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The III Open Data Contest of the Junta de Castilla y León has come to its end, and one more year it has been a success. Almost 60 nominations have been received, and an expert jury has selected 8 winners divided into 3 categories. Ideas Category...

We live in a connected world, where we all carry a mobile device that allows us to capture our environment and share it with whoever we want through social networks or different tools. This allows us to maintain contact with our loved ones even if we are...

When launching an open data initiative, there are many issues to consider: what data I will include, what technical infrastructure I need, which governance model will be developed, how to monitor the activity... and also how to design and development the...

Analytical skills, data management, or knowledge of business intelligence tools ... These are just some of the terms that we surely find repeated if we perform a quick search in the most popular job portals. Data has become a fundamental element of...

Geographical data is the second data category most reused and consulted by EU companies, just behind statistical information. This statement, taken from Reusing Open Data, by the European Data Portal, highlights the high importance of geographic...

The 8th edition of the Aporta Meeting was held on 28 November 2018, this year with the slogan “Innovation with public data”.  I took part in the round table on Public Data and Business Development; this experience gave me the opportunity to...

Improving citizens experience, promoting collective intelligence and social participation or using predictive analysis to spot social trends and societal needs. These are just some of the benefits of the reuse of public sector information (PSI) in the...

The geographical information generated in any field, and in particular in the public field, has a great interest both for the specific tasks for which it is generated and maintained and for other applications, in many cases not initially planned, and it...

A couple of weeks ago, the Spanish National Library (BNE) presented its collaborative work platform, comunidad.bne.es, developed together with Red.es, in an event that brought together dozens of collaborators interested in our cultural heritage. Since...

  MareData  is  a  thematic  network  funded  by  the  Spanish  Ministry  of  Economy and Competitivity, created  and  is  managed  by  seven  research ...