Open Data + Big Data

for a Better Mexico

Jose Tam

jose.tam@itesm.mx

Tecnológico de Monterrey

April 23, 2015

+ Contents

• What do we undertand by Open Data?

• How can Open Data be used?

• Linked Data Methodologies

• Big Data with Open Data in Mexico

• Case Study: Natural Disaster Plan Improvement

• Links

What do we understand by Open Data?

• Social media text

• Cell phone locations

• Channel click information from

set-top box

• Web browsing and search

• Product manuals

• Communications network

events

• Call detail records (CDRs)

• Radio Frequency Identification

(RFID) tags

• Maps

• Traffic patterns

• Weather data

• Mainframe logs

How can we use Open Data?

The Linked

Open Data

Lifecycle

The importance of an Open Data Policy

How can we use Open Data in Mexico?

The first space in which citizens use open data to the public and private sector to help the government

make decisions that improve the quality of life of citizens.

The objective of this experiment is to exploit the creativity of the participants and find information and

innovative solutions that provide the government with information it needs to generate better public

policies.

In this exercise foundation provided by the government of the municipality of Zapopan, the Federal

Government, in addition to databases of private initiative, donated by Telefonica Movistar will gather.

The teams generate a project that addresses a public issue in Zapopan and produce useful information

for decision makers.

A National Data Initiative in Mexico

Case Study: Natural Disaster Prevention

Big Data & Open

Data

Open Data: CDRsTelefonica – 200k

GeolocationTransportationflow and volumetrics

Infographics to improvegovernment decisionsand develop betternatural disasterprevention

The importance of an Open Data Policy

Hurricane IDA – Tabasco 2009

Open Data:

People and

transportation

flow before and

after Hurricane

IDA 2009

Open Data:

Family

movement

during

Hurricane IDA

2009

Open Data:

Movement

between cities

during

Hurricane IDA

2009

Movement in

neighbor city

(VillaHermosa)

during

Hurricane IDA

2009

How far they move? When do they return?

retos.datos.gob.mx

Links:

• Open Data Policy :

http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5382838&fecha=20/02/2015

• Open Data Public Website:

http://datos.gob.mx

• Open Data Platform:

http://adela.datos.gob.mx/

• Open Data and Big Data for a Better Mexico

(Retos Mexico)

http://retos.datos.gob.mx/retos