A Cook’s Tour of Open Data from a User’s Perspective (Instructional Development and Achievement)

Presentation to the Instructional Development and Achievement section of the Prince Edward Island Department of Education, Early Learning and Culture on January 18, 2016, looking at open data not from a policy or regulatory perspective, but through the eyes of someone who has been consuming open data, and pointing to general principles that have been learned along the way.

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1. A Cook’s Tour of Open Data
   from a User’s Perspective
   Presentation to 

   Instructional Development and Achievement
   Peter Rukavina, Hacker in Residence, Robertson Library, University of PEI
   January 18, 2016
   http://hacker.vre.upei.ca/
   

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2. Open Data Principles
   (from a user’s perspective)
   

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3. Windmill by Stephen Downes is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
   

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4. Photo of Richard Brown from Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island
   

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5. Photo of Ron Estabrooks taken at the open house to officially launch the Hermanville/Clearspring wind development from www.gov.pe.ca.
   

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9. Golf at 50BPM by user707748013
   50 MW
   50 BPM
   

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10. W&W - Bigfoot (Uriel M Deephouse Remix) by urielm
    122 MW
    122 BPM
    

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11. Clip of audio from CBC Spark interview with Peter Rukavina by Nora Young, recorded June 19, 2011.
    

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13. [
    {
    "data1":164.2,
    "data2":17.63,
    "data3":0,
    "updateDate":1437139741,
    "error":0
    }
    ]
    

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14. [
    {
    "on-island-load":164.2,
    "on-island-wind":17.63,
    "on-island-fossil":0,
    "updateDate":1437139741,
    "error":0
    }
    ]
    

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17. 155% of our electricity
    load from the wind
    10:30 p.m. 7:30 a.m.
    8 Hours with wind at more
    than 100% of load
    }
    

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22. Open Data Principle № 1
    You have no idea (at all)
    what open data might be
    used for.
    

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27. pdftotext -raw

    Weekly_approvals_webpage_21_Oct_2011.pdf \
    Weekly_approvals_webpage_21_Oct_2011.txt
    

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28. 10-533 335067 402-bld-10 20-Oct-10 3-Oct-11 18-22 Water Street...
    10-569 363556 439-BLD-10 17-Nov-10 3-Oct-11 20 Lapthorne Avenue...
    11-002 1018274 001-bld-11 4-Jan-11 6-Oct-11 375 Mount Edward Road...
    11-136 342436 326-bld-11 26-Aug-11 3-Oct-11 134 Kent Street...
    

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29. 10-533 335067 402-bld-10 20-Oct-10 3-Oct-11 18-22 Water Street...
    10-569 363556 439-BLD-10 17-Nov-10 3-Oct-11 20 Lapthorne Avenue...
    11-002 1018274 001-bld-11 4-Jan-11 6-Oct-11 375 Mount Edward Road...
    11-136 342436 326-bld-11 26-Aug-11 3-Oct-11 134 Kent Street...
    363556 20 LAPTHORN AV CHARLOTTETOWN 46.24454 -63.12606
    

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30. -63.12688,46.23066,22 WATER ST,"10-533 335067 402-bld-10…
    -63.12606,46.24454,20 LAPTHORN AV,"10-569 363556 439-BLD-10..
    -63.14558,46.27834,375 MOUNT EDWARD RD,"11-002 1018274 001-bod-11…
    -63.12808,46.23572,134 KENT ST,"11-136 342436 326-bld-11…
    

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34. Open Data Principle № 2
    PDFs are where 

    data goes to die.
    

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36. scale drawings drawn to Parking Design Standards and certified
    (stamped) by a qualified engineer, architect, or public land surveyor Shall
    be submitted where there are ten (10) or more Parking Spaces or for less
    than ten (10) spaces as required by the Development Officer with the
    application for the Building permit showing entrances and exits to such
    Parking facilities, all proposed and Existing Parking Spaces, aisles,
    lighting, and drainage of the Lot;
    

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37. scale drawings drawn to Parking Design Standards and certified
    (stamped) by a qualified engineer, architect, or public land surveyor Shall
    be submitted where there are ten (10) or more Parking Spaces or for less
    than ten (10) spaces as required by the Development Officer with the
    application for the Building permit showing entrances and exits to such
    Parking facilities, all proposed and Existing Parking Spaces, aisles,
    lighting, and drainage of the Lot;
    scale drawings drawn to Parking Design Standards and certified
    (stamped) by a qualified engineer, architect, or public land surveyor Shall
    be submitted where there are ten (10) or more Parking Spaces or for less
    than ten (10) spaces as required by the Development Officer with the
    application for the Building permit showing entrances and exits to such
    Parking facilities, all proposed and Existing Parking Spaces, aisles,
    lighting, and drainage of the Lot;
    

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38. GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ................................................ 26
    4.1 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS
    4.2 BUILDING HEIGHT
    4.3 DECKS, AND OTHER PROJECTIONS INTO YARDS
    4.4 EXISTING BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES
    4.5 FENCES
    4.6 GROUPED DWELLINGS
    4.7 ONE MAIN BUILDING ON A LOT
    4.8 RESTORATION TO A SAFE CONDITION
    4.9 SATELLITE DISHES AND COMMUNICATION TOWERS
    4.10 WINDMILL TOWERS
    4.11 SUBDIVIDING OF ATTACHED DWELLINGS
    4.12 SWIMMING POOLS
    4.13 VEHICLE BODIES
    

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39. GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES ................................................ 26
    4.1 ACCESSORY BUILDINGS
    4.2 BUILDING HEIGHT
    4.3 DECKS, AND OTHER PROJECTIONS INTO YARDS
    4.4 EXISTING BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES
    4.5 FENCES
    4.6 GROUPED DWELLINGS
    4.7 ONE MAIN BUILDING ON A LOT
    4.8 RESTORATION TO A SAFE CONDITION
    4.9 SATELLITE DISHES AND COMMUNICATION TOWERS
    4.10 WINDMILL TOWERS
    4.11 SUBDIVIDING OF ATTACHED DWELLINGS
    4.12 SWIMMING POOLS
    4.13 VEHICLE BODIES
    General Provision for Buildings and Structures ................................................................................. 26
    4.1 Accessory Buildings
    4.2 Building Height
    4.3 Decks, and Other Projections into Yards
    4.4 Existing Buildings or Structures
    4.5 Fences
    4.6 Groups Dwellings
    4.7 One Main Building on a Lot
    4.8 Restoration to a Safe Condition
    4.9 Satellite Dishes and Communication Towers
    4.10 Windmill Towers
    4.11 Subdividing of Attached Dwellings
    4.12 Swimming Pools
    4.13 Vehicle Bodies
    

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41. Open Data Principle № 3
    Sometimes “open” can simply
    mean following 

    basic rules of design.
    

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46. Metadata Issues
    • Lot 50 was mislabelled as Lot 66.
    • Lot 66 was unlabelled.
    • Georgetown Royalty was mislabelled as Lot 73
    • Princetown Royalty was missing.
    

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47. I'm writing to report what I believe to be incorrect metadata for one of
    the GIS Catalog items that you are listed as contact for, the "Lot /
    Townships" layer:
    http://www.gov.pe.ca/gis/index.php3?number=1011342&lang=E
    There are two polygons that appear to have incorrect metadata; I have
    attached a screen shot labelling these, which are in eastern PEI in the
    Orwell Point area.
    One polygon currently has a LOT value of NULL, and I believe it should,
    instead, have a value of 66.
    The other polygon, currently labelled 66, should, I believe, be labelled
    50.
    As a reference, I am using the Samuel Holland map, a version of which has
    been digitized at:
    http://www.islandimagined.ca/fedora/repository/imagined:209165
    I am attaching a screen shot of that map showing the lot labels.
    As next year is the 250th anniversary of the Samuel Holland Map, I would
    expect this layer to attract more attention than it otherwise would, so it
    would be nice to have the issue rectified.
    

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48. Correcting the Metadata
    • Relabelled Lot 50.
    • Added a label to Lot 66.
    • Changed Lot 73 to Georgetown Royalty.
    • Princetown Royalty was missing.
    

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51. WhatsMyLot.com
    

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57. The Confederation Trail passes 

    through 47 lots and 2 royalties.
    

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58. Open Data Principle № 4
    Open data is a
    conversation.
    

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63. (902) 367-3694
    

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65. Open Data Principle № 5
    Sometimes your users will
    create open data for you. 

    Follow their lead.
    

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66. Open Data Principles
    1. You have no idea (at all) what
    open data might be used for.
    2. PDFs are where data goes to die.
    3. Sometimes “open” can simply
    mean following rules of design.
    4. Open data is a conversation.
    5. Sometimes your users will create
    open data for you.
    

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67. Slides are online at
    http://l.ruk.ca/education
    These slides are released under a Creative Commons license.
    You are encouraged to distribute them as far and as 

    wide as possible under the terms of the license.
    

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