Jakub Klauo The Visegrad Contribution to the EU

Jakub Klaučo The Visegrad Contribution to the EU Digital Single Market 30. 11. 2016

Introduction • Jakub Klaučo • Big Data Engineer in O 2 Czech republic • Data user • V 4 Hackathon – Open Data Category Winner

How can you improve on that ? • Interactively visualize pollution on a Map • Allow easy transition between different pollutants • Built in a way that allows to add custom pollution measuring stations • Built in a way that allows notification of affected people • Make it in less than 24 hours

OPENair Map of clean air for community by community.

How do you start working on such an idea? • Open software • Love open data • Love open software • Love when people share solutions

Building blocks • Map

Building blocks • Open. Street Map -An openly licensed map of the world being created by volunteers using local knowledge, GPS tracks and donated sources

Building blocks • I need a smart algorithm that splits a map into cells depending on the distance to the nearest point. • Voronoi Diagram 1908

Building blocks • Super. Locate – map of supermarkets in UK

Building blocks • Python for downloading data and transforming them to the format that I can directly visualize. • D 3. js is a library for manipulating documents based on data. • Git is the tool that allows you to track changes in your project and collaborate with others.

Short overview of an App

Using Open Ecosystem • Reusing the work of others • Fast innovation • Robustness of solution • Frequent updates

How do you learn in changing world ? • Tools and technologies that are most popular today haven’t existed few years ago. • Education should provide a way to teach and encourage people to learn by themselves. • Best practices are constantly changing. • Skill of searching and finding the answers among the noise.

App for waiting in line ? • We should not have to solve these questions anymore.

Open Movement in Government • Using collaboration in daily operations

Open Movement in Government • Crowdsourcing European Software provides a way to Open Data • Most of the towns in Europe have to provide their citizens almost the same services. • Why do we have to have custom solution for every town/city/country ? • Open means that the processes could be seen, collaborated on and improved. • People can take part in local/country polices

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