Comments on: Wiki city Rome

By: Wiki cities | Anthony D. Williams

Wiki cities | Anthony D. Williams — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:30:23 +0000

[...] Wikinomics co-author Don Tapscott has an interesting post on Wiki cities over on wikinomics.com. He discusses the “Wiki City Rome” initiative, [...]

By: Dan Herman

Dan Herman — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:08:51 +0000

And here’s another project from the UK that overlaps municipal works data onto a mapping application to keep drivers apprised of traffic patterns.

http://www.thisiscourier.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=143188&command=displayContent&sourceNode=143014&contentPK=18321853&folderPk=82880&pNodeId=142745

By: Dan Herman

Dan Herman — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:26:03 +0000

Business Week highlights a similar project underway in Bangalore, where a couple of tech companies are tracking traffic patterns on the basis of SMS and cell usage, and then overlapping the call origins onto city maps to help commuters avoid congested areas.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_38/c4050008.htm#ZZZY39SV86F