http://events.forumvirium.fi/openupthecity/ Forum Virium Helsinki Fourth Annual Seminar of Forum Virium Helsinki, Thursday 11th March 2010. The seminar theme was Open up the City - Open data, design, interfaces and innovation Speakers Presentations We are providing these presentations as a courtesy to seminar visitors. Please contact the speakers themselves for permissions to use the material.

1. City
Organiza,on
and
Open
Geographic
Data
Ou,
Hermans
GIS-­‐expert
City
of
Helsinki
Economic
and
Planning
Centre
IT
Division

2. Defining
Helsinki
Geographic
Architecture
-­‐
Wealth
of
Geographic
Informa,on
-­‐
Lack
of
joint-­‐use
services
-­‐
Lots
of
Stakeholders
-­‐
Benefits
of
GIS
and
geocoded
data
is
understood
and
used
more
and
more

3. Development
Program
for
The
Helsinki
Geographic
Architecture
-­‐ New
Program
for
GIS
reaches
out
to
find,
iden,fy
and
name
the
-­‐
businesses
&
processes,
-­‐
origins,
-­‐
applica,ons
&
IT
systems
and
-­‐
technologies
of
Geographic
Data
(Using
EA-­‐method,
tailored
Togaf)

4. Development
Program
for
The
Helsinki
Geographic
Architecture
-­‐
The
Program
takes
a
look
into
>
the
present
state,
Present
state
Vision GAP
Analysis
Need of
Develo
>
the
future,
BUSINESSES & PROCESSES pment
>
the
gap
between
them
INFORMATION
and
APPLICATIONS & GI SYSTEMS
>
development
needed
TECHNOLOGIES
to
reach
a
well
maintained
Geographic
Data
Infrastructure
and
Architecture

5. The
Vision
for
The
Helsinki
Geographic
Architecture
Among
the
other
goals,
the
program
seeks
for:
-­‐
beUer
circumstances
for
produc,on
and
informa,on
services:
to
name
and
priori,ze
the
development
projects,
-­‐
efficient
GI
applied
into
e-­‐services
for
our
customers,
-­‐
well
balanced
coopera,ve
processes,
-­‐
ra,onalized
GIS
&
technologies,
-­‐
improve
the
nurture
of
the
intellectual
capital,
-­‐
good
policy
to
manage
(and
open)
data,
-­‐
set
a
base
for
innova,ons.

6. Thank
You!
ou,.hermans@hel.fi