Presentation for the "Local Open Data - Reaping the Benefits" event, hosted by Swirrl in Manchester.

1. Mark Braggins 21st April 2015
Local Open Data: reaping the benefits

2. Sixteen local open data champions
Local Authority Champion Site
Barnet Open Barnet
Birmingham Birmingham Data Factory
Bristol Open Data Bristol
Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire Insight
Devon Devon Data Loom
Glasgow Open Glasgow
Hampshire Hampshire Hub
Lambeth Lambeth in Numbers
Leeds Leeds Data Mill
London London Data Store
Manchester DataGM
Windsor & Maidenhead DataTAP
Redbridge DataShare
Sunderland Local Public Data
Surrey Surrey Open data
Trafford Info Trafford
Momentum building throughout the UK
Screenshot from Owen Boswarva’s UK Local Government
Open Data Resources interactive map

3. Most champions have data stores - or are building them

4. Local open data – any metaphors?
How about Food?
• Ingredients
• Specialties
• Cuisines
• Themes
• Recipes
• Kitchens
• Restaurants
• Take-aways
Image of Bothy Threads Food Map of the British Isles courtesy of
hixxybabe on ebay

5. Local open data – any metaphors?
How about Agriculture?
• Sowing seeds / planting crops
• Different local conditions
• Climate (political, organisational)
• Soil (stony, fertile etc)
• Expertise
• Tools and technology
• People / community
Harvesting of oats in Jølster, Norway ca. 1890 (Photo: Axel
Lindahl/Norwegian Museum of Cultural History) via Wikipedia

6. Postcard from Hampshire

7. Data, information, insight, news,
views, and initiatives

8. http://www.hampshirehub.net/initiatives

9. Helping see the wood from the trees
Blog post by Mike Sedgewick on Chandler’s Ford Today (local web site):
A Hero of Trees - Richard St. Barbe Baker
Screenshot from Steve Peters’ Local Data Discovery app
Screenshot from DATA.GOV.UK previewingTree
Preservation Orders for the whole of Eastleigh

10. WuDoWuD
• Historic open data from multiple
sources
• Environmental conditions leading up to
severe weather events
• Identify trigger points
• Update with more recent / current data
• Use to inform decision-making
• Potential to save lives, improve
efficiency and reduce costs
Screenshot from STFC case study featuring WuDoWuD from
Know Now Information http://www.kn-i.com/

11. Landscape Watch Hampshire
Crowdsourcing landscape change
from archived aerial photography
Capture the change information
as data
Publish the output on Hampshire
Hub as open data
Screenshot from Landscape Watch Hampshire, which is
currently undergoing Alpha testing

12. Open Data Camp
• Open Data Camp - The first UK
unconference for open data
• Lots of output: inc 20+ blog posts
• It won’t be the last
• Next one ‘up north’ in the Autumn
• In the meantime, there’s
BlueLightCamp 6-7 June in
Birmingham (Open Data Camp will
be there!)
GP Pressure Map, created at Open Data Camp

13. To what extent are we reaping the benefits?
• Lots of progress - loads of open
data out there (both local and
national)
• Local open data champions
network
• Case studies are being created
and shared
• Together we are stronger
• Great momentum, but...
• It’s still early days
• Lots still to do (e.g. standards,
sustainable business models,
sources of funding, compelling
business cases)
Steam engine tractors with threshing machines, Latvia, 1930.-ies.
Photo courtesy of Valmiera's museum, via Valters Grivins Flickr.

14. Thank You
@markbraggins
bilbobraggins99@gmail.com

15. Photo credit opening slide
• Medieval farming: This image depicts what it may have been like to be part of a medieval
farming family. Included in Kulturgeschichtliche Bilder no.5, Kempen (Verlag Dr. te
Neues), undated (c.1960). Online, courtesy Dortmund, Westfaelisches Schulmuseum
(Westphalian School Museum in Dortmund, Germany).