# Build or improve technologies

Technology is the part of data infrastructure that people are often the most familiar with. We usually think of technology as either hardware, such as a computer, or software, like the programmes we use on our computers. A ‘data technology’ is best described as any tool – hardware or software – that enables us to collect, access, use or share data more easily and effectively.&#x20;



| <p><strong>Data access initiatives building technologies to improve access to data include:</strong><br></p><ul><li><a href="https://antievictionmap.com/"><strong>Anti-Eviction Mapping Project</strong></a> <strong>– volunteers create digital maps, software, tools and more to empower people to fight against unfair or unlawful personal circumstances around housing and eviction</strong></li><li><a href="https://openclimatefix.org/"><strong>Open Climate Fix</strong></a> <strong>– a variety of stakeholders enable Open Climate Fix to use machine learning approaches to solve challenges that will have a large climate impact</strong> </li><li><a href="https://data.london.gov.uk/"><strong>London Datastore</strong></a> <strong>– stakeholders across London use this open data platform to find and share useful data about the city, in order to address organisational or city level challenges</strong></li></ul> |
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