Focus Taiwan
Date: D2018/03/06
By: Liu Chien-pang and Elizabeth Hsu
Taipei, March 6 (CNA) Taipei City Government established a cooperative venture with
Lin Chin-rong (林欽榮, left)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and seven local universities Tuesday.
The move marks an effort to promote cloud-based big data services and a platform that educational institutions can use by taking advantage of big data provided by the city, according to the city government.
With this venture, the city government has joined the AWS Public Data Set platform through which it will provide the public with access to the big data it generates, the Taipei City Department of Information Technology said in a statement.
Initially, 18 categories of big data services will be provided on the Taipei AWS platform, including real time public bus and metro train information, information on available parking spaces and tap water quality test results, the department said. [FULL STORY]
