The New York Times, like other Voter News Service clients, uses the data as well.
But she says the company risks alienating its users if it uses the data indiscriminately.
(Ofwat uses the data to calculate water companies' investment and pricing plans).
The census, which dates from 1790, uses the data to reapportion Congressional seats and to distribute federal money.
Mathematics – Create a pie graph that uses the data on "Total Renewable Freshwater Supply By Country" at //www.worldwater.org/table1.html.org/table1.html
The technology also uses the data to help Web publishers earn the most for the ad space available on their sites.
It uses the data for anomaly detection and control but "not [for] optimisation and prediction, which provide the greatest value", McKinsey points out.
Currentcost Live Uses the data culled from electricity monitors and publishes it to the web - creating a potential social network or gaming situation.
Software on a laptop attached to the Cyrax uses the data to produce a three-dimensional map of the target surface.
It has developed a web-based dashboard that uses the data from building-management systems to plot real-time electricity, water and gas usage.
Google uses the data to help pinpoint the location of cellphones and other mobile devices within broadcast range of the routers.
