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I received this suggestion and I have thought to share my comment: > Hi Brunella > > Maybe you could get in contact with [social media group for people with interests in data science supporting charities]. Thanks for the suggestion but whilst the above social media space recommended is an interesting promotional space where all sorts of projects can be socialised and common problems discussed (as in many other social media spaces) for the small project I mentioned we would like to have some basic work done, that means we need somebody willing to go through very tedious, boring manual work before we can socialise anything. This boring job of geocoding primary data in ad hoc datasets (and then checking they are correct before implementing any further step / model / calculation) has a value in terms of learning curatorial aspects on how to produce accurate datasets. THEN it has an implicit reward as it gives the volunteering curators or students the possibility to enjoy the creative follow up that consists of choosing a data visualisation tool and implementing it to get web infographics. All in all, an opportunity - as I said - for managers of educational projects, for instance schools teachers, PhD students or even software programmers willing to tune, test and find better way to promote their own tools among students and teachers, benchmarking them against competitors. It may be also an opportunity for an educational expert or a data scientist to review what has to be really thought and considered as a priority in terms of quality of datasets and to better understand fallacies in statistics! It sounds so appealing that If I had time, I would do it myself :) Thanks Brunella Longo (forwarding original message below) > From: A UK-based worldwide e-mail broadcast system mailing list > [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Brunella Longo > [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 9:49 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Volunteers needed for geocoding and data visualisation project > > Hi all > > this is a small assignment ideally interesting for teachers or managers > of educational projects involving data curation and visualisation. > > Within a non profit project I am looking for one or more volunteers (but > possibly one team or project leader only to liaise with) willing to > - geocode about 400 events located in Greater London area and surrounding > counties (with whatever standard they wish, postcodes, lat and lang or > other) and > - produce infographics to be published on a website. > > The sources to be worked out are 4 spreadsheets with location names and > other not relevant details. > > Additional datasets may be useful for linking connected documents in a > follow up stage or develop more sophisticated visual maps. > > Confirmation of assignment due in early March 2015. > Completion of work expected by July 2015. > > Send complete details via email. > > Thanks for sharing. > Kind Regards > > Brunella Longo > Information Management Adviser > Open Data Assurance > http://www.brunellalongo.co.uk > ::: > Telephone +44(0)7549921488 > email: [log in to unmask] > > You may leave the list at any time by sending the command > > SIGNOFF allstat > > to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank. > > > You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.