TechCrunch: UK government sets its data free, for the people’s apps

TechCrunch: UK government sets its data free, for the people’s apps
http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/01/21/uk-government-sets-its-data-free-for...

"The UK government has decided to make the non-personal data it holds available for web developers to create a new wave of public applications. ..."

Some Open Data initiatives around the world:

US:
http://www.data.gov/

US: District of Columbia
http://data.octo.dc.gov/

US: San Francisco
http://www.datasf.org/

UK:
http://data.gov.uk/

UK: London
http://data.london.gov.uk/

Canada: Toronto
http://www.toronto.ca/open/

Canada: Vancouver
http://data.vancouver.ca/