New initiative for data-sharing launched in London

A three-month advanced data-sharing trial is underway in East London.

Start-up Urban Data Collective is working with the SHIFT innovation district based at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to demonstrate the concept of an ‘urban data commons', where data from public and private sources, including real-time data, is pooled and used in agreed ways to tackle challenges.

Urban Data Collective’s Urban Data Exchange platform provides a ‘sharing layer’ where live data from sensors, buildings and other smart infrastructure around Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is made accessible in a harmonised way for further innovation.

Organisations taking part in the trial include UCL university, sensor provi...