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Open data sets and visualization capability will be a key feature of the platform and will be accessible
to citizens and researchers via easy-to-use web-based tools. This will increase R&D and innovation
in the city and will allow the test-bedding of ideas.

Key design consideration for the platform is to decrease the barriers to implementing new
capabilities. This necessitates the simplification of the introduction of new services while reducing
associated costs.

Another key success criterion for the platform is the “seamless integration with other technologies
selected by Newcastle, including Amazon Web Services, NNNCo and OpenDataSoft” .
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4.2.6 Singapore

The prosperous city-state of Singapore participated in the U4SSC KPI pilot programme in 2016-2017.

For years, its Smart Nation vision has been guiding its continual technological transformation,
which aims to serve citizens and businesses better, including through empowering citizens and
businesses with information and meaningful data.

Singapore’s Smart Nation Sensor Platform (SNSP) has been developed by its Government Technology
Agency (GovTech) with the goal of mainstreaming “common infrastructure and services such as
a data sharing gateway as well as video and data analytics capabilities”. The effort helps public
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agencies “optimize their sensor deployment needs, the sharing of data collected and data analytics
to support needs like urban planning and incident response” . One of the SNSP’s goals is to “help
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public agencies in the efficient running of the city” .
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Figure 20 shows the three areas that the SNSP centres around.

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