Helsinki Region Infoshare Experiences from open data

12.12.2013

Project Manager Ville Meloni Forum Virium Helsinki

Contents of the presentation

•  About Forum Virium Helsinki •  Helsinki Region Infoshare overview •  Impacts of open data in the Helsinki Region •  Boosting open data utilization

•  Transparent City - Case: How open decision making data from City of Helsinki has been utilized

New service innovations! in cooperation with companies,

public sector organizations and citizens.

Forum Virium Helsinki is a member of the City of Helsinki Group.

New Forms of Media

Focus Areas

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Helsinki Region Infoshare - Opening up public data

City Service Development Kit

Apps4Finland

Helsinki Region Infoshare

Helsinki Region Infoshare www.hri.fi Open public data from Helsinki region for everyone easily to use without cost •  Currently over 1000 datasets •  Open data application showcase •  Give feedback & request new data •  Instructions for public agencies on

how to open data •  Useful tips for developers and

other data users

•  Joint activity of Helsinki metropolitan area cities Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen (population over 1 million people)

•  Operated by City of Helsinki Urban Facts and Forum Virium Helsinki

•  2010-2012 pilot phase •  2013 in adoption phase •  2014 – open data business as usual

Helsinki Region Infoshare - project > service

•  Statistics and estimates o  different urban phenomena e.g. living conditions,

economics and well-being, employment and transport o  Environmental and service statistics

•  Geospatial data o  Regional division boundaries,

electoral district divisions, buildings, maps

•  Other o  Public service points, decision making, budget, timetables

à Any type of public data!

Open data themes of HRI

•  Geographical data such as addresses, administrative boundaries, aerial photos and historical maps

•  Issue reporting API to City of Helsinki (CitySDK project)

•  Health and wellbeing related data •  Public decision making data

Follow: www.facebook.com/helsinkiregioninfoshare and @HRInfoshare for open data updates

Example of 2013 data themes

Impacts of open data in the Helsinki Region

Traffic accidents in Helsinki 2000-2010

Data journalism

HSY - Rakennusmaavaranto SeutuRAMAVA

Education and

research

http://www.hri.fi/fi/sovellukset/helsinki-ilmakuvina-1943-2012/

Helsinki in aerial photos 1943-2012

Visualizations

”The traffic noise data set is a great example of open data which could be very valuable to common people. For example, families looking for a quiet neighborhood in Helsinki would probably want to check local traffic noise levels before buying a house.” -CloudnSci.fi

http://www.hri.fi/fi/sovellukset/tieliikenteen-melutasot-helsingissa/

Helsinki Region Transport Journey planner API

ReittiGPS

Applications

www.blindsquare.com

mak.hsl.fi/

Blindsquare “Makes you sense what’s around you. You only need to listen” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VyZGtykNKg Global data • Openstreetmap • Foursquare Local open data from Helsinki region • Public transportation data • Public service points location data

www.blindsquare.com

Issue reporting API

Citizen engagement ”Should it be fixed?”

h"p://metro.fi/fiksaus/

korjaakaupunki.fi

More applications and application ideas in HRI gallery

www.hri.fi/fi/sovellukset

What next? •  Making open data as part of cities’ normal operations •  In Helsinki open data is included in the city strategy program, IT-

strategy and budgeting process •  Let’s show people all the unpublished data there is so they can

suggest what data should be opened •  From manually published static data files to application

programming interfaces (API’s) and ”automatic data publishing” •  Continuing co-operation: across city agencies and state, with

technical developers, companies, schools, research institutions and end users

Boosting open data utilization

How to boost open data utilization? Cities point of view •  Open up more data systematically •  Provide open interfaces (APIs) to the data systems •  Develop interoperability / compatibility of the datasets •  Create user-friendly prototypes to show the usage of the data •  Disseminate best practices •  Better communication, guidance and marketing

How to boost open data utilization? Everyone´s point of view • Involve different users and communities to work with the data owners in creating use cases – solutions for real challenges • Organize events, workshops and competitions • Facilitate access to business funding for data intensive start-ups and other companies • Tie to EU and national open government initiatives and projects

Winners of the year 2011 apllication-category http://apps4finland.fi/2011/11/22/taman-vuoden-voittajat-on-julkaistu/

•  “Finnish open data championship”

•  Organized by Suomen Verkkodemokratiaseura and Forum Virium Helsinki

•  Since 2009 •  In year 2013 over

100 entries •  More than EUR

25.000 worth of price money

www.apps4finland.fi

Apps4Finland 2013 winner “Stormwind

Simulator” uses open data from

National Land Survey and other

sources

HEL<3DEV •  Supporting developers who want to utilize APIs and open

data provided by the city.

•  Website aimed for developers dev.hel.fi •  Workshops •  Code4Europe codefellows •  Competitions and support programs such as Open

Helsinki - Hack at Home 27  

http://dev.hel.fi

Inspirational material for data owners including

practical case examples of opening and utilizing data.

Available in English via

www.hri.fi/2years

A Transparent City

Case: How open decision making data from City of Helsinki has been used

Our Dream: Fully Transparent and Open City

”Open data will bring the biggest change

in public administration that I have experienced during my career”

-Mr. Jussi Pajunen, Mayor of Helsinki

Helsinki’s electronic document management system - Ahjo

•  System for preparing public agendas for decision making

•  City Council, City Board, City Departments and their steering committees (over 5.000 users)

Ahjo is now Open! •  Helsinki’s public agenda and

decision documents as open data = Open Ahjo

•  dev.hel.fi/openahjo/ •  www.hri.fi/fi/data/helsingin-kaupungin-

asianhallintajarjestelma-ahjon-rajapinta/

•  Enables new applications and services that bring decision making closer to citizens

See also: City council meetings video API http://open.helsinkikanava.fi/

Minutes/agendas description information in xml-structure <DescriptionInformationOpenDocument> <Header>text</Header> <Dnro> <DnroShort>String</DnroShort> <DnroTformat>String</DnroTformat> <DnroRunningNumber>String</DnroRunningNumber> <DnroYear>String</DnroYear> </Dnro> <Reference>1967-08-13</Reference> <TaskClass>String</TaskClass> <DocumentaryData>String</DocumentaryData> <DocumentType>String</DocumentType> <PublicityClass <PublicityClassId="String">String</PublicityClass> <Languagy LanguaguId="String">String</Language> <Decision-maker Decision-makerId="String">String</Decision-maker> <Business BusinessId="String">String</Business> <Office OfficeId="String">String</Office> <Department DepartmentId="String">String</Department> <Presenter PresenterId="String">String</Presenter> <Preparer PreparerId="String">String</Preparer> <OfficeHolder OfficeHolderId="String">String</OfficeHolder> <Status_of_the_case>String</Status_of_the_case> <Status_of_the_document>String</Status_of_the_document> <Personal_data>text</Personal_data> <Additional_data>String</Additional_data> <ArticleNumber_of_the_agenda>text</ArticleNumber_of_the_agenda> <X-coordinates>text</X-coordinates> <Y-coordinates>text</Y-coordinates> <Data_system_index>String</Data_system_index> <Index_termt>String</Index_termt> <MeetingTunniste>String</MeetingTunniste> <Article>String</Article> <Decision_Date>String</Decision_Date>

<NextMeetingDate>String</NextMeetingDate> <MeetingDate>1967-08-13</MeetingDate> <DecisionLevel>String</DecisionLevel> <Kvsto>String</Kvsto> <KvstoMeetingDate>String</KvstoMeetingDate> <VHMinutes_of_the_meetingnosa>String</VHMinutes_of_the_meetingnosa> <Minutes_of_the_meeting_ApprovedChecked>String</Minutes_of_the_meeting_ApprovedChecked> <ArchivingDate>String</ArchivingDate> <ClosingDate>String</ClosingDate> <DueDate>String</DueDate> <ExpirationDate>String</ExpirationDate> <PreparationDate>String</PreparationDate> <AbolishedDate>String</AbolishedDate> <Period_of_validityAlkaa>String</Period_of_validityAlkaa> <Period_of_validity_ends>String</Period_of_validity_ends> <PublishingDate>String</PublishingDate> <To_Internet>1967-08-13</To_Internet> <PublishingRemovalDate>String</PublishingRemovalDate> <CountingPrinciple_of_curingPeriod>String</CountingPrinciple_of_curingPeriod> <EndDate_of_curingPeriod>String</EndDate_of_curingPeriod> <Lenght_of__the_curingPeriod>String</Lenght_of__the_curingPeriod> <Principle_of__the_curingPeriod>String</Principle_of__the_curingPeriod> <Year>String</Year> <SerialNumber>String</SerialNumber> <DiscretionUsed>String</DiscretionUsed> <Astu>String</Astu> <DocumentTypeIdentifier>String</DocumentTypeIdentifier> <AHJOIdentifier1>String</AHJOIdentifier1> <AHJOIdentifier2>String</AHJOIdentifier2> <PublicationStucture>String</PublicationStucture> <Astujulkaisu2vExpirationDate>String</Astujulkaisu2vExpirationDate> <Purpose_of_the_use>String</Purpose_of_the_use> <MIMEType>String</MIMEType>

•  </DescriptionInformationOpenDocument>

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•  <KuvailutiedotOpenDocument> •  <Otsikko>text</Otsikko> •  <Dnro>

<DnroLyhyt>String</DnroLyhyt> •  <DnroTmuoto>String</DnroTmuoto>

<DnroJuoksevaNumero>String</DnroJuoksevaNumero>

•  <DnroVuosi>String</DnroVuosi> •  </Dnro> •  <Viite>1967-08-13</Viite> •  <Tehtavaluokka>String</Tehtavaluokka> •  <AsiakirjallinenTieto>String</AsiakirjallinenTieto> •  <AsiakirjaTyyppi>String</AsiakirjaTyyppi> •  <JulkisuusLuokka

<JulkisuusLuokkaId="String">String</JulkisuusLuokka> •  <Kieli KieliId="String">String</Kieli> •  <Paattaja PaattajaId="String">String</Paattaja> •  <Toimiala ToimialaId="String">String</Toimiala> •  <Virasto VirastoId="String">String</Virasto> •  <Osasto OsastoId="String">String</Osasto> •  <Esittelija EsittelijaId="String">String</Esittelija> •  <Valmistelija ValmistelijaId="String">String</Valmistelija> •  <Viranhaltija ViranhaltijaId="String">String</Viranhaltija> •  <Asiantila>String</Asiantila> •  <Asiakirjantila>String</Asiakirjantila> •  <Henkilotietoja>text</Henkilotietoja> •  <Lisatieto>String</Lisatieto> •  <EsityslistanAsianumero>text</EsityslistanAsianumero> •  <X-kordinaatti>text</X-kordinaatti> •  <Y-kordinaatti>text</Y-kordinaatti> •  <Tietojarjestelmarekisteri>String</

Tietojarjestelmarekisteri> •  <Asiasanat>String</Asiasanat> •  <Asiasanat>String</Asiasanat> •  <Asiasanat>String</Asiasanat> •  <Asiasanat>String</Asiasanat> •  <Asiasanat>String</Asiasanat> •  <KokousTunniste>String</KokousTunniste> •  <Pykala>String</Pykala> •  <Paatospaiva>String</Paatospaiva> • 

h#p://www.hri.fi/fi/data/helsingin-­‐‑kaupungin-­‐‑asianhallintajarjestelma-­‐‑ahjon-­‐‑rajapinta/

Helsinki Developer Portal http://dev.hel.f

dev.hel.fi/apis/ dev.hel.fi/apis/openahjo

h"p://dev.hel.fi/openahjo/

Open Helsinki – www.openhelsinki.net - community project in progress to create better UI to decision items and to increase the dialogue between citizens and politicians

http://www.hri.fi/fi/sovellukset/ahjo-explorer/

Ahjo Explorer mobile application: “Follow Helsinki’s political decision making whenever and wherever”

•  Mitä jo on tehty unelman saavuttamiseksi •  Mitä seuraavaksi tehtäisiin

Hmm.. at the moment they are planning to do some changes to the land use plan

of this area.. Interesting - should I participate?

I see.. This brandnew bicycle corridor was decided x.x.20xx by the City

Council and budget was xx euros.. I´ll send positive feedback!

Ordinary day in the near future

Helsingin kaupungin aineistopankki/Lauri Mannermaa

Make it easier for citizens, politicians

and civil servants to have a dialogue via social media

A:Today we are handling

new bicycle-road case xx-yy-zz Q: Could you tell me more

about this case? A: Sure!

Realtime access to local and relevant decision topics:

”What is being decided in my neighborhood?”

Open Ahjo – Use cases for the data

Encouraging citizen participation:

”City is building

a new library here in 2016. I could tell them my ideas on how

to spend the budget”

“Our dream is that every public agenda, every euro and any public issue could be easily

analyzed, visualized, understood and contributed to

by the citizens in advance.”

HRI won 100 000 € to make this dream a reality!

http://www.hri.fi/en/news/hri-wins-eus-prize-for-innovation/

How we will spend the EUR 100.000 •  Open more data and develop

interoperability of the different datasets to match with Open Ahjo

•  Work with various users in creating real-life use cases for the data

•  Encourage the creation of prototype applications and visualizations that showcase the usage of the data

•  Disseminate learnings so others can replicate it

Examples of datasets to match with Open Ahjo: •  Population statistics and estimates •  Administrative boundaries •  City financial data •  City service point data •  Real estate and land use data •  Environmental data •  City issue reporting data

Read more Helsinki Quarterly 3/2013 “A Transparent City” pages 16 - 25 Available on-line http://www.hel.fi/hel2/Tietokeskus/julkaisut/pdf/13_12_05_Quarterly_3_13.pdf

THANK YOU! Ville Meloni

ville.meloni@forumvirium.fi Forum Virium Helsinki

www.hri.fi

http://www.hri.fi/en/about/contact-information/

@HRInfoshare www.facebook.com/helsinkiregioninfoshare www.slideshare.net/helsinkiregioninfoshare