Discover the winning projects of the open data competitions of Castilla y León and Euskadi

Fecha de la noticia: 14-01-2021

concuros open data Euskadi y Castilla y León

The year 2020 closed with the announcement of the winning projects of two competitions that sought to promote the reuse of open data in two Autonomous Communities: Castilla y León and Euskadi.

Winning projects of the 4th Castilla y León Government Open Data Competition

As in other years, the latest edition of the Junta de Castilla y León's open data competition was aimed at supporting and recognising projects that provide any type of idea, study, service, website or application for mobile devices, using the datasets of the Junta de Castilla y León's Open Data Portal.

A total of eight projects were awarded, divided into different categories as follows:

Ideas category

This category is aimed at those participants who have a great idea even though they do not have the technical capacity, time or resources to implement it.

  • The first prize was awarded to Cristina Pérez Fernández and César González Palomo. Their project Castilla y León en remotely presents a search engine for "the ideal population" for those professionals who work remotely and wish to move to a place that will help them to satisfy their desire for a change in lifestyle. Based on the personal preferences of each user, the search engine offers the possibilities that best suit their needs and desires. To do so, it exploits data such as the availability of 4G and/or fibre optic coverage, number of inhabitants in the "ideal population", distance to places of interest, cultural activity, natural environment or average rent/purchase price per square metre.
  • The second prize went to Juan Carlos Solís Méndez for his CyL Mobility project. They have put their idea into practice through a first version of a website that brings together all the information collected on the establishments in the autonomous community that are adapted for people with reduced mobility. This is, without a doubt, an idea with a clear social value as it favours the improvement of the quality of life of a vulnerable group.

Products and services category

In this category, they were looking for projects that provided studies, services, websites or applications for mobile devices, that used datasets from the Junta de Castilla y León's Open Data Portal and that were accessible to all citizens via the web by means of a URL.

  • The first prize went to the Escovid19data project, a collaborative collection of visualisations and reusable data from COVID-19 by regions in Spain. This project helps to improve the data and information published by the Administration and encourages citizens to become more aware of the serious problem we face.
  • The second prize went to the Castilla y León Gurú project, an assistant based on a conversational bot in Telegram that offers users tourist, cultural and leisure information on the community.
  • The student award went to TurisCyL, an app for Android mobiles that serves as a travel guide for the autonomous community by offering as much information as possible about tourist sites (restaurants, accommodation, etc.), as well as museums or cultural events.

Didactic Resource Category

Within this section, the creation of innovative open educational resources (with Creative Commons licenses), which support teaching, is encouraged.

  • The prize in this category went to the Casual Learn project, an application for Android mobile devices that allows people to learn about art history from buildings and public spaces in Castilla y León. The app suggests learning tasks considering the interests and location of the user. For example, if the user passes near a Gothic church, Casual Learn can suggest taking a photo of its facade and comparing it with that of a nearby Romanesque church.

Data Journalism Category

This category rewards relevant journalistic pieces published or updated in any medium, whether written or audiovisual.

Winners of the Basque Country 2020 Open Data Ideas and Applications Competition

Another of the challenges resolved at the end of the year were the Basque Country Open Data Ideas and Applications competitions, with the aim of publicising and promoting the reuse of open data in the region, organised by the Basque Government together with the Provincial Councils of Alava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa and the City Councils of Bilbao, Donostia-San Sebastian and Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Winning projects of the Basque Country Open Data Ideas Competition 2020

The Ideas Competition is aimed at both individuals and companies who wish to submit "ideas for creating products or services derived from open data from the main public data catalogues in the Basque Country". The third edition admitted 30 candidatures, of which two were awarded prizes:

  • The first prize in this category went to the Basque Country Seasonal Pollen Forecasting Service project, by Ortzi Torices Roldán and Hodei Goncalves Barkaiztegi. This is a proposal to create a neuronal network to forecast pollen levels in the Basque Country and to offer a public service for people suffering from allergies and respiratory conditions.
  • The second prize was awarded to the Ongi etorri Euskal Herrira project, by Iker Díez Arancibia and Alberto Nieto de Pablos. This project proposes an application based on the generation of plans that bring together the types of activities desired by each tourist in a limited geographical area. It offers tourists a graphic representation of the different plans they request and allows for the joint booking of the activities that make up the plan.

Winning projects of the Basque Country Open Data Applications Competition 2020

For its part, the Applications Competition is aimed at both individuals and companies that have created or wish to create "products or services derived from open data from the main public data catalogues in the Basque Country". Of the 28 candidatures admitted, the following have been awarded prizes:

  • The first prize was awarded to Smart Public Tender, by Manuel José García Rodríguez, a web platform that includes the latest innovations in the field of public procurement and which helps both public administrations and tendering companies in their decision-making using Machine Learning methodology.
  • The second prize was awarded to AvatarParking, by Unai Antero Urruticoechea and Beatriz Arenal Redondo. It is an application that is designed as an assistant for car parks in San Sebastian. By accessing the user's location in real time, it indicates the nearest car park, the number of free spaces available, possible incidents on the way, as well as an estimate of the cost of leaving the car there. The application is designed to be actively carried on the mobile phone and to receive information and commands by voice, thus avoiding distractions with the mobile phone while driving.

Congratulations to all the winners!