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Empowering Citizens with Mobile Data Tim Willoughby Assistant Director LGMA
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Presentation to eCitizen II conference in Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Conference as part of a wider group looking at eCitizen. Presentation is taking a look at the future state of Government through a citizen lens
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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
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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…
