sets which is beneficial for users to keep up with things like trends and advocate for things that could benefit and reflect on the region.
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