Meet the 8 winners of the 5th Open Data Contest of Castilla y León

On November 2, the awards ceremony took place for the winners of the V edition of the Castilla y León Open Data Contest. This competition, organized by the Ministry of Transparency, Spatial Planning and Foreign Action of the Junta de Castilla y León, recognizes the realization of projects that provide ideas, studies, services, websites or mobile applications, using for this datasets from this Open Data Portal.

The event had the participation of Francisco Igea, Vice President of the Junta de Castilla y León, and Joaquín Meseguer, General Director of Transparency and Good Governance of the same, in charge of awarding the awards to the winners.

Of the 37 applications received, a jury of experts in the field has chosen 8 projects that have emerged as winners in the various categories.

Category Ideas

In this category, proposals to develop studies, services, websites or applications for mobile devices are awarded.

• The first prize, € 1,500, went to APP SOLAR-CYL, a web tool for optimal sizing of photovoltaic solar self-consumption installations. Aimed at both citizens and energy managers of the Public Administration, the solution seeks to support the analysis of the technical and economic viability of this type of system. The idea was presented by professors from the Electrical Engineering Area, members of the ERESMA (Energy Resources' Smart Management) research group at the University of León: Miguel de Simón Martín, Ana María Díez Suárez, Alberto González Martínez, Álvaro de la Puente Gil and Jorge Blanes Peiró.
• The second prize, € 500, went to Dónde te esperan: Recommender for municipalities in Spain, by Mario Varona Bueno. Thanks to this tool, users will be able to find the best place to live based on their preferences or even chance.

Category Products and Services

This category differs from the previous one in that ideas are no longer awarded, but projects accessible to all citizens via the web through a URL.

• Repuéblame won the first prize, which this time consisted of € 2,500. Presented by Guido García Bernardo and Javier García Bernardo, it consists of a website to rediscover the best places to live or telework. The application catalogs the Castilian-Leon municipalities based on a series of numerical indicators, of its own creation, related to quality of life.
• The second prize, € 1,500, went to Plagrícola: Avisos de Plagas Agrícolas CyL by José María Pérez Ramos. It is a mobile app that informs farmers of the pest alerts published by the Instituto Tecnológico Agrario de Castilla y León (Itacyl), so that they can carry out the necessary preventive and curative measures.
• Complete the podium disCAPACIDAD.es [web], which won the third prize of € 500. Its creator, Luis Hernández Fuentevilla, has developed a website that centralizes offers and aid related to employment for people with disabilities in Castilla y León.
• This category also included a prize for students of €1,500. The winner was Ruta x Ruta x Castilla y León, presented by Adrián Arroyo Calle. This web application allows users to consult routes of all kinds, as well as points of interest located in their vicinity, such as monuments, restaurants or events. The solution also allows users to share their tracks (GPS recordings).

In addition, an honorable mention has been given to the candidatures presented by students "APP BOCYL Boletín Oficial Castilla y León”, by Nicolás Silva Brenes and "COVID CyL" presented by Silvia Pedrón Hermosa. This seeks to encourage students to work with data and present their projects to future calls.

Data Journalism Category

This category is designed to reward relevant journalistic pieces published or updated in any medium, whether written or audiovisual.

• MAPA COVID-19: check how many cases of coronavirus there are and how is the occupation of your hospital from the Maldita Association against misinformation won the first prize of € 1,500. After a work of compiling all the available data that the regional governments publish about the hospitals, Maldita has created a map to see how many cases of coronavirus there are and how the different hospitals are occupied. Information on ICU occupancy is also included in some hospitals.
• The second prize, € 1,000, went to De cero a 48.000 euros: who charges how much in the mayors of Castilla y León. Annual Compensation Explorer. Through various visualizations, its creator, Laura Navarro Soler, reveals information available in the Información Salarial Puestos de la Administración (ISPA). This information is crossed with other types of data such as the number of inhabitants in each region or the level of dedication (exclusive, partial or non-dedicated).

The category "Didactic Resource" has been declared void. The jury considered that the candidatures presented did not meet the criteria set out in the bases.

In total, the 8 awarded projects have received 12,000 euros. They will also have the option of participating in a business development consultancy.

Congratulations to all the winners!