This document discusses the data foundations needed for digital cities. It references Robert Hooke's vision for rebuilding London after the Great Fire of 1666, noting the importance of data infrastructure and community engagement. The document suggests that identifying physical elements in a city and linking related data can help build digital context and enable new forms of "digital graffiti" to enhance understanding of a city.

1. The Data
Foundations for
Digital Cities
Leigh Dodds
@ldodds
20th April 2012
Open Data Cities, Brighton

2. Robert Hooke (Hacker)

3. Civitas Londinium

4. Vision of a New London

5. A Lack of Funds

6. And to the end that all Builders may the better
know how to provide and fitt their materialls for
their severall Buildings Be it enacted That there
shall be onely fower sortes of Buildings and noe
more...
about 346 years ago from An Act for Rebuilding the Citty of London
Charles II

7. Time Passes...

9. Digital Cities

10. Data Hubs

11. Community Engagement?

13. Identifying...Things

14. Links Build Context

15. Digital Grafitti

16. Data Infrastructure

17. Photo Attribution
● Memorial portrait of Robert Hooke
● Civitas Londinium
● Wren Map of London
● Charles II 1667 Medal
● Charles II
● Canary Wharf
● Miniature Manhatten
● Wordle
● Hands Pointing
● Linked Data
● Tree 2.0
● ://
● Weird Grafitti