UTILITIZING MONGODB FOR A SMARTER CITYWINDYGRID

LOCATION IS OFTEN THE COMMON ELEMENT IN CITY

DATA. MOST OF THE DATA AND POTENTIAL RESEARCH LIES IN

LOCATION. THIS HELPS DICTATE THE TYPE OF RESEARCH

METHODOLOGY NEEDED FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS.

Built using open source software, WindyGrid is a real-time situational awareness system that brings over a dozen data sources together into a single application. Later this year, it will be released as an open source project.

WindyGrid

WindyGrid

db.data_set.findOne(){

“what” : {…describes what happened…

},“where” : {

“latitude” : “longitude” :

},“when” : {

“timestamp” :},

}

Array of Things University of Chicago has partnered with multiple institutions to build a mesh network of small sensors, dubbed the Array of Things, that will frequently post data for public consumption and to WindyGrid.

arrayofthings.github.io

Array of ThingsThe Array of Things will provide hyper-local, temporal data on using a variety of sensors:Sensors measuring sound and vibrationLow-resolution infrared cameras measuring sidewalk temperatureClimate and environmental data, such as air-quality and temperature

Array of Things

Array of Things

OPEN INTERNET OF THINGS

Array of Things WindyGrid

OpenGrid is now an open source software that can be deployed in your organization.

THANK YOU

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Tom Schenk Jr.Chief Data OfficerCity of Chicago

@ChicagoCDOtom.schenk@cityofchicago.org

data.cityofchicago.orgopengrid.iogithub.com/Chicago/opengrid