Presentation held at "Re-Thinking the Smart City" in Melbourne on Thursday, 30 October 2014.

1. BECOMING A SMARTER CITY
BY ANALYZING & VISUALIZING
SPATIAL DATA
BECOMING A SMARTER CITY BY
ANALYZING & VISUALIZING SPATIAL
DATA
SLIDES
TINY.CC/MAPPABLE_SMART_CITY
MAPPABLE.INFO

2. THE ABILITY TO GAIN INSIGHTS
FROM INFORMATION AND DRAW
MEANINGFUL CONCLUSIONS HAS
ALWAYS BEEN KEY FOR A
PROSPERING CITY/SOCIETY
Source: John Snow 1854, public domain
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Snow-cholera-map-1.jpg

3. Source: John Snow 1854, public domain
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Snow-cholera-map-1.jpg
JOHN SNOW‘S
CHOLERA MAP (1854)

4. Source: John Snow 1854, public domain
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Snow-cholera-map-1.jpg
JOHN SNOW‘S
CHOLERA MAP (1854)

5. UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF PEOPLE
THINK WORKING WITH DATA IS FOR
NERDS ONLY
WE NEED TO BECOME MORE DATA
LITERATE, TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH
DATA PRODUCTIVELY
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110304184721/jurassicpark/de/images/8/8b/Nedry.jpg

6. TALKING ABOUT SMART CITIES –
REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES OF
‚BIG DATA‘ & THE CITY

7. SMARTCARD TICKETING SYSTEMS IN
PUBLIC TRANSPORT - MYKI
"Metcard-barriers" by Marcus Wong. Licensed under CC-SA
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Metcard-barriers.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Metcard-barriers.jpg

8. REAL TIME TRAFFIC DATA -
GOOGLE MAPS
www.google.de

9. REAL ESTATE DATA - NESTORIA
www.nestoria.com.au/

10. BUSINESS DIRECTORIES –
FOURSQUARE
de.foursquare.com

11. HOW CAN WE MAKE
PRODUCTIVE USE OF THESE
DATA SETS? - A FEW EXAMPLES

12. STREAMLINING TAXI SUPPLY AND
DEMAND IN SINGAPORE
senseable.mit.edu/livesingapore/images/raining_taxis_lg.png

13. IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF TAXI
PASSENGERS - TRAXI.MX
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=codigo.labplc.mx.traxi

14. REPORT LOCAL PROBLEMS VIA
CROWDSOURCING - FIXMYSTREET
www.fixmystreet.com/

15. PERSONAL EXPERIENCE –
SPATIAL DATA & DATA
VISUALIZATION

16. CODE FOR WHAT?

17. TURN THIS INTO THAT
FIND DAY-CARE FACILITIES IN HAMBURG
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
https://gateway.hamburg.de/hamburggateway/
fvp/fv/BSF/KitaInfo/wfKitaKarte.aspx?Sid=95

18. ANALYZING CAR-SHARING
DATA
MAPPABLE.INFO

19. TIME-LAPSE 24H OF CARSHARING IN BERLIN
WATCH VIDEO ON YOUTUBE:
YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=OZN_EM4CHOI

20. WHY SHOULD INFORMATION LIKE
THIS BE IMPORTANT TO A CITY?
MAPPABLE.INFO

21. FOR THE NEGOTIATION OF TERMS WITH
CARSHARING PROVIDERS
CARHSHARING PROVIDERS GET PRIVILEGED
ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
CITY NEEDS ACCESS TO USAGE DATA AND
KNOW-HOW HOW TO WORK WITH IT
CITY NEEDS TO ASSESS THE TRAFFIC
MAPPABLE.INFO
IMPLICATIONS

22. VISUALIZING THE LIMITED
ACCESSIBILITY OF PUBLIC
TRANSPORT
LIVE DEMO- VIEW THE PROJECT HERE:
MAPPABLE.INFO
MAPPABLE.INFO/BLOG/2014/2/8/ACCESSIBILITY

23. A SMART CITY SHOULD...
...PROMOTE OPEN DATA
...FOSTER THE UNDERSTANDING OF
DATA DRIVEN APPROACHES IN
EDUCATION AND INSIDE
INSTITUTIONS
...COOPERATE WITH CIVIC HACKERS,
DESIGNERS, ACTIVISTS ETC.