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Published inJul 2017
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Andrew Minteer
Andrew Minteer
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Andrew Minteer

Andrew Minteer is currently the senior director, data science and research at a leading global retail company. Prior to that, he served as the director, IoT Analytics and Machine Learning at a Fortune 500 manufacturing company. He has an MBA from Indiana University with a background in statistics, software development, database design, cloud architecture, and has led analytics teams for over 10 years. He first taught himself to program on an Atari 800 computer at the age of 11 and fondly remembers the frustration of waiting through 20 minutes of beeps and static to load a 100-line program. He now thoroughly enjoys launching a 1 TB GPU-backed cloud instance in a few minutes and getting right to work. Andrew is a private pilot who looks forward to spending some time in the air sometime soon. He enjoys kayaking, camping, traveling the world, and playing around with his six-year-old son and three-year-old daughter.
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Adding external datasets


There is a wide variety of useful external datasets available to download and integrate into your IoT analytics, often for free. There are far too many of these to do an exhaustive tour, but we will touch on some useful examples. Using these datasets is a great low-cost way to enhance the value of your IoT data.

External datasets - geography

You have IoT devices distributed across many locations. Location is now an attribute that can allow you to find patterns in the data, which you can then monetize. The environment, the demographics in the area, the local economic conditions, and the weather can all be tied to the geographic location of the device. Use geographic datasets to enhance the potential value of your IoT data.

Elevation

Elevation can be an important attribute in many situations as it is tied to the operating conditions of the device and the surrounding environment. Even if your device does not move, it can still be valuable to know its elevation. The maker...

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Published in: Jul 2017Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781787120730

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Andrew Minteer

Andrew Minteer is currently the senior director, data science and research at a leading global retail company. Prior to that, he served as the director, IoT Analytics and Machine Learning at a Fortune 500 manufacturing company. He has an MBA from Indiana University with a background in statistics, software development, database design, cloud architecture, and has led analytics teams for over 10 years. He first taught himself to program on an Atari 800 computer at the age of 11 and fondly remembers the frustration of waiting through 20 minutes of beeps and static to load a 100-line program. He now thoroughly enjoys launching a 1 TB GPU-backed cloud instance in a few minutes and getting right to work. Andrew is a private pilot who looks forward to spending some time in the air sometime soon. He enjoys kayaking, camping, traveling the world, and playing around with his six-year-old son and three-year-old daughter.
Read more about Andrew Minteer