Dealing with public data
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 6:37 am
Rapidly exchange standardized data with others
Multiple manifestations of an application (website, apps)
Let's develop an API!
Suppose you have a web application that is perfectly visible via a desktop. You also want to make the web application mobile accessible, both responsive and via an app. These two new manifestations make it easy to view the website well for both mobile and tablet and desktop users.
In the above case this often means – without API – that you are bound to your current developer. Tip: have an API developed once with which the content and functionality of your web application can be reached and you are always free to choose a technical partner. In addition, you are also free to choose your tools, apps and things. These resources are all compatible with an API.
Open or closed?
The API can be kept closed or (partially) opened. Increasingly, companies are opening up uganda mobile phone number list their data: accessible to developers and companies to create new, own applications and improve existing services. This creates a new form of the web, not connected via links but via APIs. New opportunities arise for you and for others, together you share the benefits. In many cases you get innovative applications in return.
zipcodeapi
Successful open APIs are those of Twitter , Bol.com and the government. An example of this is the open data of the Land Registry. Since February 2012, the BAG data has been open to private and commercial parties. The result: PostcodeAPI.nu . This postcode web service, linked to BAG data, automatically generates address data and geolocations. The link with BAG ensures that the data is always up-to-date and reliable.
“The existing postcode web services are often very expensive, incomplete or use outdated data. With PostcodeAPI.nu we have come up with a structural solution for this. With this we want to set an example and show how you can deal with public data.”- Dimitri van Hees, co-developer PostcodeAPI.nu
Developing an API is a one-time investment and offers the freedom you need in our changing media landscape in the long term. Absolutely essential to be able to switch quickly!
Multiple manifestations of an application (website, apps)
Let's develop an API!
Suppose you have a web application that is perfectly visible via a desktop. You also want to make the web application mobile accessible, both responsive and via an app. These two new manifestations make it easy to view the website well for both mobile and tablet and desktop users.
In the above case this often means – without API – that you are bound to your current developer. Tip: have an API developed once with which the content and functionality of your web application can be reached and you are always free to choose a technical partner. In addition, you are also free to choose your tools, apps and things. These resources are all compatible with an API.
Open or closed?
The API can be kept closed or (partially) opened. Increasingly, companies are opening up uganda mobile phone number list their data: accessible to developers and companies to create new, own applications and improve existing services. This creates a new form of the web, not connected via links but via APIs. New opportunities arise for you and for others, together you share the benefits. In many cases you get innovative applications in return.
zipcodeapi
Successful open APIs are those of Twitter , Bol.com and the government. An example of this is the open data of the Land Registry. Since February 2012, the BAG data has been open to private and commercial parties. The result: PostcodeAPI.nu . This postcode web service, linked to BAG data, automatically generates address data and geolocations. The link with BAG ensures that the data is always up-to-date and reliable.
“The existing postcode web services are often very expensive, incomplete or use outdated data. With PostcodeAPI.nu we have come up with a structural solution for this. With this we want to set an example and show how you can deal with public data.”- Dimitri van Hees, co-developer PostcodeAPI.nu
Developing an API is a one-time investment and offers the freedom you need in our changing media landscape in the long term. Absolutely essential to be able to switch quickly!