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Information Architecture and City Data Noreen Whysel World IA Day NYC February 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, signed April 2012.
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Information Architectureand City DataNoreen 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
BigApps3.0 NYC BigApps 3.0 Winner - NYC Facets: Smart Open Data Exchange http://nyc.pediacities.com/facets
NYCityMap (2006) http://gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/
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
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)
Historical Simulations Image courtesy of Joel W. Grossman, PhD
Combined Visualizations Image courtesy of Joel W. Grossman, PhD