asborometer - building a location based mobile app using data.gov.uk
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- 1. ASBOrometer Building a location based mobile app using data.gov.uk Jeff Gilfelt
2. ASBOrometer
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- Measures levels of anti-social behaviour at your current location
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- Released February 2010
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- iPhone and Android
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- 200,000+ downloads
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- Reached #1 free app in UK iTunes App Store
3. ASBOrometer 4. ASBOrometer 5. Why use open government data?
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- Huge public appetite
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- Reach the widest audience
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- Content matters
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- Promote yourself
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- Show off!
6. data.gov.uk - challenge andopportunity
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- Datasets:
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- Huge volume now available
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- Constantly growing
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- Quality of data varies
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- Level of detail varies
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- Timeliness of data varies
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- Drill down to find value
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- Beat the goldrush
7. Building ASBOrometer
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- 5 days
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- 0 development budget
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- 0 marketing budget
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- Process:
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- Geocode the data
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- Write the query logic
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- Construct the API
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- Build the mobile client apps
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8. Tools used
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- Google App Engine
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- geopy
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- GeoModel
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- Google Chart Tools
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- Android SDK
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- Appcelerator Titanium
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- Alternatives:
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- YQL
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- Yahoo! Placemaker
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- ScraperWiki
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- FluidDB
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- PhoneGap
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9. Make it mobile
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- Why mobile?
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- Always on
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- Always with you
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- Always knows where you are
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- Choose your platform(s)
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- Native apps
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- Mobile web
10. Make it local
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- People will always be interested in what is happening in their local area
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- Provides a completely unique experience to a user depending on their location
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- Exploit local pride and rivalry
11. http://asborometer.com [email_address] @readyState