Open Data API Platform and Analysis of Taxi Dispatch

Open Data API Platform and Analysis of Taxi Dispatch
Concept for an Open Source E-hailing Platform
Team Organizations	Geo Information Inc. Dataget Inc.
Team Leaders	Chun-Chieh Liu
Participating Municipalities	Kaohsiung Taiwan
Status
Document	None

Description

Establish an Open data / API platform and integrate municipal and business data to be the foundation of the intelligent city for value-added applications. According to visually data display assist government to make decision effectively and let the citizen know the city governance.

Challenges

• Rapid access and analysis data for effective municipal governance are critical.

Solutions

• The project will integrate municipal and business data access and implement management platform. Applications can obtain data via open API and visually display.

Major Requirements

• Create project request for proposal
• Decide project develop team
• Develop system architecture
• Display the prototype
• Refine the function and run

Performance Targets

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)	Measurement Methods
Usage count of Open Data / API Usage count of taxi dispatch analysis applications	Gathering usage count of Open Data / API per month. Gathering usage count of taxi dispatch analysis applications.

Standards, Replicability, Scalability, and Sustainability

• Require interoperable municipal and business data interfaces.
• Establish standardized procedures for applications to obtain data via open API.
• The project can integrate municipal and business data from the other cities in Taiwan. The data access mechanism can be replicated in other cities.
• The city government will support the project by official budget.
• Taxi business pay for dispatch analysis services.

Impacts

• Improving quality of lives in the city
• Creating the economy of the internet of things related industry.

Demonstration/Deployment

The demonstration will include Open data / API platform, visually data display on the taxi dispatch analysis applications.