Digital Graffiti for Digital Cities

Leigh Dodds@ldodds

20th September 2012Semtech Biz, London

Smart Cities

The Bat Cave Vision

Community Engagement

City Infrastructure

Data Hubs

Digital Graffiti

Identify Things

http://city.example.org/id/:thing

Identify Things

Collect Data Pointers

Collect Data Pointers

● Dataset Linking● Equivalence Links● Application & Content linking● Backlinking

● Pingbacks

Crowd-Source Data

Crowd-Source Data

● Implicit vs Explicit Collection● Sensors● Semantic wikis● Crowd-sourcing tools

● Web, Mobile

Provide Data Services

Provide Data Services

● Data aggregation● “Follow your nose”; trusted data

● Services over datasets● SPARQL● Reconciliation● Search● Geo

Sustainability

Sustainability

● Commercial vs Non-commercial Charging● Pay As You Go● Cost recovery models

Marketplaces?

Questions?

Photo Attributions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Constructing_the_Metropolitan_Railway.png

http://www.flickr.com/photos/visualpanic/2422742902

http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzannelong/3234126456/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/elaws/3750624765/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tillwe/603936954

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabiovenni/478239267/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfyurasko/3827876748/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/60021253@N00/350118714/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/2086641/