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Castilla y León announces the winning projects of its open data contest
11-04-2019
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...
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The power of citizen science to generate open data
04-04-2019
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...
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What services and topics should an open data portal include?
02-04-2019
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...
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The universities increase their open data offer (II)
21-03-2019
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...
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The National Geographic Institute publishes España en mapas, a compilation of more than 800 maps
19-03-2019
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...
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Quality public sector information at the service of companies
13-03-2019
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...
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3 barriers to PSI re-use in the public sector
05-03-2019
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...
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The legal framework of infrastructures and geographic information services: a model to encourage reuse
26-02-2019
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...
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You can now participate in BNE collaborative platform
22-02-2019
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...
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Recommendations for data management for researchers
19-02-2019
MareData is a thematic network funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity, created and is managed by seven research ...