Here’s the latest from around the School of Data:

Escuela de Datos

Data troopers Michael Bauer and Zara Rahman have been on the road in Latin America doing a series of great warmup events with the help of the fabulous network of Data Activists from around Latin America.

Credits: James Florio. Poderomedia

• See what they’ve been up to in the writeup the Hacks/Hackers meetup in Chile.
• Henceforth, they will be in Uruguay for the AbreLatam conference. Know someone they should meet there? Tweet @Schoolofdata – or email us on schoolofdata [at] okfn.org.

Stay up to date with School of Data Latin America

Spanish

• Twitter – @Escueladedatos
• Announcement mailing list (low traffic)
• Discussion mailing list: Coming soon

Portuguese

• Twitter – @Escoladedados
• OKFN Brazil Mailing List – for discussion.

Get Involved!

We’re looking for a select handful of community mentors to take place in a pilot mentoring scheme to guide learners through future data expeditions (online or offline), and/or offer training sessions on a particular topic or tool, via Google Hangout or in person.

• Learn more

We will offer training, support and swag (stickers and shirts) for our pilot mentors!

Ask.SchoolofData.Org

The following questions are looking for answers, can you help?

• Extracting data from wikipedia tables
• Problem installing Gephi on Mac OS
• Is there any difference between a SVG and an AI file?

Offers of help

• Andy South has offered to run a course in mapping with R for NGOs who can cover his travel costs! See the course.

From the blog

• InfoAmazonia and Why We Should Talk About Geojournalism
• Data Roundup 19th June. By Neil Ashton.
• Data Explorer Mission from the Inside: an Agent’s Story – Want to know what happened on the data explorer mission? One of the participants explains what they got from the experience.
• On the Radar: Using Data to Save Lives – Invisible Children and the LRA crisis tracker. Invisible Children and the LRA crisis tracker.

New Tutorials

• Get Started With Scraping – Extracting Simple Tables from PDF Documents