Part of the Thursday Night Lecture series from the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning http://sydney.edu.au/architecture/tnl/ at the University of Sydney. We spoke about the relationship between data, maps, people, and data visualisation in understanding cities and how – as organisations with data and citizens who demand data, we should use open data practices to make data accessible, and datavis to create insight and understanding.

1. CITY: INPUT / OUTPUT
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN & PLANNING
THURSDAY NIGHT LECTURE SERIES 2013

2. Andrea Lau
Co-Founder
Designer
Coder
Emma Chee
Designer
James Hiscock
Coder
Jack Zhao
Co-Founder
Designer
Coder
François Robichet
Coder
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3. 3
MAPS

4. HTTP://WWW.PHOTOSAU.COM.AU/COSMAPS/MAPS/PDF/C19/1887%20SANDS%20DIRECTORY%20MAP%20OF%20SYDNEY.PDF4

5. 5

6. 6 HTTP://WWW.RESOURCES.NSW.GOV.AU/GEOLOGICAL/ONLINE-SERVICES/MINVIEW

7. HTTP://FLIGHTAWARE.COM/LIVE/AIRPORT_STATUS_BIGMAP.RVT?AIRPORT=YSSY7

8. WHERE DO TOURISTS GO, ERIC FISCHER, HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/WALKINGSF/4672149966/IN/SET-721576242091586328

9. HTTP://MAPS.STAMEN.COM/9

10. 10 HTTP://SMALL.MU/WORK/SNEPO-GOTCHA-DATA-VISUALISATION-VIDEO/ HTTPS://VIMEO.COM/32542197

11. CASINO BUS MAP, HTTP://SMALL.MU/WORK/WHERE-CASINO-PICKS-UP-PUNTERS-INTERACTIVE-MAPS/11
SPEAK ENGLISH ONLY LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH
STAR CASINO BUSES

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CENSUS

13. STATISTICAL REPRESENTATIONS FROM POPULAR TEXTS FOR THE ORDINARY CITIZEN, 1889–1914 | MARIJA DALBELLO4, ANSELM SPOERRI13

14. HTTP://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/INTERACTIVE/2011/06/23/NYREGION/NEW-YORK-ASIANS.HTML?_R=014

15. 15
AUSTRALIAN CENSUS DATA

16. SBS CENSUS EXPLORER HTTP://WWW.SBS.COM.AU/CENSUS/16
MANDARIN ITALIAN
ITALIANMANDARIN
SBS CENSUS EXPLORER

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INPUTS

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RESTAURANT REVIEWS
GEOLOCATED BLOG POSTS
PARLIAMENT MINUTES
SHOPPING CENTRES
SUPERMARKETS
CAR PARKING AND FINES
COUNCIL PLANTING
LOCATION-BASED DATA
EVENTS AND ATTENDANCE
FOURSQUARE CHECK-INS
CRIME REPORTS
LOCAL NEWS
HISTORICAL MAPS
PLANNING PROPOSALS
SEISMIC ACTIVITY
MENTIONS IN FILM
SURF CONDITIONS
TWEETS
OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT CENSUS DATA
CORPORATE DATA
WEATHER DATA
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
TAXIS
ENERGY COMPANY DATA
DATA COLLECTED BY SCHOOLS
ROADS AND TRAFFIC AUTHORITY DATA
POLLUTION SENSORS
ANIMAL DIVERSITY DATA
APPS
WATER SYSTEMS
PEAK ELECTRICITY USAGE
FOOTBALL CLUBS
RECYCLING DEPOTS
COUNCIL RATES

19. 19
INDIVIDUAL SUBURB LGA ELECTORATE AREA CITY STBLOCK

20. GEOSPATIAL “MINING MAP” PRECEDENTS PROPOSAL, SMALL MULTIPLES20
DATA COLLECTION IS BECOMING UBIQUITOUS

21. HTTP://WWW.FITBIT.COM/AU HTTP://CUBESENSORS.COM/21

22. HTTP://WWW.KICKSTARTER.COM/PROJECTS/SEARCH?TERM=SENSOR22

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PROBLEMS

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“Ordinary people are
relentlessly spied on,
and not compensated
for information taken
from them.”
- Jaron Lanier
“...gather data from the network, often without having to
pay for it. The data is analysed using the most powerful
available computers, run by the very best available
technical people. The results of the analysis are kept
secret, but are used to manipulate the rest of the world to
advantage.”
“Information supremacy for one company becomes, as a matter
of course, a form of behaviour modification of the rest of
the world.”

25. READYPLAYERONE.COM25
A DYSTOPIC FUTURE?

26. 26

27. SUPER
SERVERS
EVERYONE
ELSE
27

28. 28
SOLUTIONS

29. 29
1. OPEN DATA

30. HTTP://JAPAN.FAILEDROBOT.COM/ HTTP://WWW.BBC.CO.UK/PROGRAMMES/P00FVKXF#SYNOPSIS30
FUKUSHIMA: DIY GEIGER COUNTER

31. OPEN STREET MAPS, HTTPS://VIMEO.COM/4891975931
OPEN STREET MAP

32. HTTP://DATA.GOV.AU/32

33. HTTP://DEVELOPER.NYTIMES.COM/DOCS/READ/ARTICLE_SEARCH_API_V233

34. HTTP://WWW.KAGGLE.COM/34

35. OPENAUSTRALIA.ORG/35

36. HTTPS://SCRAPERWIKI.COM/36

37. 37
2. DATA VISUALISATION

38. GEOSPATIAL “MINING MAP” PRECEDENTS PROPOSAL, SMALL MULTIPLES38
DATA VISUALISATION CAN SAVE THE WORLD

39. JON SNOW
39

40. GEOSPATIAL “MINING MAP” PRECEDENTS PROPOSAL, SMALL MULTIPLES40
JOHN SNOW

41. 41 HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/FILE:SNOW-CHOLERA-MAP-1.JPG

42. HTTP://NEWSWATCH.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/2012/07/02/CRISIS-MAPPING-HAITI/ HTTP://COMMUNITY.USHAHIDI.COM/INDEX.PHP/DEPLOYMENTS/DEPLOYMENT/HAITI-CRISIS-MAP42
CRISIS MAPPING

43. HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=IE21IGJQ4DA43

44. HTTP://MORITZ.STEFANER.EU/PROJECTS/MAP%20YOUR%20MOVES/44

45. HTTP://WWW.OECDBETTERLIFEINDEX.ORG/#/3244443442345

46. HTTP://GDP.NFB.CA/INTRO46

47. HTTP://WWW.HIGHWATERLINE.ORG/47

48. HTTPS://OPEN.ABC.NET.AU/PROJECTS/NOW-AND-THEN-14TM2SH/48

49. 49 HTTP://BIGTHINK.COM/STRANGE-MAPS/524-HERE-BE-BOGANS-FOUR-MINIATURES-OF-SYDNEY-STEREOTYPES

50. PULSE
49 OFFICE TOWERS
ENERGY BREAKDOWN EVERY 15 MINUTES
HTTP://WWW.INVESTA.COM.AU/OFFICE/INVESTA-FROM-ABOVE/50

51. HTTP://WWW.GREENBUILDINGSALIVE.COM/DATATOOLS/PULSE/51

52. 52
HOW?

53. JER THORP, APRIL 3 2013, HTTP://BLOGS.HBR.ORG/CS/2013/04/VISUALIZATION_AS_PROCESS.HTML53
"Please make me a visualisation."
- Jer Thorp

54. JER THORP, APRIL 3 2013, HTTP://BLOGS.HBR.ORG/CS/2013/04/VISUALIZATION_AS_PROCESS.HTML54
"Please make me a visualisation."
sandwich
- Jer Thorp

55. 55
A BETTER APPROACH

56. JER THORP, APRIL 3 2013, HTTP://BLOGS.HBR.ORG/CS/2013/04/VISUALIZATION_AS_PROCESS.HTML56
"Please visualise our data."

57. JER THORP, APRIL 3 2013, HTTP://BLOGS.HBR.ORG/CS/2013/04/VISUALIZATION_AS_PROCESS.HTML57
"Please visualise our data."
solutions
new ideas
better questions

58. 58
OUR WORKFLOW

59. SMALL MULTIPLES PROCESS59

60. 60
CITIES NEED
OPEN DATA = OWNERSHIP
DATA VISUALISATION = PROCESS

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