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O’Reilly Where Conference April 3, 2012 San Francisco, CA
How Open is Open (Redux)?
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About Urban Mapping ! San Francisco HQ ! Profitable ! 10 FTEs ! Founded (2003): Panamap ! Print to data (2005): Neighborhoods, public transit ! Data to software (2008): Web mapping + data on-demand
2003
2008
2005
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2008 Recap: Denial of Data
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“…our overall impression of what you plan to do involves a traditional license agreement.”!
“…interested only in subway entrances as indicated on on the map.”!
“…we cannot release MTA neighborhood maps…”!
“…it’s unclear to me how they can be ‘un-released,’especially given that large format maps exist in each station and the very public nature of subway exits.”!
2008 Recap: Denial of Data (2)
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FOIL request FOIL appeal
Lawsuit (Rankin v DoITT) “It would be very useful to a terrorist group to have precise information and details regarding the location of subway entrances and exits.”!-Chief of Counterterrorism, NYPD
2009 Lawsuit (Rankin v NYCTA) Sought PDFs for ~140 station plans (265 were already posted online)
The Rise of GTFS
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Generalized (nee Google) Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)
September 2008: Google Transit welcomes NYC’s MTA Jan 2009: MTA schedule data license fees 10% of net revenues Feb 2009: no fees, do what you like
Those Cursed Facts
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US Copyright Act (17 USC §105) No federal copyright
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Privatization of Public Resources
EnormaCom
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Privatization of Public Resources 2.0
Gov 2.0!
Gov as a platform!
Open government!
More with less!
data.gov!!
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Business By Legislative Fiat (Extortion)
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Kinder, Less Evil Approach (Extortion by Other Means)
Google Transit
Public GTFS
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+!
Bagelocracy
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Knee Jerk Reactions
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As Open As A Clenched Fist
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