Renfrewshire Open Data Enlightenment event

Open Data Aha!

Mark Braggins29th January 2016

About me➢ I’ve worked in various

sectors, inc: retail, financial services, software services, local gov

➢ Tech has featured in some way in all of them, as has data

➢ Until 2015 I led the Hampshire Hub open data initiative

➢ I now work with people and organisations to help make the most of open data (Aha!)

Contact details --->

Mark Bragginsmark.braggins@aha-digital.com‘Phone 07743 817215Twitter @markbragginsLinkedIn markbragginsOpen Data Aha! opendata-aha.netAHA Digital Ltd aha-digital.com

Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership

“Open data is data that anyone

can access, use and share.”

Source: Open Data Institute (ODI)

Open Data - different things to different peopleJust a few areas open data can help:

● Saving lives● Making (or saving) - money● Transparency● Partnerships / sharing

“‘Unfortunately, the evidence appears to be scarce.’”

Open Knowledge: Making Open Data Actionable and ImpactfulAuthors: Tyrone Grandison, Jeff Chen

Open Data Aha!

Stories from across the World

➢ Stories from across the World➢ Adding tags, categories, and

location (where possible)➢ Individual stories, and (RSS)

feeds for the original publisher

➢ Approx 2000 so far, from 700+ sites,

➢ more being added daily➢ looking for patterns, trends

and gaps➢ intend to publish stories as a

dataset

➢ “Aha!” - that moment when someone “gets it” about open data

A quick look at England (so far)

Open Data stories

Devon

➢ Recently set-up as an ODI Network Node offering open data training

➢ Open Data Use Cases➢ Community

engagement (including stickers!)

➢ ‘Beyond The Smart City’ exploring wider ‘smart’ agenda

➢ Using open data as part of data-driven decision-making internally

➢ ODI Devon devon.theodi.org/➢ Beyond The Smart City

beyondthesmartcity.com/➢ The Cloche Project -

data story behind human resources

➢ Stickers galore!

Data helping to inform internal decision-making

Stickers galore!Use cases

Bath

➢ Bath: Hacked - council & local people (community interest company)

➢ Very active and engaged community

➢ Data store + events➢ ‘live’ data feeds➢ Apps which are useful to

citizens, inc ○ air quality○ Car parking○ bike share○ school admissions○ public toilets

➢ Bath: Hacked bathhacked.org/

Mapping deprivation

Bristol

➢ Bristol Is Open - joint venture between Bristol City Council and University of Bristol

➢ Sensors inc smartphones & GPS devices

➢ A ‘city operating system’

➢ All data generated being anonymised and published as open data

➢ Bristol is Open bristolisopen.com/

Cambridgeshire

➢ Strong mixture of: ➢ Open Data➢ research and

analytical skills➢ Data stories➢ Data visualisation➢ Active engagement

with local people, inc blogging and social media

➢ Cambridgeshire Insight cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk/

Hampshire

➢ Hampshire Hub (5* star linked open data)

➢ Collaboration with local technology businesses:

○ Flood Event Model○ GP Pressure Map○ Crowdsourcing landscape

change○ Aerial photography

➢ local hacks & events➢ Hosted 1st Open Data Camp +

BlueLightCamp➢ ODI node Southern Policy Centre

➢ Hampshire Hub hampshirehub.net

➢ Nquiringminds’ GP Pressure Map

➢ Know Now’s Flood Event Model

➢ RSAC’s Landscape Watch ➢ Minecraft Ventnor by

Christopher GutteridgeGP Pressure Map by Nquiringminds

Flood Event Model by Know Now

Minecraft Ventnor

‘Home’ of Open Data Aha!

London

➢ Winner of the ODI’s data publisher of the year 2015

➢ 500+ datasets➢ Real-time feeds, APIs

and widgets➢ Lots of apps,

particularly for transport

➢ Well resourced and championed by the Mayor of London

➢ London Datastore data.london.gov.uk/

➢ Transport for London (TfL) tfl.gov.uk/info-for/open-data-users/

The London Datastore

London Connectivity map

Leeds

➢ Partnership between City Council and Hebe Works

➢ Active, engaged local community

➢ 200+ local datasets➢ Exploiting media and

technology e.g. ○ customisable

dashboards, ○ apps like ‘Find

My Bin Day’ and Leeds Empties

○ data visualisations

➢ Leeds Data Mill leedsdatamill.org/

➢ Hebe Works hebeworks.com/

Leeds Superheroes vs super powers

Manchester

➢ Open Data Manchester Started in 2010 as part of Future Everything

➢ Creates ‘demand’ for open data

➢ Meets every month➢ Active, expert,

community➢ Public data store➢ Code fellows➢ Hosted local open data

event and Open Data Camp 2

➢ Open Data Manchester opendatamanchester.org.uk/

➢ Data GM datagm.org.uk/➢ Local open data event

blog.swirrl.com/articles/open-data-innovator-stories/

➢ Open Data Camp odcamp.org.uk

Trafford

➢ Trafford Innovation lab ➢ Data-driven decision-

making (open and closed)

➢ Data visualisations galore inc experimental

➢ Dynamic area profiles➢ Very active community

engagement inc open data surgeries

➢ Sharing project board openly

➢ Open Data Manchester opendatamanchester.org.uk/

➢ Data GM http://www.datagm.org.uk/

➢ Trafford Innovation Lab datagm.org.uk/

➢ Project board (Trello)

Trafford assets vs leisure facilities

Trafford Defibrillators

Public Project Trello Board

Some international examples

Stories from across the World

The Wind Map, by Cameron Beccario

http://earth.nullschool.net/

‘A visualisation of global weather conditions forecast by supercomputers, updated every three hours’.

How will we fill 9 billion bowls by 2050?

● global initiative● open data at its

core● precision

agriculture● climate adaptive● exploiting latest

technologies● >200 partners● Planning a summit

for Sept 2016http://www.godan.info/

“...in 2014, Chicago’s Department of Innovation and Technology started sifting through publicly available city data and built an algorithm to predict which restaurants were most likely to be in violation of health codes, based on the characteristics of previously recorded violations.”

Article by Julian Spector on Citylab: Chicago Is Predicting Food Safety Violations. Why Aren't Other Cities?

“Waves of digitally astute cities are setting the pace, including Singapore, Panama, Seoul and Tallinn.

They’ve all created spaces for digital disruption, opening data sets and convening citizens to challenge the digital architecture of the city and engage in direct democratic dialogue with officials.” (Quote from ‘Cities as Platforms’ by Gerard Grech in Tech Crunch)

Open Data Camp

● Lots of people● Shared interest in open data● Many sectors inc:

○ local gov○ health○ voluntary / charities○ local communities○ geeks○ non-geeks

http://www.odcamp.org.uk

Individual and collective energies

James Cattell in Winchester

Jamie Whyte in Manchester

Folk commonly followed by #ODCamp hashtag users

Enthusiasm spans many different sectors

Pauline Roche at Open Data Camp in Winchester

Common traits?➢ ‘People power’ ➢ Some form of (local) data

store➢ Local data + national data➢ Mixture of skills➢ Local ‘champion(s)’➢ Access to funding➢ Support from local council(s)➢ Communicating in lots of

different ways (multiple channels)

➢ Willingness to take risks & try some new stuff

➢ Stories!!!

Looking ahead (already happening)➢ “Transformation” (won’t succeed

without well organised, well described, data)

➢ Sharing services (and therefore data)

➢ Internet of Things (IoT)➢ UAVs (Drones) ➢ Satellites➢ Crowdsourcing➢ Superfast everywhere ➢ New stuff we haven’t imagined yet

Thank You!

Feel free to contact me if you have questions or would like to discuss open data for your organisation.

Contact details --->

Mark Bragginsmark.braggins@aha-digital.com‘Phone 07743 817215Twitter @markbragginsLinkedIn markbragginsOpen Data Aha! opendata-aha.netAHA Digital Ltd aha-digital.com

Credits

Screenshots from local data store examplesscreenshots from the Open Data Institute

Trafford Defibrillator: ‘Stayin Alive’ – Gordon Hutchinson, courtesy of Trafford Leisure: http://www.traffordleisure.co.uk/news/stayin-alive-gordon-trusts-his-life-with-trafford-leisure/

Vintage postcard Kim Deslandes https://www.flickr.com/photos/kdeslandes/5998152390

James Cattell leaping - photo by Giuseppe Sollazzo https://flic.kr/p/rfBQ6GJamie Whyte speaking - photo by Giuseppe Sollazzo https://flic.kr/p/zD9Tdm

Artwork for Open Data Aha! by Matthew Buck of Drawnalism