Open data as a means to societal and technological progress - Sebastian Molesk
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Open Data – What? Why? How?Sebastian Moleski
CEO
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This is Marco. Marco lives in Berlin Neuköln. He plays professionally basketball and trains every day for 2h
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Therefrom he has a magnesium deficiency
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He wonders how much tap water he would have to drink to compensate
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So he calls the 'Berliner Wasserwerke'
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They want to help him, but getting the answer takes time … … long time
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There are also other citizens of Berlin who request similar information, such as the percentage of calcium, iron, … → Wasserwerke get stressed
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But they have a very smart idea …
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“Berliner Wasserwerke” decides to publish all their water dater on the German open data portal
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Now, Marco can download detailed information on the water quality and make informed choices. Marco is happy.
http://berlin.codefor.de/trinkwasser/
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And others, like the smart programmer Vanessa, take the datasets and make a useful apps out of the data …
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Or Mara. She made an interactive map of Berlin showing water data and flows
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Some of these apps actually become profitable and startup companies take over further development ... This generates tax revenue for the city.
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� Also, people start caring more about the water quality in their neighborhood. They start protests whenever the quality drops a certain point, which keeps Berlins water quality up.
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[a few words about Viderum]
