London launches 'Datastore' modeled after U.S. project

London is releasing large tracts of previously unavailable data about the capital city in conjunction with a broadcasting network's new funding for developers who use the data in innovative applications.

London Mayor Boris Johnson will announce the "London Datastore" Web site on Thursday afternoon at the Consumer Electronics Show in Last Vegas along with Aneesh Chopra , President Barack Obama's chief technology officer, and Linda Cureton, the chief Information officer for NASA.

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