1. ASBOrometer Building a location based mobile app using data.gov.uk Jeff Gilfelt

2. ASBOrometer

• Measures levels of anti-social behaviour at your current location

• Released February 2010

• iPhone and Android

• 200,000+ downloads

• Reached #1 free app in UK iTunes App Store

3. ASBOrometer 4. ASBOrometer 5. Why use open government data?

• Huge public appetite

• Reach the widest audience

• Content matters

• Promote yourself

• Show off!

6. data.gov.uk - challenge andopportunity

• Datasets:

• • Huge volume now available

• • Constantly growing

• • Quality of data varies

• • Level of detail varies

• • Timeliness of data varies

• Drill down to find value

• Beat the goldrush

7. Building ASBOrometer

• 5 days

• 0 development budget

• 0 marketing budget

• Process:

• • Geocode the data

• • Write the query logic

• • Construct the API

• • Build the mobile client apps

8. Tools used

• Google App Engine

• geopy

• GeoModel

• Google Chart Tools

• Android SDK

• Appcelerator Titanium

• Alternatives:

• • YQL

• • Yahoo! Placemaker

• • ScraperWiki

• • FluidDB

• • PhoneGap

9. Make it mobile

• Why mobile?

• • Always on

• • Always with you

• • Always knows where you are

• Choose your platform(s)

• Native apps

• Mobile web

10. Make it local

• People will always be interested in what is happening in their local area

• Provides a completely unique experience to a user depending on their location

• Exploit local pride and rivalry

11. http://asborometer.com [email_address] @readyState