Urban-Knowledge is an open platform dedicated to compile an innovative and effective system of methods and techniques for urban expertise through a knowledge platform. The Urban-Knowledge platform wants to strengthen the expertise of the urban professionals and facilitate their learning and development paths by increasing their understanding skills on the applications of existing and innovative urban analysis methods.
The Array of Things (AoT) is a network of interactive, modular sensor boxes around Chicago collecting real-time data on the city’s environment, infrastructure, and activity for research and public use.
Városszervíz (City Service) is a mobile application where residents can report appropriate urban management errors and problems and the correction process can be followed. The application works in the field connected to the system operators. With City Service the citizens can be esaily involved in city maintenance tasks with a smart phone application. The starting point of the concept is that people like to help and participate in the maintenance work if you make it them simple, interesting and experience-like.
The Open Data catalogue provides free and open access to over 145 City datasets. New datasets are added on a continual basis. Open and accessible data is defined as non-personally identifiable data that is made freely available to everyone in one or more open and accessible formats.
VanMap is a Web-based application that lets you view data about Vancouver in map form. The City's GIS (Geographical Information Systems) department gathers information and data from a variety of sources, and constructs detailed map layers for you to view, save, and print out. VanMap is a large part of the City's overall open map strategy, along with Google maps for day-to-day user views.
The Digital Strategy aims to enhance multidirectional digital connections among citizens, employees, business, and government. To keep pace with technology, and minimize risk and maximize value for taxpayers, we: Track our progress using the strategy's digital maturity model. Base our decisions and actions on the strategy's pillars, goals, and objectives.
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.
Real Time Rome is the MIT SENSEable City Lab’s contribution to the 2006 Venice Biennale, directed by professor Richard Burdett. The project aggregated data from cell phones (obtained using Telecom Italia's innovative Lochness platform), buses and taxis in Rome to better understand urban dynamics in real time. By revealing the pulse of the city, the project aims to show how technology can help individuals make more informed decisions about their environment.
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.
Budget Monitoring is a method that facilitates citizens to screen, assess, and actively participate in the decisions on public policy-making and government expenditure. It offers citizens the power, knowledge, and self-belief to take action for the right to live in better environments. The Center for Budgetmonitoring binds diverse community-led organizations, allowing valuable encounters among them as well as dialogue between citizens, organizations, and the government in mapping out problems and their solutions.