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Hi! The English site is only a beta for now and still has many errors (especially in names and locations).
We are working hard to fix them and making more content available than ever before so expect constant updates.
We understand the importance of basing our decisions on solid data and presenting it in a clear and useful manner.
By doing so, we can provide a better overview of municipal services for the benefit of residents and staff.
The City's Data Service also operates within the Department of Services & Innovation, driving our use of data for decision-making and improved service. This is achieved by ensuring the quality, reliability, and access of residents and staff to correct and reliable data and data analysis.
One of the largest projects of the Data Service is the development and construction of a data warehouse for Reykjavík City. The data warehouse is a digital storage place for all of Reykjavík City's data, where data from the various systems used by the City can be collected.
The project is based on data lake technology and greatly facilitates access to the City's operating data since everything is now in one place. The warehouse is already in use, although work on it will continue over the next few years.
Data Services have worked diligently to set up a data processing center for the City. This center provides a coordinated development and operational environment for data running in the Azure cloud. Here programming of analytics solutions, their execution, and their publication all happen in the same place.
It enables the creation of dashboards, statistical models, map applications, and other essential solutions that directly benefit the City's employees and residents. The data processing center is now in use and will be further developed in the upcoming years.
Through clear data presentation in dashboards and apps, we enable employees and city residents to gain insight into the City's operations.
This also supports the start-up community by promoting the use of reliable data for different innovative solutions.
Where should I vote? We have an answer! The election map app provides an overview of polling locations in the city, distances, and the best walking routes based on your address. Input your address and find out exactly where to vote, in which voting district, when it's open, and how long the walking distance is. The one thing we can't tell you is who you should vote for.
The app is developed by Data Services. The algorithms come from the City's geographic information system (LUKR) and handle the calculations of the best routes.
Reykjavík City has now implemented a new online waste collection calendar. The solution is user-friendly and lets residents find out when the next waste pickup at their home will be, by entering their address.
The solution also includes a map app showing the location of neighborhood bins nearest to people's homes.
This dashboard displays key figures related to the Department of Welfare's services, making it easier for employees and other interested parties to keep track of the status and development of welfare matters in the city.
The project was developed in the data processing station, with heavy emphasis on visual presentation. You can easily download content from the website in the form of images, Excel, or CSV.
The Data Services team worked on creating the City Monitoring dashboard. The role of the City Monitoring is to assess the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lay the groundwork for further proposals and actions to combat it. Proposals are then either directed to the City Executive Council, Reykjavík City's relevant councils, the government, a shared platform of municipalities or other parties.
The City Monitoring works closely with stakeholders to monitor the impact of the situation on the economy, society, living conditions, and the housing market, with special emphasis on children and their education, families with children, disabled individuals, older people, unemployed people, and vulnerable groups.
Due to group size limits of people and closures during Covid, there was a sudden increased need to be able to see the real-time number of swimming pool guests and assess the capacity of swimming pools at any given time.
To meet this need, real-time figures of swimming pool guests were put on the website, allowing residents and pool staff to easily determine whether there was space in the pool each time.