Istanbul as being one of the most crowded and attractive cities in the world, hosts several hackathons nowadays. But one of them was remarkable where Istanbul City data were used by the developers. Thanks to CitySDK Project, Istanbul transport data was opened by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality for the HACKATHONIST organized…
Imagine a city where public decision-making is easy for all to follow and comment on using any digital channel. A solution to this challenge is being sought in Helsinki, which has long been working to unlock the data reserves related to municipal decision-making. In September 2013, more than 1,000…
The November Issue of the MSDN Magazine concentrates on the government-focused app development scenarios and therefore promotes the Open311 standard. Tim Kulp, the leader of the development team at United Healthcare International in Baltimore, demonstrates the benefits of the Open311 API by integrating it into Windows Store apps. According…
ICT 2013, the event on digital technologies and ICT organized by the European Commission, took place in Vilnius (Lithuania) from the 6th to the 8th of November, 2013. 5.000 people attended the conference and visited the exhibition, including 80 highly rated international speakers. Around 200 stands and 180 networking sessions…
On Tuesday 26 November the Guardian published an article regarding importance of holistic approach to smart city planning. Centralized operations systems should engage with citizens and not just monitor them; citizen should question policy and the use of big data, while also contributing to it. From the business of…
Lisbon is committed with the opening of data sets with high value for civic participation and support to economic activities and to the development of new services. As a result, several data sets, including points of interest and events occurring all over the city, are available in a portal…
End users and Critical Infrastructures are the preferred targets, also within Cities: In 2006, John Aycock published in his book “Computer Viruses and Malware”, a timeline for malware and virus. The first one was a virus which attacked single computers. Then, with the growth of local networks and Internet, worms were…
CitySDK develops, together with its project partners, smart solutions for many countries. As these solutions become more common, some local issues may arise. It is important for us to share the problems we face and the solutions we find with our project partners and project implementers. Being the first…
On 22nd of September, Lamia organized the 7th Hercules Mountain Marathon with a lot of activities. The race consisted of three courses (6.2Km, 16.2 Km and 42.3Km), categorized as mountain run and took place on the mountain Oiti home of mythological hero Hercules. To help the organizing committee, runners, volunteers…
In the context of the cooperation between the European Network of Living Labs and the World Bank, CitySDK is one of the smart city projects that can solve problems in cities in developing countries. CitySDK was presented during a workshop with the Open Data team from the Municipality of…