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Hampshire Hub

the story so far…

Mark BragginsThe Hampshire Hub Partnership

Update for the LGA 6th June 2014

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What is Hampshire Hub?

• 20+ partners (and growing)• Help inform decision-making• Accessible & open by default• Informing Hampshire (and beyond)• The world doesn’t stop at the

county line• Store, present and link local with national (and other local) data• Support anyone providing and using local services• Sharing an evidence base thereby reducing duplication• Resource for voluntary, public, private sectors & local communities

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Background

• July 2012 - Business Case approved • Autumn 2012 - ‘Thinking aloud’ web site• Dec 2012 – Around 20 partners sign MoU• Early 2013 - “Protohub” prototype Hub• April 2013 – Partnership Board formed• Mid-2013 ‘Interim’ Hub • 2014 – ‘Strategic’ Hampshire Hub

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Approach

• Thinking aloud - show our working• Design with openness and versatility in mind• Supporting different types of content• NO personal data• Be prepared to respond to changing needs• It’ll never really be finished

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The Hub (right now)

‘Interim’ - just a WordPress site

●News

●Articles

●Blogging

●Some data

●Search partner sites

●A few web maps

●Informally experimenting using various social networks

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Recent projects

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Engagement

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Hacking = Good● BlueLightCamp in May 2014 helping

tackle issues around emergency services and reilience

● LocalGovMakers Friday 20th June Birmingham

● October 2014 “Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, hosted by IBM at Hursley Park (tbc)

● March 2015 “Aspirations” hosted by Isle of Wight Council (tbc)

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Local open data

Glasgow

Leeds

LambethBristol

Devon

Manchester

Cambridgeshire

We’re Not the only show in town. Here’s just a few we’re talking with…

The LGA

DCLGLeGSB

Surrey

Data.gov.uk

Environment AgencyOrdnance Survey

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Next Steps (some)● Developing Hampshire’s Data Store ● Open (linked) data wherever possible / practical● Themed data e.g. alcohol● Standards/ importance of metadata● Planning register

• Public-facing register for all Hampshire & IoW planning authorities

• Open and Linked format.• Designed to be scalable and transferable• Planning important for economic growth • Support from LEPs (EM3)• Contributes to existing markets, Glenigans (Construction Market

Analysis) and Landmark (Land Searches)• Evidence of demand - OpenlyLocal

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National Parks

Unitaries

Districts

Schema

Linked Data ‘Conversion Tool’ RDF Store

Hampshire HubWeb Front End

Hub Partner Input(Existing Planning Registers)

DSB Funding Project

Scalable and Transferrable

Links to additional Data. (spotting patterns not

previously recognised)

Standards and Formats (LeGSB)

API

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Planning - Work to date• Analysis of local planning registers, standards created – thank you LeGSB!• National reference datasets – thank you DCLG!• Technical mapping, transformation and datastore – thank you Swirrl!• Contribution of data from authorities outside of Hampshire – thank you Mole

Valley/Surrey Heath!• Tender for data visualisation closes 20 June

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● Crowd-sourced data● The Internet of Things● Remote sensors● Wearables● Secure data sharing● ‘Smart’ ● …cities ● …counties …

neighbourhoods

The future?