Materials and logos

This page contains materials and logos of the Helsinki Region Infoshare service. The materials are licensed under the Creative Commons 4.0 BY license.

Presentations

HRI’s SlideShare

Videos

HRI whiteboard video (3 min)
Open API witeboard video (2 min)

Leaflets and publications

		A brochure, which shows some useful open data sets as well as interesting use cases based on the open data regarding the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. The brochure is also available in Finnish.

		HRI’s four page leaflet (2018). The leaflet is also available in Finnish.

		HRI’s four page leaflet (2014), which briefly explains the HRI service and the process of opening data, as well as showcasing open data use cases and its benefits. The leaflet is also available in Finnish.

		In 2013, Helsinki Region Infoshare published a guide book that provides stimuli for unlocking public data, as well as telling how open data made its breakthrough in the public administration in Finland.

6Aika brochures

Six largest cities in Finland have opened up their data and APIs since 2014. The cities’ experiences in opening up data and accelerating data-driven business have been collected in a series of brochures. The brochures are originally published at databusiness.fi website.

		Harmonized Smart City API Cook Book introduces to you the opportunities APIs offer for cities, developers and companies. It also gives concrete examples of the use of the current Smart City APIs created by the six largest cities in Finland in the 6Aika Open data and interfaces project. Last part of the toolkit focuses on step-by-step guidance for starting your journey with Smart City or any other API.
		Open API recommendations for cities describes the importance of APIs and the goals related to them from the cities’ perspective. The recommendations are intended as a general policy to be applied alongside the strategic policies, principles and guidelines that often guide ICT and service development in cities.
		Api Toolkit is intended to be read in conjunction with the Open API recommendations for cities, which explores APIs, their importance as part of the services offered by cities and the objectives and measures related to APIs on a general level. This brochure takes a more detailed look at the most important issues that should be taken into consideration in the implementation of an open API. The brochure is primarily meant to provide help with API procurement, due to which it does not explore the technical intricacies of APIs.
		In order to promote businesses based on open data, Finnish cities are engaging in widespread cooperation andcollaboration with various industries. Working Together Towards Open Data Business brochure collects the experiences of the six largest cities in Finland over the last four years. What kind of measures have been implemented, what lessons have been learned? How could the cities further develop their cooperation withbusinesses?