MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) has been excavating, studying and documenting the physical remains of London past since the early 1970s. Twenty years ago they started compiling all of their information and results into a single digital framework, to keep track of the multitude of data coming in and to allow patterns of development to be analysed in a way that simply could not be done with analogue systems.
In association with Estates Gazette and supported by Deloitte Real Estate and the Mayor of London, this NLA developed interactive map outlines development activity across the capital. The website currently features over 800 projects, acting as a resource for viewing all major developments in London. It features recently completed projects through to proposed future developments, and gives the ability to filter the status of the building, sector and area.
A collaborative model and open standard for civic issue tracking. Open311 is meant to facilitate an international effort to build open interoperable systems that allow citizens to more directly interact with their cities. Open311 is a form of technology that provides open channels of communication for issues that concern public space and public services. Primarily, Open311 refers to a standardized protocol for location-based collaborative issue-tracking.
The ultimate goal will be create a system that incorporates diverse verification methods, accessible user-friendly interface, and intuitive operational features on a safe and reliable platform. The new i-Voting website--to be used for either marketing or policy implementation purposes--will boast a more diversified and flexible authentication system depending on the nature of the topics; specific subjects might require different security levels for voter’s identity verification.
The municipality of Amsterdam experiments with crowdsourcing on the platform AmsterdamOpent.nl, in order to learn how interaction with civilians can support local policies.
In addition to the website www.amsterdamopent.nl, users with a Facebook profile can submit their ideas directly through a Facebook application.
Civocracy makes it easy for citizens to learn more about an issue and to express their views. Civocracy shows the best arguments and relevant news, and also gives an overview of all the ways you can be actively involved, such as attending a town hall meeting or signing up as a volunteer. This way, the connection is made between online and offline engagement. Civocracy also creates impact by inviting all key stakeholders to contribute to the discussion. This leads to relevant high-quality comments.
The territorial development and spatial planning are activities that have a significant impact on our environment and habitat. It is important that working on the development concepts, programs and settlement plans, and during political decision making progress must be exactly known the demographic, social, economic, environmental parameters. The data in sectors mentioned above are territorial aspects related.
OpenStreetMap is built by a community of mappers that contribute and maintain data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world. Local Knowledge: OpenStreetMap emphasizes local knowledge. Contributors use aerial imagery, GPS devices, and low-tech field maps to verify that OSM is accurate and up to date. Community Driven: OpenStreetMap's community is diverse, passionate, and growing every day. Our contributors include enthusiast mappers, GIS professionals, engineers running the OSM servers, humanitarians mapping disaster-affected areas, and many more.
Locating London’s Past is an interactive website which allows users to search the locations of crimes as recorded at the Old Bailey between 1674 and 1913. MOLA provided spatial data, manipulated digital images and related historic maps to the modern landscape, creating a seamless map. The Locating London’s Past website is widely used by historical researchers and won the 2014 British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies’ (BSECS) Prize for Digital Resources.
London Datastore was one of the first platforms worldwide to make public data open and accessible. Access to public data has created new markets, encouraging the development of products and services for Londoners. The Datastore receives over 30,000 visits a month, with over 450 transport apps alone having been created.