More & more European cities use #opendata apps to improve people’s lives. In Dublin, you can easily find available parking spaces. In Vilnius & Helsinki people use Smartphones to check when their streets will be cleaned after heavy snowfall. In Florence an app shows places where you can refresh during warm days.
To find more examples & deeper analysis of how some European cities use open data check out European Data Portal’s analytical reports. #DataEconomy
European Data in European cities
European cities publish a lot of data on topics such as urban planning, tourism and increasingly real-time data in the transport and mobility area. When used in a smart way this information can hugely benefit visitors & people living in these cities.