A case study from the FIREBALL project, reviewing the smart city readiness of Helsinki, Finland.

1. Orienteering in a smart city
FIREBALL, Helsinki smart city case study
Preview to data map concept
21.3.2012
Antti Poikola, Kim Viljanen, Pekka Koponen
14.10.2008 Kaupunginjohtaja Jussi Pajunen

2. FIREBALL Helsinki case study, in progress
• Antti Poikola and Kim Viljanen have studied smartness of
Helsinki
• Based on interviews, from deputy mayor to NGOs
• Selected smart city cases from Helsinki also briefly
described
• Essencial part of the study is the Data Map, a tool to
study smartness of a city
• Supported by Forum Virium Helsinki, Pekka Koponen
9.10.2009 Jussi Pajunen

3. The Data Map
• Antti Poikola has collected information about what kind of
data the city is processing
• City of Helsinki has close to 1 000 databases to maintain
• Metadata about the databases is enriched by keywords
and transformed to a visual representation, the Data Map
• Can be used as a tool to analyse and compare cities
• What kind of information cities need to be able to
operate? How are those databases organised? How does
that reflect to the organisational structure of the city?
9.10.2009

4. 4 Organisation 1971 & 2011 – What has changed?

5. Smart City strategy
Focus areas
City Development
Openness and communality
Availability of digital services
Offices and enterprices Information Technology
Management IT-efficiency and know-how
Productivity and influence
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6. 9.10.2009 Jussi Pajunen

7. Helsinki Data Map draft First glimpse of Helsinki.
There are still uncharted territories.
We might be forced to change the coordinate system…
Health

8. Helsinki Data Map draft
Library

9. Helsinki Data Map draft
Access
controll

10. Helsinki Data Map draft
Business
Intelligens