NYS Geospatial Summit 2010

Engaging the Community Through

Data Sharing

James Fee

Friday, May 28, 2010

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We all have probably hundreds of communities that we take part in. Think about all the physical, online, formal or informal communities you take part in every day. How they overlap and how they react to each other.

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Let us think for a moment about how these communities use geospatial technology.

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Yelp stickers appear almost everywhere these days.

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Free food for being the mayor or check in?

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OSM Haiti efforts were epic and the speed at which that community responded was just incredible.


But beyond Haiti and other natural disasters, we need to do more to engage this mapping community in our backyards. They will be mapping no matter if organizations help them or not, so we might as well make their efforts as accurate as possible.

Government Data Will Start to be Supplied by Citizens, Not Centrally


Government Data Will Start to be Supplied by Citizens, Not Centrally

Lets think about that for a moment. According to Gartner, 1 in 5 government organizations will rely on crowdsourced data in 2012, shifting their focus from providing information to constituents to gathering and managing information that constituents themselves collect and provide.

Crowd Sourcing


Volunteered Geographic Information

Crowd Sourcing


Volunteered Geographic Information

User-Generated Content

Crowd Sourcing


Boom!


When there is a “boom” sound in Arizona, we assume it is aliens.


When Portland hears a boom, they go ahead and crowd source the location of the sound. You guys are just nuts! ;)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/soundfromwayout/143822346

It’s the awesome!


The Old Days of GIS


The old days of GIS - much like this UNIX user, they had a certain air of superiority that they let everyone know about.


Traditional GIS was best done in the corner cubicles, out of the way of everyone.


Data was protected from users because maps lie.

This map is older than I am.


Data was protected from users because maps lie.

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but as we all know, the public is mapping because they can’t get access to that data.

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Natch


but as we all know, the public is mapping because they can’t get access to that data.




But how far are we away from getting crowdsourced data into data repositories such as geodata.gov? Right now I see no way this will be happening anytime soon.

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Whenever I am in Portland, the one thing that freaks me out more than anything else is the volcanos.

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FIERY DEATH


Whenever I am in Portland, the one thing that freaks me out more than anything else is the volcanos.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:OSM_Hi_Vis_Back.jpg


The OSM guys will go out and survey the town when an eruption happens. They may try and share with FEMA, but they’ll get rebuffed. The solution is to engage the local government and share data with them. They’ll give it to FEMA. If local government can share back and forth with the crowd source community, then they’ll all get better data results. We must share with each other.

“Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job”


We all don’t want this to happen again...

Consuming OpenStreetMap


Companies Looking at OSM Integration


FME Desktop 2010 supports reading of OSM XML data. ESRI is looking at offering up services of OSM and may include editing. We at WeoGeo are looking at augmenting our services with OSM data to improve our service to our users.

Gov 2.0


Talk about Microsoft, Google and Apple as platforms

Killer apps drive platforms

Gov 2.0

Governmentas a Platform


Talk about Microsoft, Google and Apple as platforms

Killer apps drive platforms

Get Feedback

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Get the public involved - just because you publish data doesn’t mean someone is going to use it.

Organize

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Just like a Lego Store doesn’t toss all their bricks in one big bin, government needs to examine its data and put it into three buckets

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MachineReadableFormats


Define high value data sets that can be shared in machine-readable format; data that is not updated frequently, never anticipates the need for improvement; might include historical spending, infrastructure details, and census-like data.

Where the data feeds at?


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <docket> <bill year="2009" senateId="S6868" billId="S6868" title="Authorizes the city of White Plains to impose an additional one-quarter of one percent sales and compensating use tax" lawSection="Tax Law" sponsor="OPPENHEIMER" assemblySameAs="A9966" sameAs="A9966"> <cosponsors/> <amendments/> <summary>Authorizes the city of White Plains to impose an additional one-quarter of one percent sales and compensating use tax. </summary> <committee>INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS</committee> <actions/> <text> S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6868 I N S E N A T E February 18, 2 1 ___________ Introduced by Sen. OPPENHEIMER read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to authorizing the city of White Plains to impose an additional one quarter of one percent rate of sales and compensating use tax THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Clause 3 of subparagraph (ii) of the opening paragraph of 2 section 121 of the tax law, as amended by chapter 37 of the laws of 3 2 9, is amended to read as follows: 4 (3) the city of White Plains is hereby further authorized and empowered to adopt and amend local laws, ordinances or resolutions 6 imposing such taxes at a rate which is: (i) one half of one percent 7 additional to the three percent rate authorized above in this paragraph 8 for such city for the period beginning September first, nineteen hundred 9 ninety three and ending August thirty first, two thousand eleven; and 1 (ii) an additional one quarter of one percent in addition to the other 11 rates authorized in this paragraph for such city for the period begin 12 ning March first, two thousand eight and ending August thirty first, two 13 thousand eleven; AND (III) AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER OF ONE PERCENT IN 14 ADDITION TO THE OTHER RATES AUTHORIZED IN THIS PARAGRAPH FOR SUCH CITY 1 FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN AND ENDING AUGUST 16 THIRTY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN; 17 S 2. Subparagraph (iii) of the opening paragraph of section 121 of 18 the tax law, as separately amended by chapters 94 and 174 of the laws of 19 2 9, is amended to read as follows: 2 (iii) the maximum rate referred to in section twelve hundred twenty 21 four of this article shall be calculated without reference to the 22 following additional rates authorized in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of 23 this paragraph: one and one half percent for the county of Allegany; one 24 percent for the counties of Rensselaer, Erie, Cattaraugus, Wyoming, 2 Ulster, Albany, Suffolk, Greene, Orleans, Franklin, Herkimer, Genesee, 26 Columbia, Schuyler, Chenango, Monroe, Steuben, Chemung, Seneca, Living EXPLANATION Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD1 999 1 S. 6868 2 1 ston, Niagara, Yates, Tioga, Montgomery, Delaware, Wayne, Schoharie, 2 Putnam, Clinton and Onondaga and the cities of Yonkers, Mount Vernon and 3 New Rochelle; three quarters of one percent for the counties of Dutch 4 ess, Essex, Lewis, Orange, and Jefferson; one percent and three quarters of one percent or one half of one percent for the county of Oneida; 6 three quarters of one percent and one half of one percent for the county 7 of Nassau; one half of one percent and one quarter of one percent AND 8 ONE QUARTER OF ONE PERCENT for the city of White Plains; one half or one 9 percent for the county of Tompkins; three eighths of one percent and 1 five eighths of one percent for the county of Rockland; one half of one 11 percent for the counties of Putnam and Schenectady; one eighth of one 12 percent and three eighths of one percent for the county of Ontario; 13 one half of one percent; one half of one percent for the county of 14 Sullivan; and three quarters of one percent or one half of one percent 1 for the county of Chautauqua; 16 S 3. Subdivision (a) of section 1223 of the tax law, as separately 17 amended by section 8 of part SS 1 of chapter 7 and chapter 6 of the 18 laws of 2 8, is amended to read as follows: 19 (a) No transaction taxable under sections twelve hundred two through 2 twelve hundred four of this article shall be taxed pursuant to this 21 article by any county or by any city located therein, or by both, at an 22 aggregate rate in excess of the highest rate set forth in the applicable 23 subdivision of section twelve hundred one of this article or, in the 24 case of any taxes imposed pursuant to the authority of section twelve 2 hundred ten or twelve hundred eleven of this article (other than taxes 26 imposed by the county of Nassau, Erie, Steuben, Cattaraugus, Suffolk, 27 Oneida, Genesee, Greene, Franklin, Herkimer, Tioga, Orleans, Allegany, 28 Ulster, Albany, Rensselaer, Tompkins, Wyoming, Columbia, Schuyler, Rock 29 land, Chenango, Monroe, Chemung, Seneca, Sullivan, Wayne, Livingston, 3 Schenectady, Montgomery, Delaware, Clinton, Niagara, Yates, Lewis, 31 Essex, Dutchess, Schoharie, Putnam, Chautauqua, Orange, Oswego, Ontario, 32 Jefferson or Onondaga and by the county of Cortland and the city of 33 Cortland and by the county of Broome and the city of Binghamton and by 34 the county of Cayuga and the city of Auburn and by the county of Otsego 3 and the city of Oneonta and by the county of Madison and the city of 36 Oneida and by the county of Fulton and the city of Gloversville or the 37 city of Johnstown as provided in section twelve hundred ten of this 38 article) at a rate in excess of three percent, except that, in the city 39 of Yonkers, in the city of Mount Vernon, in the city of New Rochelle, in 4 the city of Fulton and in the city of Oswego, the rate may not be in 41 excess of four percent and in the city of White Plains, the rate may not 42 be in excess of [three and three quarters] FOUR percent and except that 43 in the city of Poughkeepsie in the county of Dutchess, if such county 44 withdraws from the metropolitan commuter transportation district pursu 4 ant to section twelve hundred seventy nine b of the public authorities 46 law and if the revenues from a three eighths percent rate of such tax 47 imposed by such county, pursuant to the authority of section twelve 48 hundred ten of this article, are required by local laws, ordinances or 49 resolutions to be set aside for mass transportation purposes, the rate may not be in excess of three and three eighths percent. 1 S 4. Subdivision (m) of section 1224 of the tax law, as added by chap 2 ter 6 of the laws of 2 8, is amended to read as follows: 3 (m) The city of White Plains shall have the sole right to impose the 4 additional one half of one percent and the additional one quarter of one percent AND THE ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER OF ONE PERCENT rates of tax which 6 such city is authorized to impose pursuant to the authority of section S. 6868 3 1 twelve hundred ten of this chapter. Such additional rates of tax shall 2 be in addition to any other tax which such city may impose or may be 3 imposing pursuant to this article or any other law and such additional 4 rates of tax shall not be subject to pre emption. The maximum three percent rate referred to in this section shall be calculated without 6 reference to the additional one half of one percent and the additional 7 one quarter of one percent AND THE ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER OF ONE PERCENT 8 rates of tax which the city of White Plains is authorized and empowered 9 to adopt pursuant to section twelve hundred ten of this article. 1 S . Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (d) of section 121 11 of the tax law or any other provision of law, local law, rule or regu 12 lation to the contrary, a local law, ordinance or resolution enacted or 13 amended pursuant to the authority of this act, imposing an additional 14 rate of tax in the city of White Plains shall become effective in 1 accordance with the provisions of subdivision (d) of section 121 of the 16 tax law, except that the certified copy of such local law, ordinance or 17 resolution which must be mailed by certified or registered mail to the 18 commissioner of taxation and finance at the commissioner's office in 19 Albany must be so mailed at least thirty days prior to the date on which 2 such local law, ordinance or resolution is to take effect. 21 S 6. The estimated revenue from the additional one quarter of one 22 percent rate of tax first authorized by this act to be imposed by the 23 city of White Plains, which is expected to be received during a fiscal 24 year of such city and which is included in the annual budget, as finally 2 adopted, of such city, for that fiscal year, shall be paid into the 26 contingency and tax stabilization reserve fund of such city as provided 27 by budgetary appropriation of such city, subject to all the limitations 28 and other provisions of section 6 e of the general municipal law. 29 S 7. This act shall take effect immediately.</text> </bill></docket>


Next, build the datafeeds, because they will help maximize the public’s information and contribution in Step #1. Push this data to the public in machine-readable formats: XML, RSS, or CSV, accessible via Web services.

DataSF

Offer Data in an API


Define high value data sets than can be interacted with via an API. This is data that anticipates improvement from the public, and/or which regularly needs to stay updated by government. Examples might include permits, locations of buildings, and crime data.

Offer D

ata in an API


Define high value data sets than can be interacted with via an API. This is data that anticipates improvement from the public, and/or which regularly needs to stay updated by government. Examples might include permits, locations of buildings, and crime data.

THOMAS.loc.govFriday, May 28, 2010

So why do we go to the NYT for data and not the LOC?

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Huge building

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Lots of metadata...


They offer feeds of data, but no API, thus we had to use the NYT data API.

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The USA CIO is a busy man and before he became the nations CIO, he was in Washington DC


He created this site to get developers to create free apps from free data


Apps for Democracy has a ton of great apps that wouldn’t have been created for citizens without easy access to public data.

dc bikes

stumblesafely

iLive.at

Park It DCFriday, May 28, 2010

Apps for Democracy has a ton of great apps that wouldn’t have been created for citizens without easy access to public data.

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No data feeds for

you


NYPD, said “We provide public information, not data flow for entrepreneurs”.

I makes me money building apps off public

data


Of course no one makes millions making free apps

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They just want to solve simple problems, like getting home from the bar late at night.


Stamen created the Oakland crimespotting website


Which eventually tied into the SFO one.

Gov 2.0 App Store


Both Jack and Steve like App stores and you should too...

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But Jack and Steve have walled gardens which isn’t what sharing government data is about.

I FEELZ TRAPPD

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But Jack and Steve have walled gardens which isn’t what sharing government data is about.

Document what you

aren’t going to share


Define the data types that are not shared and let everyone know what they are.

Soliciting Community Feedback


Soliciting Community Feedback

Where is my tax dollar

going?


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DataSF has feedback


And what do you know, an app store!


Toronto has some really good feedback mechanisms as well.

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My wife’s car needed an update to her navigation, we got the new data and of course it was out of date, what kind of feedback could I do with Navteq?


Between poor support for my browsers and crashing, i was unable to give them feedback.

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The point is that you need to invite people in to give feedback on your data and how you can improve it.

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You need to step back away from

that data.


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We’ll just do it ourselves


GIS Day Project

Show GIS mappingin my hometown


City of Tempe – Sale of Engineering & GIS Records

Oh you better believe this is a PDFFriday, May 28, 2010

Data is expensive in Tempe

Lets do the math...


$568.70 per 1/4 mile section x 4 = $2,274.80 per sq mile

Lets do the math...



Lets do the math...

Tempe is about 40 sq miles



Lets do the math...

Tempe is about 40 sq miles

$2,274.80 per sq mile x 40 = $90,992


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You can’t have the utilities



Because these guys say we can’t... *cough*

Under the state public records law and cases construing the law, cities are permitted to weigh the competing interests of the public's right to receive records versus the countervailing concerns of privacy, confidentiality, and the best interests of the city. Under federal law, city utilities such as water and sewer lines are considered critical infrastructure, which means that cities may restrict access to such data for homeland security reasons. As such, we generally limit access to utility mapping except for very limited parcels or sections, and not for the entire city. Therefore, your request is denied in part; we will release the complete landbase, but not the utilities.

City Attorney, Andrew Ching

Not Andrew ChingFriday, May 28, 2010

City of Tempe, attorney...

City Landbase!


So after all that, I can finally pick up the data...

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But I had to go down to the city and pick it up (getting a taxi)....

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It cost me $11.10 to get the data...

Please wait while we burn

your DVD


Ancient MicroStationFormat


Where is my metadata?


Layer Names


Layer names were just numbers so with no metadata, I was unable to figure anything out.

Layer Names

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Layer Names

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Layer Names

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Layer Names

1

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Layer Names

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Weird Projection

PROJCS["NAD_1927_StatePlane_Arizona_Central_FIPS_0202",GEOGCS

["GCS_North_American_1927",DATUM["D_North_American_1927",SPHEROID["Clarke_1866",

6378206.4,294.9786982]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION

["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER

["Central_Meridian",-111.9166666666667],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9999],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",

31.0],UNIT["Foot_US",0.3048006096012192]]


Non-standard projections

You may only use it for...


Sweet, sweetCAD goodness


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Welcome to Arizona, home of poor data sharing...

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Tempe, should be trying to share with their citizens, but they don’t trust us to make the city a better place...

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Community!


Tempe, should be trying to share with their citizens, but they don’t trust us to make the city a better place...

Community mapping isn’t

about getting rich


They all think we are going to get rich creating free apps for our neighbors....

Community Maps for Healthier Living


but all we want to do is improve our lives...

Thanks!

James [email protected]

@cageyjamesspatiallyadjusted.com


Thanks everyone!

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