MarBlog

In this video from TED, Tim Berners-Lee demonstrates a few examples of the amazing work that can happen very rapidly when data is released. The examples does not exactly fall into the marine science category, but they are powerful examples of the ways in which other people might turn your data upside down and use it in new ways.
Obviously, there are also examples of this working less well, when data is taken out of context or misinterpreted because insufficient documentation of laziness has led to quick and dirty flashy maps without real informative content – but it’s perhaps a risk worth taking when you consider the potential gain in the examples in this video.