{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/maxogden/messages/issues/44","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/maxogden/messages/issues/44/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/maxogden/messages/issues/44/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/maxogden/messages/issues/44/events","html_url":"https://github.com/maxogden/messages/issues/44","id":65101554,"number":44,"title":"pdx open data / civicapps refresh feedback","user":{"login":"ngoldman","id":427322,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/427322?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ngoldman","html_url":"https://github.com/ngoldman","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ngoldman/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ngoldman/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ngoldman/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ngoldman/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ngoldman/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ngoldman/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ngoldman/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ngoldman/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ngoldman/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":20,"created_at":"2015-03-29T22:15:25Z","updated_at":"2015-04-21T15:16:43Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Hello!\r\n\r\n@ksmpdx (Kevin Martin of https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/) and I have been talking about an impending [CivicApps](http://civicapps.org/) refresh (as well as some possible opening up of http://www.portlandmaps.com/ APIs).\r\n\r\nKevin's looking for some early-stage feedback with a small group before opening it up more and I suggested we invite @maxogden, @Caged, and @catnik to talk about what the CivicApps team is working through right now and what an ideal open data site for the City of Portland might look like to us open data users and advocates.\r\n\r\n@ksmpdx suggested 11am on Monday, April 13th, at the 4th floor of the Portland Building. @maxogden @Caged @catnik are you interested and would you be able to make that time?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/maxogden/messages/issues/comments/94835567","html_url":"https://github.com/maxogden/messages/issues/44#issuecomment-94835567","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/maxogden/messages/issues/44","id":94835567,"user":{"login":"ksmpdx","id":9582271,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9582271?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ksmpdx","html_url":"https://github.com/ksmpdx","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ksmpdx/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ksmpdx/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ksmpdx/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ksmpdx/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ksmpdx/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ksmpdx/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ksmpdx/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ksmpdx/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ksmpdx/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-04-21T15:16:43Z","updated_at":"2015-04-21T15:16:43Z","body":"Sorry for the delay. Quick summary of the meeting last week. Lots of good discussion, which @ngoldman also summarized well above:\r\n* City staff (Rick Nixon's eGov team) gave a quick overview of the CivicApps platform refresh (being built out in Drupal, maybe 70% complete, not a dedicated project so not many resources devoted);\r\n* City staff (Matt Freid's Corporate GIS team) talked about plans to open data via esri's open data platform. This would capitalize on existing services and workflows, making it quick and easy to open up data (current workflow of getting stuff to ftp server is manual and tedious). Currently the City's central GIS data hub hosts about 1,200 datasets.\r\n* Corporate GIS team also talked briefly about the PortlandMaps refresh (about to beta), which will mean much more GIS data hosted as ArcGIS Server services that could be opened up via the esri portal, available as shapefile/kml download and GeoJSON, Geoservice, etc. via an API.\r\n* We discussed at length how to prioritize what datasets to release? Folks suggested a shared GitHub repo focused on open data accessible through CivicApps and other related platforms (example of the San Fran FOIA \"request\" repo was mentioned);\r\n* Also discussed at length metadata. Lots of shared frustration. How to encourage internal City staff to document their data, how the outside community might contribute to metadata (think collaboration on this front, also via GitHub, is an excellent idea);\r\n* Acknowledged that the initial focus of the refresh/expanding the amount of data available will focus on GIS data as we have some OOTB options for open publishing. Tabular data will come later.\r\n* Discussion of opening up the CivicApps platform code, perhaps making it an open project (City expressed concern about managing the latter).\r\n\r\nThink we ended the meeting with two action items:\r\n1. City staff will investigate making the info on http://portlandmaps.com/metadata/index.cfm available via either a periodic dump from the underlying database, or via an API. This would provide a pretty comprehensive list of what's available, at least on the GIS side. We're working on this.\r\n2. @ngoldman, @maxogden, @Caged, @catnik and other local developers would think through a shared repository for categorizing and prioritizing stuff on the list for release, perhaps addressing some of the metadata shortcomings, provide a forum for questions about City data, sharing knowledge, etc.\r\n\r\nMy quick summary. Sure I missed something, misremembered something else. Feel free to jump in with corrections . Bottom line, though, I think we left with the beginnings of a plan for collaboration, which is exciting (and likely necessary, given our resource constraints).\r\n\r\nNext steps? Jump in with your thoughts. Thanks all!\r\n"}}