Data governance is not an easy concept to get your head around. However, it’s a key to not only smart cities, but also to our own privacy. And privacy — including our data privacy — is dear to most people. In my earlier interview with Dr Ian Oppermann, we dig further into how data sharing […]
Data sharing: smart, or too personal?
The second part of my interview with Dr Ian Oppermann, chief data scientist of NSW, covers issues around the individual’s right to privacy, the transparency of the government’s data sharing process & related areas. To be honest, each of these subjects would warrant a substantial article. Hopefully, these snippets prove interesting enough for some of […]
Smart cities: smart data and smart governance
Dr Ian Oppermann is the NSW Government’s chief data scientist and CEO of the NSW Data Analytics Centre. Ian is a thought leader in the digital economy and is a regular speaker on big data and the impact of technology on society. Data governance, or data sharing policy, is fundamental to smart city strategies. I […]
Smart cities & open data: who will the winners be?
Harbor Research has published a white paper The Future of Open Data in Smart Cities. It does not put the giants of IT in pole position to capitalise. The title does not really do justice the contents: the paper argues that the complexities of advanced smart city applications will require new data architectures and drive the […]
SynchroniCity shares smart city data, smartly
Want to know how noisy it is in Helsinki, the air quality in Santander (Spain), or how many people are walking down Portland Street in Manchester? Perhaps not, unless you live in, or have a particular interest in, one of those cities, but the fact that such data is on offer and readily available shows […]
Smart cities and the gold coin
As cities and councils create new smart city applications, data will play THE key role in realising success. While the infrastructure will serve as the engine, data sharing platforms will act as the fuel for building new applications across city resources and residents’ needs. Now, you may be a bit fed up with half-baked […]
Smart city data: it’s good to share, and ETSI’s helping
ETSI issued a rather enigmatic and acronym-laden press release last week that had some important things to say about data sharing in smart cities. It opened by saying: “The ETSI Industry Specification Group for cross-cutting Context Information Management (ISG CIM) has just released its main specification GS CIM 009 for NGSI-LD API, particularly targeting smart city applications […]
Why open data is a top government criterion
Many local governments – most in fact — already have a phase one smart city initiative. These are producing exciting, highly visible benefits for the council, ratepayers and visitors. So why on earth should they want to start on something as foreign as an open data policy now? Most local governments have started using technology to […]
Sharing data – When? Why? How?
What “data sharing” is, is pretty obvious: it’s sharing data: between organisations, between people, between departments, between governments. Most people in the smart cities movement have heard of data sharing, and that it’s an important thing. However, there are a number of reasons to put data sharing into the “too hard” basket, or at least […]
Do You Want to Know a Secret?
The event drew a packed house. Fifty people attended, some having travelled across the city, just a few days before the end of the financial year. They included small business owners, the property trade, council staff and others keen to hear about the future of our cities and suburbs. Geoff Heydon, who is associated with Creator […]
