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Information Architecture and City Data Noreen Whysel World IA Day NYC February 11, 2013
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How are cities collecting and disseminating data? Describes plans for universal access to services, public engagement as well as partnerships with education, tech and telecommunications sectors in NYC, the NYC Open Data portal and the role of hackathons and other citizen technology engagement in developing services for citizens of NYC.
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Information Architectureand City Data
Noreen WhyselWorld IA Day NYCFebruary 11, 2013
Road Map for the Digital City
• Rachel Sterne, NYC Chief Digital Officer
• Outlines City’s plans for– Access– Open Government– Public Engagement– Industry
• Open Data Mandate, signedApril 2012
NYC Information Policy
• Providing citizen access to data• Promoting NYC as a technology sector• Data initiatives modeled after citizen efforts and
programs in other cities:– Big Apps Contest– Change By Us NYC– City Council Open Government Mandate
“If we’re going to continue leading the country in innovation and transparency, we’re going to have to make sure that all New Yorkers have access to the data that drives our city.” Press Release, NYC Mayors Office
Open Data Initiatives
Open Data Initiatives
App Contests and Hackathons
BigApps Contest
BigApps3.0
NYC BigApps 3.0 Winner - NYC Facets: Smart Open Data Exchangehttp://nyc.pediacities.com/facets
NYCityMap Public Launch
• NYCity Map (2006, 2009)• Green Infrastructure• NYC Parks• RIP: Rat Information Portal• SCOUT: Street Conditions Observation Unit• SPEED: Searchable Property Environmental E-
Database• Street Closures• Transportation• ZOLA: Zoning and Land Use
Hurricane Evacuation ZoneFinder (2006)
311 Information• 14,012 Twitter followers to @311nyc• 19.7 million 311 requests per year• 16,879 iPhone App Downloads• 300 person staff• 180 languages spoken• 60,000 average daily calls• 20,000 number of New Yorkers a 311 Call Center
representative speaks to every year• 276,827 largest call volume in a single day
(27 Jan 2011)
Notify NYC3+ Alarm Fire Electrical Road Closure - Planned
Accident Evacuation Road Closure - Unplanned
Accident/Emergency Ferry Disruption Senior Found
Aerial Fireworks Severe Thunderstorm
Air Quality Flood Significant Event
Aircraft & Egress Gas Main Simulated Activity
Aircraft Only Gas Release / Leak Simulated Fire
Airport Disruption H1N1 Simulated Fire/ Explosives
Alert Cancelled HAZMAT Condition Snow
Alternate Side Parking Heat Struck
Beach Status Change Heat & Air Quality Structural Collapse
Blasting / Demolition Hurricane Survey
Bridge /Tunnel Closure Informational Termination
Bridge Closure Issuance (mostly missing persons) Tornado
Brush Fire Mass Transit Disruption Tornado Watch
Ceremony / Gun Salute Notification Tropical Storm
Child Found Oil Spill Water Main
Closure Other Weather
Closure/Citiwide Outside of NYC Winter Storm
Collapse Phone WNV Aerial Spraying
Disruption - Other Power Outage WNV Ground Spraying
Earthquake Relocation World Trade Center
Social Media
Historical Simulations
Image courtesy of Joel W. Grossman, PhD
Combined Visualizations
Image courtesy of Joel W. Grossman, PhD
