The document discusses Open Helsinki, an open data initiative of the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. The initiative provides over 700 open datasets across many domains to support uses like government transparency, business and innovation, and applications that benefit residents. Examples are provided of popular applications that have been developed using open data like city bike apps and event calendars. The initiative aims to enhance urban development and hopes increasing focus on data quality and skills will lead to better outcomes and innovations.

1. Open Helsinki:
Enhancing the urban
development with open data
Helsinki Impact Conference
10th October 2019
Project Manager Tanja Lahti
City of Helsinki, Executive office
www.hri.fi @hrinfoshare @tanjalahti

2. Open City Data
for
researchers journalists associations data nerds humanists civil servants business
developers tourists traders neighbourhood activists historians futurists statisticians geniuses
artificial intelligence citizens software developers event organizers hands-on makers
traffic planners entrepreneurs coders curious people
for all of us
HELSINKI • ESPOO • VANTAA • KAUNIAINEN
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3. OPEN DATA
IN A NUTSHELL
Open data is:
Public data
Openly licensed
Machine-readable
Free of charge

4. OPEN DATA
VALUEABLE RESOURCE
TO ENHANCE
Government efficiency
Transparency and democracy
Business and innovation

5. HELSINKI METROPOLITAN AREA
– FORERUNNER OF OPEN DATA
Helsinki Region Infoshare is the most diverse open data service
in Finland and one of the international leaders in the field.
Launched in 2011
Open data service of the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen.
The service provides data regarding the cities of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area
and Helsinki region as open data for anyone to use freely.
HRI helps data owners and supports data users.
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6. DATA FROM ALL AREAS OF LIFE
HOUSING
68
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
42
MAPS
176
CULTURE AND
RECREATION
69
TRAFFIC AND
TOURISM
79
POPULATION
174
EDUCATION
39
CONSTRUCTED
ENVIRONMENT
102
ECONOMY AND
TAXATION
42
HEALTH AND
SOCIAL SERVICES
28
JOBS AND
INDUSTRIES
67
ENVIRONMENT
AND NATURE
68
Number of data sets as of May 2019
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7. APPLICATIONS BASED ON OPEN DATA
HELP IN EVERYDAY LIFE
The open event APIs of the
cities can be used freely in
e.g. event calendars, web
services and mobile
applications.
The city bike system in the
Helsinki metropolitan area
has been a huge success.
Opening the bike station
data for everyone quickly
led to the creation of a host
of city bike applications.

8. Plan Maps
of the City of Helsinki
DATA: www.hri.fi/data/en_GB/dataset/helsingin-asemakaavakartat

9. Plot reserve
in Helsinki Metropolitan Area
DATA: www.hri.fi/data/en_GB/dataset/paakaupunkiseudun-
tonttivaranto-kortteleittain-seuturamava
APP by Markus Valo: https://qgiscloud.com/markusvalo/kortteliRAMAVA2018/

10. Population grid
of Helsinki Metropolitan Area
DATA: www.hri.fi/data/en_GB/dataset/vaestotietoruudukko

11. Public services
in Helsinki Metropolitan Area
https://servicemap.hel.fi/
DATA: www.hri.fi/data/en_GB/dataset/paakaupunkiseudun-
palvelukartan-rest-rajapinta

12. Ahjo Explorer
DATA: www.hri.fi/data/en_GB/dataset/helsingin-kaupungin-asianhallintajarjestelma-ahjon-rajapinta
#HelsinkiPäätökset
http://dev.hel.fi/paatokset
Public decisions of Helsinki

13. Survey data regarding
National Urban Park in Helsinki
DATA: https://hri.fi/data/en_GB/dataset/helsingin-kansallinen-kaupunkipuisto-kyselyn-vastaukset
APP: https://paikkatietoopas.com/2018/04/24/helsingin-kauneimmat-paikat-loytyvat-taalta-yleinen-mielipide-kartalla/

14. DATA: https://hri.fi/data/en_GB/dataset?sort=title+asc&q=orthophotograph

15. 3D City Model of Helsinki
https://kartta.hel.fi/3d/
DATA: https://hri.fi/data/en_GB/dataset/helsingin-3d-kaupunkimalli

16. Helsinki energy and climate atlas 3D
DATA: https://hri.fi/data/en_GB/dataset/helsingin-3d-kaupunkimallihttps://kartta.hel.fi/3d/atlas/

17. City creating Digital Twins

18. Data journalists using Helsinki 3D City Model
Created by Helsingin Sanomat, https://dynamic.hs.fi/2018/pasila/index.html

19. 4.10.2019 Etunimi Sukunimi
17.9.2012 Tapahtuma/Esittäjä 19
Innovative user-driven applications
www.blindsquare.com

20. DATA: www.hri.fi/en/dataset/hsl-reittiopas-api
https://whimapp.com/
Mobility-as-a-service business
using open data

21. Companies using open GIS data
INSPIRATIONAL VIDEOS:
www.youtube.com/user/HRInfoshare/videos
by Geosprint

22. Interesting data analyzes and
visualizations for all of us
APP by Lauri Vanhala, http://helsinki.wanhala.net/
DATA: https://hri.fi/data/en_GB/dataset/hsl-reittiopas-api and
https://hri.fi/data/en_GB/dataset/helsingin-osoiteluettelo

23. Helsinki Loves Developers
https://hri.fi/en_gb/support/how-to-use-data/helsinki-loves-developers/
www.facebook.com/groups/heldev/ https://www.meetup.com/Open-Data-Finland/
Open data as a starting
point for open dialogue,
new insights
and innovations!
Welcome!

24. Open data is already valuable for
many stakeholders but in order to
get even better outcomes
we should focus more on
data management, quality and
interoperability as well as
dialogue and data skills.

25. Utilise freely!
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