open data platform

DECODE is an experimental project to develop practical alternatives to how we use the internet today - four European pilots will show the wider social value that comes with individuals being given the power to take control of their personal data and given the means to share their data differently.
DECODE will explore how to build a data-centric digital economy where data that is generated and gathered by citizens, the Internet of Things (IoT), and sensor networks is available for broader communal use, with appropriate privacy protections.

For the past few years the municipality of Eindhoven has been working hard to open up its data to the public. By doing this we aim to increase transparency of our work to citizens and businesses, increase the efficiency of our services, create economic value through reuse of data. The municipality of Eindhoven works together with different organizations and stakeholders in the city, to stimulate more data usage. The open data portal was modified in February 2017 and we worked hard to improve the existing functionalities. However, we are always open for improvement and suggestions.

Data.amsterdam.nl aims at strengthen the economy of the Amsterdam metropolitan area by unlocking available (public) data sources to citizens and businesses. By using this data, citizens, businesses, research institutions and other parties, are enabled to develop services that previously wouldn’t be possible or too expensive.

The US City Open Data Census is an ongoing, crowdsourced measure of the current state of access to a selected group of datasets in municipalities across the United States. Any community member can contribute an assessment of these datasets in their municipality at any time. Census content will be peer-reviewed periodically by a volunteer team of Census librarians coordinated by the Sunlight Foundation. The US City Open Data Census does not aim to create a comprehensive list of open datasets around the United States, nor does it aim to define what datasets are the most important to open.

Copenhagen Data is Copenhagen's public open data platform, a source of city-related data that might be interesting for locals and visitors. Similar data collecting institutions can be the foundation of emerging new markets in urban economies.

Melbourne BioBlitz is the City of Melbourne's first major citizen science program, where experts and members of the community work together to discover, document and learn about the species that call their city home. The most recent Melbourne BioBlitz took place over 24 hours on 4 and 5 March 2016. During the BioBlitz 744 members of the public joined 27 activities which included spotting birds at Royal Park, identifying insects at Westgate Park, and searching for plants in the Fitzroy Gardens.

Share Hub is a project powered by Creative Commons Korea. Share Hub brings news and information related to sharing activities in Korea on ShareHub.kr. Share Hub also provides a directory of various sharing services and projects happening in Korea like a phone book for easy browsing on Korean sharing movement. Finally, Share Hub runs on and off line campaigns and seminars in order to raise awareness and engage general public participation on sharing.

The project restructured and reorganized the data assets of the municipality, creating the conditions for their reuse. Through mapping the processes, the content, storing, and quantity of incoming and forwarded or published data sets of the municipality became clear and tangible. This mapping of assets and protocols acts as a standard, regulating access as well as enabling registry and queries through applications of previously decentralized data and information.

The open data portal of Debrecen set off with publishing four data sets: large resolution digital photos on the city, the time tables of arriving and departing flights from Debrecen, demographic data including age and gender distribution from 2013 and visitor statistics from the local swimming pool's last year. The purpose and method of reusing these data is open for users and businesses, and the city welcomes feedback and ideas about further datasets that could be interesting or important to publish.

Citadel on the Move is a European Commission funded (CIP PSP) project which aims to make it easier for citizens and application developers from across Europe to use Open Data to create the type of innovative mobile applications they want and need.