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(Submitter here) This is so frustrating. There are so many links to important datasets that are just broken, such as the NHTSA crash ratings: http://catalog.dat

by yid 13y ago

(Submitter here) This is so frustrating. There are so many links to important datasets that are just broken, such as the NHTSA crash ratings: http://catalog.data.gov/dataset/new-car-assessment-program-ncap-5-star-safety-ratings http://catalog.data.gov/dataset/new-car-assessment-program-n... (try clicking "download" for an empty XML file) The others link to agencies' download pages. It feels like they forgot that the purpose of data.gov is data first.

sureshv 13y ago
I've been attempting to extract various bits of government data and found the process to be quite tedious. The fastest way has been to use google vs data.gov to find particular data sets. Edit: Just add '-site:data.gov' to your google search to help find the actual data set ;-)
8ig8 13y ago
I googled that dataset. I was happily going to post this link from my search and be your hero: https://explore.data.gov/Science-and-Technology/DOE-Green-Energy-Patents-Data-Service/4dnd-s6im https://explore.data.gov/Science-and-Technology/DOE-Green-En... But, I figured I'd try to download the CSV to make sure it works. No dice. I end up with this: http://www.osti.gov/home/RETIRED/greenenergy?format=csv http://www.osti.gov/home/RETIRED/greenenergy?format=csv "The DOE Green Energy product has been discontinued. All of the information in DOE Green Energy can be found in SciTech Connect." OK, so I follow the link to SciTech Connect: http://www.osti.gov/scitech/ http://www.osti.gov/scitech/ Of course it is to a general landing page. So I search on that page for: "DOE Green Energy" (using quotes) And I'm presented with one result: "Ellens Test2". Here's a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/08rHfcZ.png http://i.imgur.com/08rHfcZ.png If that's what you're looking for, then I found it. If not, I give up.
- yid 13y ago
  > If that's what you're looking for, then I found it. If not, I give up. Thank you for the effort :) Unfortunately, I have no idea what that is, but someone could probably tell Ellen that it works.

by yid 13y ago

sureshv 13y ago

I've been attempting to extract various bits of government data and found the process to be quite tedious. The fastest way has been to use google vs data.gov to find particular data sets. Edit: Just add '-site:data.gov' to your google search to help find the actual data set ;-)

8ig8 13y ago

I googled that dataset. I was happily going to post this link from my search and be your hero: https://explore.data.gov/Science-and-Technology/DOE-Green-Energy-Patents-Data-Service/4dnd-s6im https://explore.data.gov/Science-and-Technology/DOE-Green-En... But, I figured I'd try to download the CSV to make sure it works. No dice. I end up with this: http://www.osti.gov/home/RETIRED/greenenergy?format=csv http://www.osti.gov/home/RETIRED/greenenergy?format=csv "The DOE Green Energy product has been discontinued. All of the information in DOE Green Energy can be found in SciTech Connect." OK, so I follow the link to SciTech Connect: http://www.osti.gov/scitech/ http://www.osti.gov/scitech/ Of course it is to a general landing page. So I search on that page for: "DOE Green Energy" (using quotes) And I'm presented with one result: "Ellens Test2". Here's a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/08rHfcZ.png http://i.imgur.com/08rHfcZ.png If that's what you're looking for, then I found it. If not, I give up.

yid 13y ago
> If that's what you're looking for, then I found it. If not, I give up. Thank you for the effort :) Unfortunately, I have no idea what that is, but someone could probably tell Ellen that it works.