Here’s an example of why you have to be very careful when scraping, and why your normal run-of-the-mill technology that makes assumptions won’t cut it: One of our super-users, Julian Todd, decided to scrape the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) website on new car fuel consumption and exhaust emissions figures. And he spotted this: And another […]
What could a journalist do with ScraperWiki? A quick guide
For non-programmers, a first look at ScraperWiki’s code could be a bit scary, but we want journalists and researchers to make use of the site, so we’ve set up a variety of initiatives to do that. Firstly, we’re setting up a number of Hacks and Hacker Days around the UK, with Liverpool as our first […]