Comments on: The civic dashboard http://blog.jonudell.net/2009/07/12/the-civic-dashboard/ Strategies for Internet citizens Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:45:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Gov2.0 transparency: An enabler for collaborative sense-making « Jon Udell http://blog.jonudell.net/2009/07/12/the-civic-dashboard/#comment-131216 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:37:13 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/?p=1771#comment-131216 [...] on a map, but when you’re trying to answer questions — like “Are we having a crime wave?” — you need access to the information that drives the map. Greg Whisenant, the [...]

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]]> By: Don Campbell http://blog.jonudell.net/2009/07/12/the-civic-dashboard/#comment-129456 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:34:36 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/?p=1771#comment-129456 You’ve done a great job at outlining some of the key issues behind the current transparency of crime information and the need for our law enforcement officials to have quick access to relevant information to help increase force effectiveness and keep the public informed.

As you point out, the good news is that citizen-level crime data is becoming more readily available from police services today in the form of dashboards and visualization maps that take information from a variety of systems and highlight, with accuracy, real crime patterns down to the local neighborhood. Modern analytics technology combines with police systems to make this possible. It is even at the point where police officers have this information at their fingertips, via mobile devices, so they can see the week’s or previous days crime hot spots for their specific beat.

Don Campbell
CTO, BI & Performance Management
IBM

]]> By: Ken Kennedy http://blog.jonudell.net/2009/07/12/the-civic-dashboard/#comment-129392 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:52:02 +0000 http://blog.jonudell.net/?p=1771#comment-129392 Bang on, Jon. Great piece. We REALLY need to start focusing more educational resources on real-world numeracy, especially in the area of statistics (including visualizations) and probability. It’s relevant to economic, personal, and political decisions that are made every day.

I recently watched a short TED piece where Arthur Benjamin made this point exceptionally well: http://friendfeed.com/kenzoid/db87c0be/arthur-benjamin-formula-for-changing-math

This needs to happen, and the sooner the better. Better understanding via education, better tools via mashups, Web 2.0 services, and emerging frameworks, and better data via the opening of information systems as you advocate above.

My fingers are crossed!

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