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Overview
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Mashup Concept
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Programmable Web Mock Entry
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System Architecture, Sequence and Flow Diagram
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Incoming Data Streams: APIs & RSS feeds
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Value Proposition
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Related Mashups: points of parity and difference with
regard to existing mashups
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Response to Feedback
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Concept
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Ottawa City Eye displays information over the map of the city of
Ottawa
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The mashup is to be implemented in two stages:
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1 stage: Focus on information submitted by users using
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mobile/smart phones, or web form
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2 stage: Combine with RSS feeds from City of Ottawa, news
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feeds from CBC and Ottawa Sun, and traffic data from Yahoo
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Examples of user­submitted information:
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Accident and incident reports
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Complaint submissions
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Traffic flows
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Parking availability
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Reviews about places, .e.g, restaurants, schools, etc
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Programmable Web
Mock Entry
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Sequence Diagram
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Incoming Data Streams
API Description
Google Maps &  OSM can be more complete and accurate in certain areas
OpenStreetMap (OSM)  Google Maps has nice interface, also offers street view
and users can review places
 Both mapping services support geocoding, and the
combination of both offers more choice & flexibility
Yahoo Traffic REST API that gives access to real­time traffic data
Twitter, identi.ca  Enable users to submit the information from Twitter and
identica sites, and subsequently pull the data from there
 Ex: can follow City of Ottawa and Ottawa Citizen, as well
as @OttawaCityEye on Twitter
RSS feeds Description
City Of Ottawa News releases and public service announcements, events and
attractions
Ottawa Sun, Ottawa and region
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CBC/CTV

Parking and Document
Clustering APIs
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Displaying parking information
− Assume there's a central website that collect
information from all parking garages and lots in
Ottawa, parking ticket information from the City of
Ottawa.
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Clustering citizen reports with news
− Catches duplicate submissions of the reports and
determine it they are related to each other, or
related to the news (Ex: slide 7).
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We can develop the API for these purposes, and made
implementation publicly accessible for free
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APIs: Application
Functionality
API Description
Mapstraction Enable agnostic map mashup ­ easily switch from one
mapping library to another (e.g, between OSM and
Google Maps)
Parlay X A web service API for sending messages, retrieve SMS
and retrieve current location of the mobile phone
Fire Eagle & CloudMade  CloudMade provides a set of mapping libraries
(mobile and web) that source maps from OSM
 Both supports location management (store and
retrieve location information along with metadata)
Google Chart Information visualization with charts (e.g, over a period
of time)
HeatMap Heat mapping service that illustrates the
frequency/density of information in a particular place on
the map
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Value proposition
Target Market Relevance
Ottawa residents  Dedicated to the city of Ottawa. Let residents
inform and track conditions of the city
 Citizens indirectly help & speed up the process of
solving some of the issues in Ottawa
City of Ottawa  Get better insights into problem areas that require
primary attention
 Reveal life patterns of the city
 Better and open communications between the city
and its residents
Police and 911  Mapping of the incidents for making better
Departments decisions
 Provide updates to citizens regarding the
incidents
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Related Mashups
Mashup Similarities Differences APIs
FixMyStreet Displays user­submitted Focuses mainly on reporting and solving Maps (not
(from mysociety.org information over the map local problems, target residents in the UK identified)
– fixmystreet.com)
Every Block Displays information over the The focus is on the city of Chicago. Data Google Maps
Chicago map comes from the Chicago Police
(formerly Department
ChicagoCrime)
Nukaart (Dutch, Displays information over the Data comes from the Dutch news website: Google Maps
nukaart.nl) map Nu.nl and traffic webcams
Ushahidi Displays user­submitted Targets crowdsourcing of crisis Google Maps,
(ushahidi.com) information over the map information (such as deaths, riots, lootings, Mapstraction,
etc) in Africa & surrounding regions Twitter, Jaiku
CrimeReports Displays information on the  Publish local crime incident data in Google Maps
(crimereports.com) map near real­time
 Data contributed by participating law
enforcement agencies, such as
Ottawa Police
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Response to Feedback
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Difference from more specialized services such as
GasBuddy:
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Our mashup does not display local gas prices submitted
by users. GasBuddy does best in providing such service
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When an incident gets resolved:
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It will be indicated in the summary of the problem once
zooming into the area
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Legal issues:
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It is very unlikely there will be any legal issues since:
(1) Users contribute information by their own means
(2) Complementary information, .eg, local news and
reviews are obtained through APIs and RSS feeds
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Response to Feedback (2)
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Who pays for the SMS?
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Data can be submitted via SMS or a web form. If
submitted with SMS, users pay for it. The more users
benefit from the mashup, the more they're willing to
contribute
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How often the information is updated?
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Although update depends very much on citizens and
the city, by linking the information with news sources, it
will help provide more frequent updates
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