The government of Singapore has decided that it wants to ramp up innovation in the country. Therefore, it’s going to share more data sets with both public and private sectors to increase efficiency, improve the way services are delivered, and drive social innovation.
The government has adopted a new “Open Data” mindset to get even more from the power of data.
One of its projects is a new data service named PopulationQuery. This has been launched on OneMap and allows users to get various forms of data about Singapore’s population and display the results on a map. This can be overlaid with other sorts of information such as stats about schools, restaurants and properties in an area. This can help someone who is thinking about relocating.
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