Nick Grossman, OpenPlans | @nickgrossman

openplans.org

Future of News and Civic Media @ MIT - 6/17/10

Data into Action!

#dataintoaction

Today1. A little about us

2. What data needs in order to be actionable

3. What Data Sites can learn from Action Sites

4. Bridging the Civic Divide

5. An announcement!

OpenPlans informs and engages communities through journalism and open source software.

Open SourceGIS software

Open Government applications & strategy

Journalism coveringurban policy

Since 1999

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About OpenPlans

Our Clients & Partners

The OpenGeo Suite

What data needs in order to be actionable

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HYPOTHESIS:Data on it’s own

isn’t enough

DATA ACTION

DATA ACTION

Magic!

DATA ACTION

Governments?

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QR Codes = Platform for Action

DC Circulator Bus

DATA ACTION

Civic Hackers?

DATA ACTION

Journalists?

DATA ACTION

Nonprofits & Interest Groups?

Layers of meaning & actionability

ProducingServing

Interpreting

Acting

TRANSPARENCY

PARTICIPATION& COLLABORATION

Layers of meaning & actionability

ProducingServing

Interpreting

Acting

TRANSPARENCY

PARTICIPATION& COLLABORATION

What Data Sites can learn from Action Sites

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HYPOTHESIS:We will see a convergence of automated “data sites” and

social “action sites”

NEW PROJECT:

Transportation Feedback Portals

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6 Pilot Projects in 2010-2011

Transparency - Participation - Data - Community Building

Bridging the Civic Divide

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It’s hard to learn a city

It’s hard to learn a city

BOSTON

Hi, I’m new here.

Hierarchy of data needs & civic actions

Daycare

Garbage Transportation

TaxesSchool

Shopping & Eating

Volunteering

Voting

Advocating

Connecting

Heat & Power

Babysitting

BOSTON

HYPOTHESIS:Piggybacking higher-level

civic tasks on personal tasks will enable engagement

Hierarchy of data needs & civic activities

Daycare

Garbage Transportation

TaxesSchool

Shopping & Eating

Volunteering

Voting

Advocating

Connecting

Heat & Power

Babysitting

BOSTON

Things I didn’t talk about just now:(but would love to later)

• How cities can share code, apps & policies

• Contracting for open source

• Infrastructure for real-time transit info

• Cities that “work like the web”

An announcement

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openblockproject.orgA.K.A. “EveryBlock Open Source”

OpenBlock

Thanks!OpenPlans: http://openplans.org

Nick Grossman: nick@openplans.org @nickgrossman

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