I have just complete an update of my Event Data Helper (EDH) program. This program can process the four major event datasets (WEIS, COPDAB, IDEA, and now GDELT*), selecting out events with the desired dates, actors, targets, and event codes. If you have ever worked with event data (particularly the IDEA or GDELT data), you know how complicated it can be to isolate the relevant information. The EDH program should greatly reduce the effort needed to extract the desired events from what can be very large datasets.
I have included in the release of EDH the 1962-1992 WEIS data file. The other event data files are archived at other locations (described under the help menu) and I do not have the appropriate rights to distribute those files. I may not have the right to distribute the WEIS data either. . . but it has been circulating informally for years and I don't believe the 1962-1992 version has been formally archived.
The program should be intuitive for anyone with a basic background in event data, so I have not written a tutorial or any other support documents. I have generated hundreds of test files and have not encountered any problem I haven't been able to fix, but if you do find a bug, please contact me and I will try to find a solution.
Event Data Helper (beta)
The .exe file should run directly on most Windows computers without need for installation
* GDELT access is currently password protected. I will allow general access some time in 2014. In the mean time the GDELT release contains a python script that can be used to extract events.
I have included in the release of EDH the 1962-1992 WEIS data file. The other event data files are archived at other locations (described under the help menu) and I do not have the appropriate rights to distribute those files. I may not have the right to distribute the WEIS data either. . . but it has been circulating informally for years and I don't believe the 1962-1992 version has been formally archived.
The program should be intuitive for anyone with a basic background in event data, so I have not written a tutorial or any other support documents. I have generated hundreds of test files and have not encountered any problem I haven't been able to fix, but if you do find a bug, please contact me and I will try to find a solution.
Event Data Helper (beta)
The .exe file should run directly on most Windows computers without need for installation
* GDELT access is currently password protected. I will allow general access some time in 2014. In the mean time the GDELT release contains a python script that can be used to extract events.
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