[AccessD] Northwinds Isn't "cutting it"

Thanks Stuart.

Any others want to volunteer some sources?

I appreciate it, I am checking out every lead.

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 8:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Northwinds Isn't "cutting it"

Geodata?

Countries/States/Cities/Airports -  

Cities:
http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/free-geographical-database-of-all-countries-over-8-million-places-geonames/


Airports:
http://www.partow.net/miscellaneous/airportdatabase/
or
http://openflights.org/data.html which includes airlines and routes databases.

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Stuart


On 13 Jan 2012 at 1:03, Benson, William (GE Global Re wrote:

> 
> Hi I am looking for some interesting (non-proprietary) data to demonstrate an add-in I built, which is designed to reorder / rename / Reduce data columns, as well as filter data. 
> 
> I am trying to prepare some demos, but I do not have any interesting source data. Most of the data I do have, belongs to a client (I am not going there!).
> 
> The demo should inspire an audience to want to tackle their own data sets with gusto - but if the data is boring, I feel my tool will be guilty of being boring (by association).
> 
> I suppose it is hard to think what would satisfy a large audience. Customers / Orders = boring (IMHO). Box Office Data might be more interesting. Music Hit Parade data going back to antiquity could interest some audiophiles, but not many other types. 
> 
> I wish my brain were not in lock-down, but I can't think of interesting data themes which one can find relatively cheaply.
> 
> TIA for any suggestions.
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