Navigating through the city with Open Data
Publication Date/Time
2017-07-05T09:00:00+00:00
Finding free parking spaces with Open Data
The developer community in Denmark never sleeps, as shown by a new
application developed for the city of Aarhus - the second largest city
in Denmark.

The Århusr P-huse app
[https://itunes.apple.com/dk/app/arhus-p-huse/id1078738194?mt=8] is
available for download for both Android and iOS smartphones and
provides users with an intuitive and easy to use application for
checking in real-time the availability of parking garages houses of
Aarhus. It uses the dataset available on the Aarhus Open Data Portal
[https://www.odaa.dk/] which is also harvested by the European Data
Portal, more specifically, the datasets on the parking garages in
Aarhus [https://www.odaa.dk/dataset/parkeringshuse-i-aarhus]. Being
the second largest city in Denmark, Aarhus can get quite busy
throughout the rush hours. This application comes to the assistance of
those searching for a parking garage with available spots in Aarhus
and guides the user to the chosen car park.
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/img/media/featured-data_20170705_image_0.png]
 

Several other cities also provide datasets on the availability of
parking spots in car parks - data that the European Data portal
harvests and presents under the category 'Transport
[/data/en/group/transport?q=&sort=score+desc%2C+metadata_modified+desc]',
one of the most popular ones in terms of page views. Here for example,
developers can find the datasets provided by various German cities
such as Hamburg [/data/en/dataset/parkhauser-hamburg7], Braunschweig
[/data/en/dataset/307e88fc-8944-4bb0-96a1-c59ff82437f4], Cologne
[/data/en/dataset/parkhausbelegung-k] or Moers
[https://www.offenesdatenportal.de/dataset/parkleitsystem-moers] which
for example provides real-time data from the town's car park guidance
systems.

 

So our message to the developer community out there: follow the
example of the Aarhus community and develop innovative applications
for your city as well! Check out the datasets on the European Data
Portal [https://www.europeandataportal.eu/], let yourself inspired,
and take your own steps towards making your city even smarter!
