Augmented reality lenses for smart city data: The case of building permits

Abstract

While open government data published by central and local authorities worldwide is considered to be the new oil that fuels society, it is only truly useful when it is processed, interlinked and used in applications to increase the smartness of the environment. It is also the case of building permits, a well-regarded dataset in every city, and which we put to good use in a mobile augmented reality application described in this paper, showing how it can be made useful for citizens and for the local authorities also.