Open Data Framework

Open Data Jam

Friday, Nov. 21, 2014Daniel Fusca @dfusca

How do we make Toronto

the most engaged city in

North America?

STUDYELEMENTS

Stakeholder

Partnership

Strategy

Ethnic Media

Strategy

Engagement

Action Plan

Youth

Engagement

Strategy

Open Data

Framework

Open Data = Collaboration

Maps

Apps

Analysis

PEOPLE WANT OUR DATATOP REQUESTED DATA SETS IN CANADA, MAY 2014

• Rezoning permit applications

• Land use changes

• Development permit applications

• Locations of things (fire hydrants, drinking water fountains, bike parking, etc.)

• Transit data

• Road construction (511 data)

• Real time traffic flow data and daily road usage patterns

• Financial data (revenue, expenses, liabilities, equity, etc..)

• Crime information

• Political financing

Source: Herb Herb Lainchbury, Dynamic Solutions

DATA SETSALREADY ON OPEN DATA

• Ward Profiles 2011 Census and NHS

• How Does the City Grow? Development Activity Data

• Toronto Employment SurveyEmployment

• Heritage Districts, Register

• Harmonized Zoning Bylaw

CITY PLANNING

DATA SETSTO BE MADE AVAILABLE

CITY PLANNING

• Official Plan

Secondary Plans, Site Specific

• Development Application Data

Application details

• Service District Boundaries

• Additional Data

CHALLENGESTO GETTING DATA OUT?

WHAT ARE THE

•Data formatting

• Impact on the planning process

•Licensing agreements

•Unintended consequences

OPPORTUNITIESOF OPEN DATA?

WHAT ARE THE

•City Planning to become an

Open Data leader

• Improve customer service

•Support economic

development

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