Post by Roland, Corporate Digital Team, Welsh Government
We’re a multidisciplinary team, whose work is crucial to realising the vision for services in the Digital Strategy for Wales.
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Navigating the way to publishing open data
Post by Rhiannon, Data and geography, Welsh Government
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Whilst we have been rather quiet on open data in recent years, it has remained firmly on our radar. During the Covid pandemic making data openly available was paramount to providing the people of Wales with the information they needed on the issues being faced and decisions being made.
Continue readingTechnology to help people use more Cymraeg
Post by Indeg, Cymraeg 2050 Team, Welsh Government
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“We’ll do everything we can to make it easier to use Cymraeg in technology, and we’ll use all the possibilities that technology offers to help us use Cymraeg.”
Mark Drakeford, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh language.
On 07 January 2025, Mark Drakeford, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, published a written statement outlining 3 new priorities for our work in Welsh language technology:
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Post by Jane, Geography and Technology, Welsh Government
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Continue readingChief Statistician’s update: improving trade data visualisation for Wales
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We recently published a new and improved version of our International goods trade: interactive dashboard, presenting regional trade statistics (RTS) from HMRC. It includes a trade summary, maps, charts and tables of trade with specific countries and by product and time series charts.
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Post by Indeg, Cymraeg 2050 Team, Welsh Government
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When we published the Welsh language technology action Plan in 2018, our aim was to create technological advances that would enable us to use more Welsh in a wide range of situations. In February 2024, the then Minister for Education and Welsh Language published the final report on this Plan, looking back at our progress, including advancements in AI.
Continue readingChief statistician’s update: proposed indicators for the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 and feedback survey
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The last Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) was published in 2019. As set out in our index update blog last year, an updated index will be published in late 2025 or early 2026. We are aiming for late 2025 and currently refer to the planned update as WIMD 2025.
Continue readingLatest update for StatsWales OData users
Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg.
We are working on a new and improved platform for StatsWales to keep up with technological updates and user needs. As a consequence, and as explained in our first blog, our OData service has not been available since the end of August. We provided an update last month covering our plans for the temporary arrangements until the new StatsWales service is in place in 2025.
This post provides a further update on the availability of data files to temporarily replace OData.
Continue readingCan AI help find lost woodland?
Post by Evie, Data Science Unit, Welsh Government
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There are many areas of Wales where woodland clearance has taken place, especially since the 19th century. We define ‘lost historic woodland’ as areas of woodland that existed on historic maps but no longer exist today. These areas may be suitable for re-planting because the original soil is well suited for tree growth having an established root network and ecosystem. Finding these areas and targeting them could improve success rates of woodland creation or regeneration schemes and support delivery of key government targets, such as the National Forest for Wales. This blog describes how the Data Science Unit is using computer vision (a type of AI that works with images) to do this.
Continue readingFurther update for StatsWales OData users
Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg.
We are working on a new and improved platform for StatsWales to keep up with technological updates and user needs. As a consequence, and as explained in our previous blog, our OData service will not be available from the end of August.
This post provides an update on the temporary arrangements we are putting in place to replace OData until the new StatsWales service is in place in 2025.
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