This document discusses how cities can become smarter by analyzing and visualizing spatial data. It provides examples of how real-time traffic and transportation data, real estate data, and business directories can be used. Specific projects are described that used data to streamline taxi supply and demand, improve taxi passenger safety, and allow residents to report local issues. The document advocates for cities to promote open data, foster data literacy, and cooperate with civic hackers to make productive use of data and spatial analysis to inform decision making.

1. BECOMING A SMARTER CITY
BY ANALYZING & VISUALIZING
SPATIAL DATA
BECOMING A SMARTER CITY BY
ANALYZING & VISUALIZING SPATIAL
DATA
SLIDES
TINY.CC/MAPPABLE_SMART_CITY
MAPPABLE.INFO

2. THE ABILITY TO GAIN INSIGHTS
FROM INFORMATION AND DRAW
MEANINGFUL CONCLUSIONS HAS
ALWAYS BEEN KEY FOR A
PROSPERING CITY/SOCIETY
Source: John Snow 1854, public domain
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Snow-cholera-map-1.jpg

3. Source: John Snow 1854, public domain
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Snow-cholera-map-1.jpg
JOHN SNOW‘S
CHOLERA MAP (1854)

4. Source: John Snow 1854, public domain
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Snow-cholera-map-1.jpg
JOHN SNOW‘S
CHOLERA MAP (1854)

5. UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF PEOPLE
THINK WORKING WITH DATA IS FOR
NERDS ONLY
WE NEED TO BECOME MORE DATA
LITERATE, TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH
DATA PRODUCTIVELY
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110304184721/jurassicpark/de/images/8/8b/Nedry.jpg

6. TALKING ABOUT SMART CITIES –
REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES OF
‚BIG DATA‘ & THE CITY

7. SMARTCARD TICKETING SYSTEMS IN
PUBLIC TRANSPORT - MYKI
"Metcard-barriers" by Marcus Wong. Licensed under CC-SA
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Metcard-barriers.jpg#mediaviewer/File:Metcard-barriers.jpg

8. REAL TIME TRAFFIC DATA -
GOOGLE MAPS
www.google.de

9. REAL ESTATE DATA - NESTORIA
www.nestoria.com.au/

10. BUSINESS DIRECTORIES –
FOURSQUARE
de.foursquare.com

11. HOW CAN WE MAKE
PRODUCTIVE USE OF THESE
DATA SETS? - A FEW EXAMPLES

12. STREAMLINING TAXI SUPPLY AND
DEMAND IN SINGAPORE
senseable.mit.edu/livesingapore/images/raining_taxis_lg.png

13. IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF TAXI
PASSENGERS - TRAXI.MX
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=codigo.labplc.mx.traxi

14. REPORT LOCAL PROBLEMS VIA
CROWDSOURCING - FIXMYSTREET
www.fixmystreet.com/

15. PERSONAL EXPERIENCE –
SPATIAL DATA & DATA
VISUALIZATION

16. CODE FOR WHAT?

17. TURN THIS INTO THAT
FIND DAY-CARE FACILITIES IN HAMBURG
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
https://gateway.hamburg.de/hamburggateway/
fvp/fv/BSF/KitaInfo/wfKitaKarte.aspx?Sid=95

18. ANALYZING CAR-SHARING
DATA
MAPPABLE.INFO

19. TIME-LAPSE 24H OF CARSHARING IN BERLIN
WATCH VIDEO ON YOUTUBE:
YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=OZN_EM4CHOI

20. WHY SHOULD INFORMATION LIKE
THIS BE IMPORTANT TO A CITY?
MAPPABLE.INFO

21. FOR THE NEGOTIATION OF TERMS WITH
CARSHARING PROVIDERS
CARHSHARING PROVIDERS GET PRIVILEGED
ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
CITY NEEDS ACCESS TO USAGE DATA AND
KNOW-HOW HOW TO WORK WITH IT
CITY NEEDS TO ASSESS THE TRAFFIC
MAPPABLE.INFO
IMPLICATIONS

22. VISUALIZING THE LIMITED
ACCESSIBILITY OF PUBLIC
TRANSPORT
LIVE DEMO- VIEW THE PROJECT HERE:
MAPPABLE.INFO
MAPPABLE.INFO/BLOG/2014/2/8/ACCESSIBILITY

23. A SMART CITY SHOULD...
...PROMOTE OPEN DATA
...FOSTER THE UNDERSTANDING OF
DATA DRIVEN APPROACHES IN
EDUCATION AND INSIDE
INSTITUTIONS
...COOPERATE WITH CIVIC HACKERS,
DESIGNERS, ACTIVISTS ETC.