Empowering Citizens with Mobile Data

Tim WilloughbyAssistant Director

LGMA

Social

Mobile

DATA

Cloud

4 Global Themes

All made possible by open Source…

Social

Mobile

DATA

Cloud

4 Global Themes

All made possible by open Source…

Social

Mobile

DATA

Cloud

DATA

4 Global Themes

All made possible by open Source…

Your Application Here….

Social has overtaken mobile ….

Mobile Browsing has overtaken desktop…

Radical Change…

Change…With or Without the Owners / Shareholders

So far ICT has not fundamentally changed government

• 1990s: lCT expected to make government more transparent, efficient and user oriented

• 2005+: disillusion as bureaucracy still in existence

• Can Mobile / Data /Cloud Help?

Jane E. Fountain – Gov 1.0 – Just Replicating the Silos on the Internet

Goverment dont always Understand What the people Want?

What governments often Deliver

Citizen Expectation Changed?

Social

Media

Mobi

le

Feeds

Web

Publicati

on

Integratio

n of Web

data sets

Mashup applications

The More data we have… the less we (have time to) Understand it

Local Government has lots of Data

Government as a Platform?

My Smart Device is…. Very smart

Source : Peter Cochrane

It knows more about me than my partner…

Source : Peter Cochrane

Its not the device people are after…

… it’s all the things the device enables.

Mobile Development Spend is rapidly overtaking PC Development Spend

mobile apps – the new frontier of local government

open source / open data / cloudthe fix your street model

Social Enterprise

BIG DATA?

Massive network of services: water, sewage, drains … Need to know asset location for planning and maintenance Many databases, varying accuracy and provenance Context

Ongoing street openings p.a. Safety!

Typical Individual effort

many hours, one map

OpenStreetMap, 2012

200,000 contributors, one map

The Internet of Things Cars, Planes, Cameras,

Roads, Pipes, Public Cameras, Traffic Lights, Car Parks, Pharma and Farms – over 1 Trillion

Smart CitiesGartner: “networked sensors in everything we own will form a new Web (the Internet of Things). But it will only be of value if the ‘terabyte torrent’ of data it generates could be collected, analysed and interpreted”

… and .. just because we can….

Smart Local Government?

Mass increase in new net devices

• Move to digital controls• Network standards– TCP/IP

communications–Wireless

communications

Wireless integration

35

Sharing!

Or Wizards

GIS is now Mainstream

Fingal County CouncilOpen DataAppsApp Store…Ideas Bank

Water Meters

• Read the Meter• View or Pay the Bill• Compare the Usage to the

Local or National Averages

• Look for areas of Savings

My Water Usage

• Smart Metering• Change my practise

Environment

• Advice and Tips on Money

• Energy• Recycling (locations of

Centres)• Refuse• Water• Energy Design

Bring Banks App

Parking

• Select County• Select Zone• Select Price willing to

pay?• Where is the Cheapest

Tourism

• History• Old Maps• Business Interests• Tourist Sites

Traffic

• Maps• Plan a Route• Feedback• GPS• Accidents• Salt• Weather alert

Roadworks

• Link to System – Online Road Works Control (OLRWC)

• License for Road Opening

• Cost of Reinstatement (Local Authority Usage)

• License for any Street usage.

Planning Applications

• View Applications• Get notified of Changes• Make Comments• Make a Submission• Notify Local Authority

of Issues?

Check the Register

• Map the Polling Stations• Where is the Nearest• Map the Route• Check the Register

Blue Flag Beaches

• Location• Nearest• Water Quality• History• Tides• Weather• Things to do…

Sports

• What is available now• How do I get there• What if I have to Cancel• Pay for it now

Parking

• Select County• Select Zone• Select Price willing to

pay?• Where is the Cheapest

Tourism

• History• Old Maps• Business Interests• Tourist Sites

QR Codes

But all of these are static…..

But… would you cross the road based on 5 min old information

Where next - Augmented Reality

Bring together Big Data, Visualisation, GIS, GPS - Bringing Cloud, Social, Data and Mobile together…

What is Augmented Reality?

Water Meter

Water Meter

Mobile Wars… Appstore and Market.. Future for government?

More TouchMore PlacesMore Actions

Conclusions

• Change is constant• Cloud is the Future• Social is a Reality• Mobile is already taking over• Data has to keep up…