What is the DataMarket section of the Windows Azure Marketplace?
DataMarket is a service that allows developers and information workers to easily discover, explore and acquire premium data and web services to power next generation apps as well as information worker scenarios such as reporting, analytics, visualizations, data mining, etc. The DataMarket section in the Windows Azure Marketplace is an information marketplace that brings data, imagery, and real-time web services from leading commercial data providers and authoritative public domain sources together into a single location, under a single provisioning and billing framework. Additionally, DataMarket APIs allow developers and information workers to consume this premium content with virtually any platform, application or business workflow.