triangle open data day: town of cary, nc

Open Data: The Cary Way

The “Shark Tank” problem

What in the world do we do with all this data?

Does the answer lie in visual storytelling?

The Cary Open Data Journey

2012

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2014

2015

2016TTF created Apr

2012Report Dec 2012 Open Data (Big 8 ideas)Aquastar starts

Cary’s Open Data Day (2/23/13)Cary sponsor & participationProvide a few datasetsPropose Open Data pilotAquastar full launch

Launch Open Data Portal- 21 data sets- Sample

visualizations- Cary Brigade

Partnership

Open Data BudgetDevMap by BrigadePropose Open Datapilot

Your own data, what Story does it tell?

• 60,000+ water meters• Wireless data • Water usage every hour• Data collection• Data analytics

My own data, what Story does it tell?

• When did the irrigation system turn on?• When did my son come home? (Shower)• Alerts - water usage gets close to tiers (5K, 8K, 23K)• Correlate it with rainfall and make sure rain sensors are

working• Town uses to monitor water usage and leaks in the system• Town proactively contacts customers with issues

Community Partnerships

Drumroll Please…….

Welcome to Cary’s Open Data Portal

data.townofcary.org

Credit• Persuasion and the Power of Story: Jennifer Aaker (Future of

StoryTelling 2013) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL-PAzrpqUQ

Contact• @nraimundo• Nicole.Raimundo@townofcary.org• Nicole.E.Raimundo@gmail.com• @loribush• loritbush@gmail.com• Lori.Bush@townofcary.org