GPS opened for civilian use after KAL 007 (1983); NOAA began releasing weather data in the 1970s — McKinsey cites both as top open-data economic impact

Claim: Reagan directive after the KAL 007 shootdown (1983) opened GPS for civilian use; NOAA began releasing weather data in the 1970s. McKinsey cited GPS + NWS weather as two of the biggest economic-impact open datasets.

Source: Wikipedia "Open data in the US."

Confidence: Verified.

Why this matters for Candid: Establishes that the "data became free" story predates the dot-com era — the foundation was laid decades earlier. The 2009 data.gov launch built on this existing posture, it didn't invent it. Pair with NWS/NOAA api.weather.gov — free public REST/JSON API, no key, no registration, no rate-limit account (the modern API surface).