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Welcome to the Open City Tookit wiki!

The Open City Toolkit (OCT) was developed in cooperation between the CityScienceLab of the HafenCity University Hamburg (HCU) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) in India and Ecuador. It is an open source tool and the software for this project is based entirely on open source components. The Open City Toolkit is a web-based geographic information system (GIS) for multi-touch tables that is optimised for the use by non-GIS-experts. It supports integrated and participatory urban planning processes, fostering dialogue between governments and citizens and exchange of knowledge and data between government departments. The main functionality of the Open City Toolkit is to visualise and analyse complex urban data, jointly among local practitioners and with citizens.

The user manual is designed for actual users of the tool. It gives an overview of: the base settings needed before running the tool, a description of the modules, how to use the different modules for different urban analyses and offers an insight into conducting workshops with the Open City Toolkit.

The adminstrator's guide is targeted to technical administrators of local OCT installations. It provides a high-level overview of the system’s design and guides administrators in the setup of the tool, including hardware and software installation, data preparation and maintenance.