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The visual representation of data helps our brain to digest large amounts of information quickly and easily. Interactive visualizations make it easier for non-experts to analyze complex situations represented as data. As we introduced in our last post...

Did you know that open digital heritage is fundamental to understanding the world around us, to boosting a more creative economy and to meeting agreed educational goals? It is estimated that around 90% of the world's cultural heritage has not yet been...

Can we consider a work of as a data? When talking about open data, we usually think of statistical, meteorological, geospatial data... but we do not have in mind a painting, a song or a book. Resources also susceptible to becoming open data. When we...

The opening of data related to academic and research work entails multiple advantages, such as the improvement of transparency, the possibilities of replicating studies to verify their validity or greater visibility and impact that boost the recognition...

The availability of quality data is an indispensable element in the growth path of new economies based on digital assets. However, the data alone is not enough. Sharing mechanisms are necessary to ensure a controlled custody chain. Having quality data...

The digital transformation is, without a doubt, one of the main challenges facing any public or private organization that intends to carry out its functions effectively in the current technological context. For public entities this requirement becomes an...

Music is a sensory expression of mathematics. Mathematics and technology are our main tools for data analysis so: music for my data. (The image on the right belongs to a score by John Andrew Buchanan (lyrics) and Henry Bernard Murtagh, (music) -...

COPERNICUS, the Earth observation program of the European Union, is the world's largest geospatial data provider, with a current production of twelve terabytes a day. The possible uses of this data, many of which are made available to citizens for free,...

The new Directive on the opening of data and the reuse of public sector information, which was adopted last June, will replace and improve the old Directive 2003/98 / EC on the reuse of public sector information. Among the most significant changes within...

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...