Open Data -Helsinki Region Infoshare

Open Urban Information Model7th March 2014 Helsinki

Project Manager Tanja LahtiCity of Helsinki, Urban Facts

Open Helsinki

Our Dream:Fully Transparent and Open City

Helsingin kaupungin aineistopankki/Lauri Mannermaa

PUBLICSERVICES

PARKING

TRAFFICACCIDENTS

POPULATION

DECISIONS

SERVICES

”MIDATA” PUBLICTRANSPORT

CULTURELAND-USE

HAPPENINGS

CONSTRUCTIONWORKSCRIMES

• Mitä jo on tehty unelman saavuttamiseksi• Mitä seuraavaksi tehtäisiin

What a nice bicycle corridor!I´m just wondering

when and who decidedto build this and how much it cost?

Today

Open data

Licensed

Machine-readable

Free

http://opendefinition.org/okd/suomi/

Public

“A piece of content or data is openif anyone is free to use, reuse, and

redistribute it — subject only, atmost, to the requirement toattribute and/or share-alike.”

Open data

Why open data?

Government efficiency

Transparency and democracy

Business and innovation

Helsinki Region Infoshare

Helsinki Region Infoshare www.hri.fi

Open public data fromHelsinki region for everyoneeasily to use without cost

• Currently over 1000 datasets• Open data application showcase• Give feedback & request new data• Instructions for public agencies on

how to open data• Useful tips for developers and

other data users

Statistics and estimatesdifferent urban phenomena e.g. living conditions,economics and well-being, employment and transportEnvironmental and service statistics

Geospatial dataRegional division boundaries,electoral district divisions, buildings, maps

OtherPublic service points, decision making, timetables

Any type of public data!

Open data themes of HRI

Datajournalism

Research andeducation

VisualizationApplications

Open data

Participation

Demographic changein the Helsinki Metropolitan Area as 3D/4D

By Logica - http://www.hri.fi/fi/sovellukset/paakaupunkiseudun-4d-vaestokehitys/

More applicationsand use casesin HRI gallery

Helsinki’s electronic documentmanagement system - Ahjo

• System for preparingall public agendasfor decision making

• City Council, City Board,City Departments, theirsteering committees andcivil servants(over 5.000 users)

Ahjo is now Open!• Open API (Application Programming

Interface) to Ahjo = Open Ahjo• Helsinki’s public agenda and decision

documents as open data• Make possible to create new applications

and services that bring decision-makingcloser to citizens

• dev.hel.fi/openahjo/

See also: City council meetings video API http://open.helsinkikanava.fi/

http://dev.hel.fi/paatokset

Open decision-making process in HelsinkiWhat is happening in your neighborhood? What kind of issues is going to be decided? By whom and why?http://dev.hel.fi/paatokset

Open Ahjo Ahjo Explorer

http://www.hri.fi/fi/sovellukset/ahjo-explorer/

“Our dream is that every publicagenda, every euro and anypublic issue could be easily

analyzed, visualized,understood and contributed to

by the citizens in advance.”

HRI won EUR 100 000 to make this dream a reality!

http://www.hri.fi/en/news/hri-wins-eus-prize-for-innovation/

How we will spend the EUR 100.000?• Open more data and develop

interoperability of the differentdatasets to match with Open Ahjo

• Encourage the creation ofprototype applications andvisualizations that showcase theusage of the data (Datademo.fi)

• Disseminate learnings so otherscan replicate it

Examples of datasetsto match with Open Ahjo(decision-making data):

• Population statistics andestimates

• Administrative boundaries• City financial data• City service point data• Real estate and land use

data• Environmental data• City issue reporting data

http://datademo.fi

• Mitä jo on tehty unelman saavuttamiseksi• Mitä seuraavaksi tehtäisiin

Hmm.. at the momentthey are planning to do somechanges to the land use plan

of this area.. Let´s seethe 3D modell....

I see.. This brandnew bicyclecorridor was decided x.x.20xx by the City

Council and budget was xx euros..I´ll send positive feedback!

Ordinary day in the near future

Interesting!I have some ideas and comments,

maybe I should participate?

We need to• to open more public data and enhance interoperability

(standards needed)

• to stimulate the utilisation of open data(e.g. Hel loves dev, Datademo, Apps4Finland,social media like Facebook-groups..)

Big cultural change• Changes in attitudes

”Are we ready for transparency?”• Changes in action models

”How our work will change? Extra work?Could I lose my job?”

• Resources?”Do we have time or money for this?”

• Risks and impacts?”What will happen after opening?”

www.hri.fi/2years

“Information isthe currency of democracy.”

Thomas Jefferson

THANK YOU!Tanja Lahti

Tanja.lahti@hel.fiCity of Helsinki Urban Facts

www.hri.fihttp://www.hri.fi/en/about/contact-information/

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