The open data movement has grown exponentially in a relatively short period of time. Many countries and cities have been rolling out initiatives and embracing the potential value that comes with opening up their data. However, as much as open data holds great promise, there is a real danger of initiatives failing.
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http://openinstitute.com/open-data-delusion/
Lecture on Open Data and its relationship to Civic Governance and Sustainable Place-based Spatial Planning and Development given as part of Seminar on Design and Civic Governance in School of Architecture, University of Limerick on 10th October, 2011
Why Everyone Needs an Open Data StrategyJeni Tennison
This document outlines key considerations for developing an open data strategy, including identifying sources of open data, sustaining its supply, enhancing your brand through openness, leveraging open data for innovation, and better communicating with stakeholders. It provides examples of how companies have successfully incorporated open data and transparency into their business strategies. The overall message is that developing a thoughtful open data strategy can provide opportunities for new insights, partnerships, and ways to engage with customers and suppliers.
How to last in civic tech (especially now) - Matthew Stempeck & Micah L. Sifr...mysociety
This was presented at mySociety's TICTeC 2020 conference, which was held virtually on 24th and 25th March 2020. More details on the conference can be found here: https://tictec.mysociety.org/2020
Makers of Change & The Third Industrial Revolution - which might be up for revision since the Forth has been announced. However, here it is, marvelling the advances and aims of the Maker Movement for changing the Way Things Work.
The document discusses open data initiatives in Fingal County, Ireland. It describes how Fingal has published over 170 datasets on topics like transportation, housing, and planning on its open data portal. It also highlights apps that have been created using Fingal's open data, such as apps for traffic conditions, local deals, and trip planning. Additionally, it outlines Fingal's open data competition that resulted in 23 apps and several ideas for new apps.
This document outlines plans to transform the 4th floor of the library into an open and transparent collaboration space called the Beta Space. It will be a public workspace where library staff work openly to encourage participation. The space will include areas for collaboration, data visualization, and development. The goals are to make city and library data openly accessible through an online portal for citizens to use to address community needs. The mayor's office, library, and citizen brigade will work together to reform policies, access data, and engage the public with the new information.
OpenStreetMap open data ecosystem between opportunities and legal conundrumsMaurizio Napolitano
the wonderfull opportunities created by OpenStreetMap and the legal aspects around the project with a short focus on Italy.
Presented during
Open Data in Transition: Intellectual Property, Competition Policy, and Regulatory Issues
http://www.unitn.it/economia/evento/32719/open-data-in-transition
Organized by WIPO and UNITN
PS: if you know openstreetmap, you have to start from the slide 23
The open data movement has grown exponentially in a relatively short period of time. Many countries and cities have been rolling out initiatives and embracing the potential value that comes with opening up their data. However, as much as open data holds great promise, there is a real danger of initiatives failing.
Speaking at this year’s Canadian Open Data Summit (http://www.opendatasummit.ca/), Open Insitute’s Executive Director Jay Bhalla gives a global perspective of lessons learned through a journey of implementing and building open data ecosystems from around the world.
http://openinstitute.com/open-data-delusion/
Lecture on Open Data and its relationship to Civic Governance and Sustainable Place-based Spatial Planning and Development given as part of Seminar on Design and Civic Governance in School of Architecture, University of Limerick on 10th October, 2011
Why Everyone Needs an Open Data StrategyJeni Tennison
This document outlines key considerations for developing an open data strategy, including identifying sources of open data, sustaining its supply, enhancing your brand through openness, leveraging open data for innovation, and better communicating with stakeholders. It provides examples of how companies have successfully incorporated open data and transparency into their business strategies. The overall message is that developing a thoughtful open data strategy can provide opportunities for new insights, partnerships, and ways to engage with customers and suppliers.
How to last in civic tech (especially now) - Matthew Stempeck & Micah L. Sifr...mysociety
This was presented at mySociety's TICTeC 2020 conference, which was held virtually on 24th and 25th March 2020. More details on the conference can be found here: https://tictec.mysociety.org/2020
Makers of Change & The Third Industrial Revolution - which might be up for revision since the Forth has been announced. However, here it is, marvelling the advances and aims of the Maker Movement for changing the Way Things Work.
The document discusses open data initiatives in Fingal County, Ireland. It describes how Fingal has published over 170 datasets on topics like transportation, housing, and planning on its open data portal. It also highlights apps that have been created using Fingal's open data, such as apps for traffic conditions, local deals, and trip planning. Additionally, it outlines Fingal's open data competition that resulted in 23 apps and several ideas for new apps.
This document outlines plans to transform the 4th floor of the library into an open and transparent collaboration space called the Beta Space. It will be a public workspace where library staff work openly to encourage participation. The space will include areas for collaboration, data visualization, and development. The goals are to make city and library data openly accessible through an online portal for citizens to use to address community needs. The mayor's office, library, and citizen brigade will work together to reform policies, access data, and engage the public with the new information.
OpenStreetMap open data ecosystem between opportunities and legal conundrumsMaurizio Napolitano
the wonderfull opportunities created by OpenStreetMap and the legal aspects around the project with a short focus on Italy.
Presented during
Open Data in Transition: Intellectual Property, Competition Policy, and Regulatory Issues
http://www.unitn.it/economia/evento/32719/open-data-in-transition
Organized by WIPO and UNITN
PS: if you know openstreetmap, you have to start from the slide 23
This document outlines a workshop on designing prototypes for "hackable city making" in Athens, Greece. It discusses using urban data and social media to engage publics and empower them to act on communal issues and resources. It provides examples of projects that gather data, visualize it, engage the public, imagine possibilities, and take action. The workshop goals are presented, including designing a prototype for one of four proposed sites in Athens to engage and empower publics. The program includes researching issues, group presentations, updates, and final presentations to share the prototypes.
Summary of social media techniques and applications that can be used to improve the public involvement process in urban and transport planning. Including reporting applications, serious games, collaboration tools, educational applications and supporting tools.
Lecture on Open Data and its potential for Participatory Design & Governance given as part of Seminar on Adaptive Governance in School of Architecture, University of Limerick on 21st October, 2013
Bringing Cities, Libraries and Citizens Together through Open Data Hackathonsacecarruthers
This document discusses how open data hackathons can bring cities, libraries, and citizens together. It provides details about Edmonton Public Library's partnership with the City of Edmonton to host International Open Data Day hackathons in 2014 and 2015. A variety of projects were created at these events to visualize and analyze open data. Surveys found that participants enjoyed networking and learning new skills. To improve future events, suggestions included providing more structure, guidance on open data, and ensuring enough time for projects. The hackathons helped the library and city collaborate to engage the community and realize the potential of open data.
This document discusses open data and its relevance for public libraries. It provides an overview of open data, noting that it refers to data that is freely available for anyone to use without restrictions. The document then explores why open data matters for public libraries, highlighting how it aligns with library values of openness, sharing, and transparency. Several case studies are presented of libraries partnering with local governments and community groups to host events like hackathons that promote open data literacy and encourage innovative uses of library data. Feedback from such events indicated strong interest from participants in libraries sharing more of their data in an open format.
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Personal Data vs Open
Big Data Analytics
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Social Media Analysis
Visual Analytics and Dashboards
The Living Lab Approach
Lecture on Open Data and its potential for Participatory Design & Governance given as part of Seminar on Adaptive Governance in School of Architecture, University of Limerick on 25th February, 2013
Using gamification to generate citizen input for public transport planningMarius Rohde Johannessen
Presentation at the 2016 ePart conference in Guimaraes, Portugal. Research in progress presenting a case study of a smart cities app, and discussing how the data can be used for increased citizen participation.
Open Urban Platform for Smart City: Technical View Paolo Nesi
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Control Room
Monitoring Traffic Flow and Parking
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Engaging Users Via Mobile App
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A vision of how open data could be used and produced by small islands and communities - empowering and turning people at the edges into data participants and producers not just data subjects
more information at:
http://tireetechwave.org/projects/open-data-islands-and-communities/
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The document discusses how new technologies and social media are changing how the public engages with government and politics. It argues that representatives need to adapt to these changes by using tools like social media, open data, and online engagement to better involve constituents and collaborate with local communities. Failing to adapt risks losing relevance as the expectations of an always-connected public diverge from traditional political structures. The document urges representatives to consider how their role may need to evolve over the next 5-20 years to maintain meaningful relationships with citizens in this changing digital landscape.
This document discusses open social mapping, which combines actor modeling, social network analysis, crowdsourcing, and customer relationship management tools to allow stakeholders to map themselves. This helps designers understand social systems from the perspectives of real stakeholders. Benefits include centering stakeholders, identifying disconnects, increasing understanding of diversity, and facilitating shared understanding between stakeholders. Challenges include maintaining participation, addressing privacy concerns, and ensuring interoperability between maps. Examples of open social mapping projects in Canada are provided.
This document discusses open data in South Africa and the organization Open Data Durban. It provides a brief history of open data in South Africa, including the founding of organizations like Open Knowledge Foundation Cape Town chapter in 2011 and Code for South Africa in 2013. It also highlights some examples of open data projects developed by Code for South Africa focusing on issues like election results, government spending, crime rates, and living wages. The document encourages engaging with open data through Code4Democracy events and mailing lists.
Leveraging The Power Of Participatory Culture For Awarenessmydh
The document discusses leveraging participatory culture to raise awareness among street children in India. It proposes designing infographics collaboratively with street children to convey important health and safety information to them in an accessible way. Guidelines are provided for establishing a participatory design process that iterates based on testing designs with the target audience. A future project is outlined to create an online platform where infographics can be downloaded and feedback shared, with the goal of empowering street children through information.
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How can heritage institutions interact more with their audience? Once their audiovisual and multimedia material is digitized and available online, what kind of applications archives institutions can develop to increase engagement with their online users? And what can be done before digitisation? Open tagging, user-based collaborative indexing, online contributions, experts’ comments…. What kind of expertise can the audience offer? When does a visitor become a contributor? What are the benefits and the difficulties of participation? This paper offers a view on the different participatory practices an organisation can pursue to enrich its relations with its audiences.
This document discusses an upcoming project aimed at strengthening civic participation in local communities through open data. The project has three main goals: 1) Involving end users from the 2nd district of Vienna, 2) Understanding community needs using the BEWEXTRA framework, and 3) Advancing relevant technology like discussion platforms and data visualizations. It will develop an urban participation platform piloting how open data can fuel discussion and co-creation. The project runs from November 2016 to April 2019, bringing together experts in knowledge management, visualization, and open data to engage citizens throughout.
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This document discusses open data and its relevance for public libraries. It provides an overview of open data, noting that it refers to data that is freely available for anyone to use without restrictions. The document then explores why open data matters for public libraries, highlighting how it aligns with library values of openness, sharing, and transparency. Several case studies are presented of libraries partnering with local governments and community groups to host events like hackathons that promote open data literacy and encourage innovative uses of library data. Feedback from such events indicated strong interest from participants in libraries sharing more of their data in an open format.
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City Resilience and DSS
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help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
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Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
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accessibility score
to each footpath.
There are already too many
elements in the map.
"
Challenge 2. Conflicting objectives
36. @crowd4access
Data Available
Image dataset for detection of
Urban Elements
Geographical database that can
be queried
Open Data Commons Open Database
License (ODbL)
Creative Commons