Mobile Application Open Data and City Hub

Mobile application, open data
and City Hub

Elham Farazdaghi
Mobile Applications
Citizen-centric approach
• Define key citizen segments

Governments
• Their needs and challenges
• Understand Design solutions
Organizations
Deliver services based on the needs of the citizens:

• Increase satisfaction and loyalty
Citizens
• reduce costs.
Connectivity and Commitment are the

backbone of smart cities.
What do citizens want?
• Privacy and Security Mobile apps provide the ideal foundation due to:
• Ability to see their status of the activity • Their level of engagement
• Ability to get their questions answered • Accessibility
• Transition from a digital to a non digital interaction • Personalization,
• Access to user tips and commitments • Real-time interaction
• Smartphone apps
Mobile Applications
• Address the real needs of citizens.
The ability to send personalized • Offers the clear benefit to the citizen user.
communications and push notifications
• Offers a broad range of services.
are important advantages of mobile app strategy.
• Makes lives easier for citizens.
Offers a significant opportunity to inform citizens
• Has the potential to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
of important community information.
• Offers real value based on real human needs.
Mobile Applications
Some Examples of Mobile Applications CHALLENGE Mobile applications need to work within
the power, processor, and capacity limitations of mobile
devices, the exacting demands of life critical smart city
An app that integrate public transit, bike-share,
needs, and the constantly changing and exposed
car-share, ride-share, and taxis into a single
environment which may not always be trusted.
personalized route.
A mobile app which can show the possibility of Takes additional time and expertise and cost.
happening a disasters such as tsunamis,
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
An application which is designed for blind and

visually impaired people across the world.
Open Data
Integrated Data Open Data
Data integration involves combining data located Data are considered to be “open” if anyone can freely
in different sources and providing users with access, use, re-use and redistribute them, for any
unified view of them. purpose, without restrictions.
To be considered “open”, the data must be re-usable,
meaning that they can be downloaded in open formats
and read by software, and users have a legal right to
Data
Source 1 re-use it.
Data Data
Source 2 ETL Warehouse
Data
Source 3
What Benefits and Values Can Open Data Offer?
The major benefit of open data is its role as an enabler. Values of Open Data
It places key information into the hands of the people
who have the problems, and those with the ideas and 1. Open data ensures government accountability.
technical knowledge required to solve them. 2. Open data fosters innovation and the creation of Apps
Open data has the advantage of being cost-free with that bring convenience to everyday life.
unlimited usage rights. 3. Open data aids in “improved personal decision-making”.
4. Open data promotes “online consultation/crowdsourcing”
5. Open data helps enhance education .
The Privacy Risks of Open Data?
1. When combined with other data sets, anonymous What is re-identification?
data can be re-identified.
Re-identification occurs when individuals are identified from
2. Personal data can be directly released in information gleaned form a supposedly anonymized data set.
“anonymized” data sets, though accidently.
3. Third parties can use their personal data to re-

identify anonymous open data.
City Hub Residents
Smart phones Transportation

Hub: the central and most active part of a place. Tablets Agency
Wearables
Smart City
A city hub : a system of interconnected systems. HUB
Other smart city Public

• Cars hub devices Authorities
• Trucks
• Car sharing Advertisers
• Public transportation Local business
• Traffic and parking management systems
• Other traffic or commuting-related systems
• Smartphones
• Traditional computers
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Mobile application, open data

and City Hub

• Define key citizen segments

Deliver services based on the needs of the citizens:

Connectivity and Commitment are the

An application which is designed for blind and

3. Third parties can use their personal data to re-

Smart phones Transportation

Other smart city Public

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