Presentation about 2014 Code for Americal Fellowship project, Citygram.
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Making Open Data Useful: Citygram
1. Making Open
Data Useful
BY 2014 CODE FOR AMERICA FELLOWS
Danny Whalen // @invisiblefunnel
Erik Schwartz // @eeeschwartz
Livien Yin // @livienyin
2. Here’s what we’re talking about today!
● What is Citygram?
● How does it work?
● Why was it built this way?
● How can you get involved?
● How did this work in Lexington?
4. Get ya awesome on
Citygram is a notifications platform for
subscribing to your city. It uses the power of
open data to inform you of the things you care
about, where you care about them.
5. 3 GOALS FOR CITYGRAM
01 // increase citizen engagement
by providing automated, meaningful info about what the city is doing
02 // be proactive, not reactive
reduce the burden on staff to respond to repetitive requests
03 // demonstrate the capabilities of
city open data portals
build trust with citizens through openness and accessibility
6. UNDERSTANDING THE CONSTRAINTS
USE CASE // civic apps are not the intended
use case for open gov data
SPEED // gov data systems are not designed
for speed
CADENCE // data reflects the processes
through which it was created
9. FOUR KEY GUIDING PRINCIPLES
1. User Experience Design: start with user needs to transform
data in a way that is accessible to citizens.
2. Agile Development: a process of iterative, incremental
software development that values constant learning and
building.
3. Flexibility: be able to hook into machine-readable data
sources in common formats.
4. Generalizable: across cities, for the greatest possible
impact.
12. How can you integrate your
open data with Citygram?
citygram.org
13. HOW DOES A DATASET BECOME A CITYGRAM TOPIC?
CRITERIA WE’RE LOOKING FOR:
#1 meets citizen needs
is there interest? does the city receive a lot of requests about this?
#2 consistently updated
anywhere from every three minutes to once a month.
#3 accessible via API
any standard, machine-readable format. JSON / CSV preferred.
#4 has both time + geo component
notifications are sent in real time if the event location is in the
citizen’s area of interest.
14.
15.
16. DATA TRANSFORMATION // extract, transform, load to geoJSON
{
"Y_COORD": "535574",
"PROJECTNAME": "Auto Sales",
"X_COORD": "1499638",
"RECORDOPENDATE": "2014-02-07T00:00:00",
"TASK": "Info Received",
"COORDINATORNAME": "Alice Christenbury",
"PROJECTDESCRIPTION": "Construct retail auto sales facility on vacant parcel. Grading permit, tree
review, storm water detention, and PCCO review is required.",
"PROJECTTYPE": "Commercial (Regular 15 business day Review)",
"URL": "https://aca.accela.com/charlotte/Cap/CapDetail.aspx%63Module=
LandDevelopment&TabName=LandDevelopment&capID1=14LDC&capID2=00000&capID3=00012",
"OWNERNAME": "FRANCIS BROTHERS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC",
"RECORDSTATUS": "Approved",
"OWNERADDRESS": "6831 PINE LAKE LN",
"PROJECTNUMBER": "LDC-2014-00012",
"PARCELNUMBER": "11116306",
"PROJECTMODULE": "LandDevelopment",
"ADDRESS": "9907 ALBEMARLE RD, CHARLOTTE, NC 28227",
"RECORDSTATUSDATE": "2014-08-07T00:00:00",
"CONTACTADDRESS": "",
"_id": 8032,
"OWNERPHONE": "7045023809"
}
17. CURATION // what elements are important to the citizen?
{
"Y_COORD": "535574",
"PROJECTNAME": "Auto Sales",
"X_COORD": "1499638",
"RECORDOPENDATE": "2014-02-07T00:00:00",
"TASK": "Info Received",
"COORDINATORNAME": "Alice Christenbury",
"PROJECTDESCRIPTION": "Construct retail auto sales facility on vacant parcel. Grading permit, tree
review, storm water detention, and PCCO review is required.",
"PROJECTTYPE": "Commercial (Regular 15 business day Review)",
"URL": "https://aca.accela.com/charlotte/Cap/CapDetail.aspx%63Module=
LandDevelopment&TabName=LandDevelopment&capID1=14LDC&capID2=00000&capID3=00012",
"OWNERNAME": "FRANCIS BROTHERS INVESTMENT GROUP LLC",
"RECORDSTATUS": "Approved",
"OWNERADDRESS": "6831 PINE LAKE LN",
"PROJECTNUMBER": "LDC-2014-00012",
"PARCELNUMBER": "11116306",
"PROJECTMODULE": "LandDevelopment",
"ADDRESS": "9907 ALBEMARLE RD, CHARLOTTE, NC 28227",
"RECORDSTATUSDATE": "2014-08-07T00:00:00",
"CONTACTADDRESS": "",
"_id": 8032,
"OWNERPHONE": "7045023809"
}
18. TRANSLATION // turn machine-speak into human speak
ELEMENTS
> project name
> project description
> URL
> address
TEMPLATE
Hi! A new land development
permit has been submitted near
you at [ADDRESS]. The project is
called [PROJECTNAME] and
proposes to [PROJECT
DESCRIPTION]. Find out more at
[URL].