Big data are collected across a range of sectors, from public finance to industrial and commercial activities. Some, like climate and transport data, can be particularly useful in disaster management and maintenance of the infrastructure essential for business and trade. Others, like health and agricultural data, are of more general interest. Most depositories of such data have been made available to the public and are accessible through Internet. One of them is Big Data Europe (https://www.big-data-europe.eu/). Access the resource and then answer the following questions:
a. What are the main links on the landing pages?
b. Access the “Food & Agriculture” section. Which kind of information can be retrieved, and how?
c. Go to the section labelled “Platform.” What kind of tools are used there?
d. Go to the “Health” section. List the contents of the repository.
e. Extreme weather is rapidly becoming a global problem for businesses. Go to the section related to weather data and discuss the resources.