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The importance of licences in the digital environment: an approach accessible to all
In an increasingly digitised world, the creation, use and distribution of software and data have become essential activities for individuals, businesses and government organisations. However, behind these everyday practices lies a crucial aspect: licensingof both software and data.
Understanding wha…
The benefits of open data in the agriculture and forestry sector: the case of Fruktia and Arbaria
As in other industries, digital transformation is helping to change the way the agriculture and forestry sector operates. Combining technologies such as geolocation or artificial intelligence and using open datasets to develop new precision tools is transforming agriculture into an increasingly tech…
The re-use of public sector information and industry 4.0
The promotion of digitalisation in industrial activity is one of the main axes for tackling the transformation that the Spain's Digital Agenda 2025 aims to promote. In this respect, several initiatives have already been launched by public institutions, including the Connected Industry 4.0 programme…
Creative Commons licenses and general conditions for the reuse of public sector information in Spain
In the more traditional conception of the right of access and transparency of public sector entities, obtaining information requires, in advance, the processing of an administrative procedure that ends with the corresponding resolution by which the requested information is granted or denied. However…
Copernicus, the European Earth Observation Program
Geospatial data is one of the data categories most demanded by organizations, companies and citizens. The new European regulation on open data and reuse of public sector information considers them as high-value data, due to its ability to boost innovative services and generate socio-economic benefit…
The agroclimatic information system for irrigation (SiAR)
The data generated by the agroclimatic stations maintained by the different public administrations and integrated into the Agroclimatic Information System for Irrigation (SiAR) generate valuable open data sets for the agricultural sector. These data, combined with other open data sets, such as weath…
The transversality of open climate data
Humans have been interested in weather prediction for several millennia. This interest goes back at least until the Babylonian civilization, when meteorological predictions were already made based on astrology and the clouds patterns. However, it was in the early twentieth century when decisive prog…
Technologies that boost the precision forestry industry
The forest industry, as defined by FAO, include all economic activities that mostly depend on the production of goods and services from forests. This is an industry that, in many cases, has been seen as destructive to the environment due to its relationship with the tree felling. However, in almost…
Applications of [open] data science for agriculture
In many areas, there is a false belief that the primary sector is a technologically backward sector that is not involved in digitization. Perhaps because throughout history, as economic development indicators progressed, their weight in GDP and employment rates has been decreasing in favor of other…
