Presentation of services based on open data in Helsinki region at Smart Environmental Information seminar at https://syke.etapahtuma.fi/Default.aspx?tabid=329&id=1173

1. Helsinki Region Infoshare
Services from open data
Älykästä ympäristötietoa - Smart environment information
31.10.2013
Project Manager Ville Meloni
Forum Virium Helsinki

2. City Service Development Kit
Helsinki Region Infoshare
- Opening up public data
Smart
City
Code4Europe
Apps4Finland
Open Cities

3. Helsinki Region Infoshare
• Joint activity of Helsinki metropolitan
area cities (population over 1 million
people) to open data
• Operated by City of Helsinki Urban
Facts and Forum Virium Helsinki
• 2010-2012 pilot phase
• 2013 in adoption phase
• 2014 - business as usual
• Municipalities committing resources
to open data!

4. Helsinki Region Infoshare
www.hri.fi
Open public data from
Helsinki region for everyone
to use without cost
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Currently over 1000 datasets
Open data application showcase
Give feedback & request new
data & discuss
Instructions for public agencies on
how to open data
Useful tips for developers and
other data users

5. Open data themes of HRI
• 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, public
transportation timetables, snowplowing machine location,
etc.

6. Example of 2013 data themes
• Historical maps and aerial photos
• Geographical data such as addresses and
various administrative boundaries
• Public decision making data (Open Ahjo)
• Issue reporting API to City of Helsinki
(CitySDK project)
• Detailed statistical data about public
services such as schools
• Health and wellbeing related data
Follow: www.facebook.com/helsinkiregioninfoshare and
@HRInfoshare for open data updates

7. Environment related data in HRI
• Environmental statistics (City of Helsinki Urban Facts, various)
• Environmental permits given (City of Helsinki Environment
Centre)
• Traffic noise areas (Helsinki metropolitan area environment
centres)
• Land usage plans for construction (Helsinki Region
Environmental Services Authority - HSY)
• Sustainable development urban infrastructure – Helsinki CO2
footprint, energyconsumption, etc. (Aalto-university)
• Solar energy potentials and geo energy potentials (City of Espoo)

8. Helsinki’s traffic noise areas

9. http://www.hri.fi/fi/data/helsinginliikennemeluvyohykkeet/

13. https://www.facebook.com/groups/fi.okfn/
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200120229760738&set=o.102381085627&type=1&theater#

15. Examples of open data
usage and services

16. Data journalism
Traffic accidents in Helsinki 2000-2010

17. Education and
research
HSY - Rakennusmaavaranto SeutuRAMAVA

18. Visualizations
Aerial photos of Helsinki from
1940-, 1960-, 1970- ja 1980-> Historical Helsinki
http://www.historical-helsinki.net/

19. Applications
Helsinki Region Transport Journey planner API
ReittiGPS
www.blindsquare.com
mak.hsl.fi/

20. Citizen engagement
”Should it be fixed?”
Issue reporting API
h"p://metro.fi/fiksaus/
korjaakaupunki.fi

21. http://www.hri.fi/fi/sovellukset/helsinki-by-age-in-google-maps/

22. http://www.hri.fi/fi/sovellukset/sanom-at/

23. ”The 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/

24. More 3rd party
applications in HRI
applications
showcase gallery
www.hri.fi/fi/sovellukset

25. 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
• From manually published static data files to application
programming interfaces (API’s) and ”automatic data
publishing”
• Co-operation: across agencies, cities and state locally and
internationally, with technical developers, companies,
schools, research institutions, end users

26. New York City
targets to open
all it’s public
data by 2018
http://www.govtech.com/data/All-NYCData-to-be-Open-by-2018.html (24.9.2013)

27. Inspirational material for
data owners including
practical case examples of
opening and utilizing data.
www.hri.fi/2vuotta
Available in English in November 2013 via
www.hri.fi

28. 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