Release Notes: September 2024

🆕 What’s new?

1️⃣ Dataset subscriptions

Never miss an update to your most-used datasets. Simply click subscribe to any dataset of your choosing and receive email notifications whenever it is updated!

2️⃣ Refreshed real-time API pages

We have now made accessing real-time APIs even easier with the ability for users to send test requests for data related to weather to UV indexes at the push of a button within the site. Simply click on any real-time dataset and either click on the code snippet. Alternatively, click on the URL in purple to open the API query right from your browser.

3️⃣API response schema preview

We have made it even easier to query APIs on datasets. Simply click on the “on your browser” hyperlink, and the site will bring you straight to the query response automatically in a new tab.

4️⃣ Geospatial Visualisations

You can now enjoy and explore GEOJSON datasets using previews and visualisations along with metadata on points of interest. Selected datasets will have come equipped with a map viewer. Alternatively, simply refer to the code snippet at the bottom of the page to download the entire object file onto your device.

🤩data.gov.sg creations

We're excited to showcase the latest creations from our users, highlighting the innovative work that leverages on open datasets available on data.gov.sg

1. A Python program to compare fastest routes on the Singapore MRT/LRT network from 1987 to 2040.

2. Data-backed insights into Singapore's housing resale market