Data sources

These data sources we use or might use.

Terms used for data kind:

Intention: What should happen? Plans, requests, orders, commands, nudges, guiding, reservations etc.
Observation: What did happen? Sensor data, status updates etc.
Prediction: What will likely happen? Arrival predictions, population predictions etc.

It is sometimes easy to confuse these categories. Each business process uses only some data kinds.

In use

Data sets

Jore3 infopoiminta

Data dump of some Jore3 SQL Server contents.

Data owner: HSL
Data format: proprietary
Data kind: intention (most of the data), observation (at least recorded link lengths)
Data license: proprietary

Potential for use

APIs

Digitraffic
VR IVU railML via HIA (intention)
High-frequency positioning (HFP) (observation)
HSL background map tiles
National Access Point for Finland
Digitransit geocoding API
Mapillary
Different kinds of aerial images (HSL/HSY (20 cm resolution), City of Helsinki (5 cm resolution), National Land Survey of Finland (50 cm resolution))
3D models (the reality mesh model demo and the city information model demo of the City of Helsinki)
Rail network by Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, owner of the infrastructure (WFS, avoin:locationtracks) (visually on a map)
Rail network from Digitraffic by Fintraffic (visualization)
From Jore3 to LIJ
kartat.hel.fi: Suunnitelmat > Liikennesuunnitelmat

Event and Land Use Permits in Public Areas of the City of Helsinki

Includes road works as polygons with start and end times and other metadata. This could be used to notify public transport planners of required action.

API owner: Helsinki Map Service
Data owner: City of Helsinki, Urban Environment Division, Services and permits
URL: Main documentation, Helsinki Region Infoshare
API type: WFS, WMS(?)
Data license: CC-BY 4.0 International

Data sets

Digiroad
OpenStreetMap
HSL GTFS
Base map of Helsinki City has an accurate tram network in it

Unknown whether API or data set

Municipal road networks

Templates

You can use these templates to add more data sources on this page.

<API name>

Short description

API owner: [Name](https://organization-site)\
Data owner: [Name](https://organization-site)\
URL: [API name](possible-page-within-wiki), [Main documentation](https://), [Informative blog post elsewhere](https://)\
API type: GraphQL, REST, SOAP, WFS, WMS, SQL, proprietary etc.\
Data format: JSON, Protocol Buffers, XML, proprietary etc.\
Data kind: intention, observation, prediction, N/A\
API license: [License name](https://link-to-where-license-declared)\
Data license: [License name](https://link-to-where-license-declared)

<Data set>

Short description

Data owner: [Name](https://organization-site)\
URL: [Data set name](possible-page-within-wiki), [Main documentation](https://), [Informative blog post elsewhere](https://)\
Data format: JSON, Protocol Buffers, XML, proprietary etc.\
Data kind: intention, observation, prediction, N/A\
Data license: [License name](https://link-to-where-license-declared)