Read the ASEDIE report ‘The Data Economy in the Infomediary field’
 

‘The Data Economy in the Infomediary field
[https://static1.squarespace.com/static/600a99c4d2a8133c3599fc67/t/625ff870bdc4cd5114333794/1650456698859/Asedie+Report+10%C2%AA+Edition+.pdf]’
is the recently published report by ASEDIE, the Multisectorial
Information Association. The report marks the 10th edition of an
annual publication aimed at providing an overview of the status of the
infomediary sector in Spain in the given year. 

As reported by ASEDIE, the infomediary sector includes ´companies
that analyse and process information from the public and / or private
sectors to create value-added products for third parties or the
general public` that – among others - help in effective decision
making. The 2022 report identifies 701 of these companies, with close
to 23 000 professionals employed in the market. 

A special focus for this year´s ASEDIE report is put on geospatial
information as one of the high value datasets identified by the
European Commission in the directive 2019/1024
[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32019L1024].
In fact, the report includes the results of two surveys. The first
focuses more on the side of open geospatial data re-users, namely
companies that analyse and process public and private sector
geospatial information to create their products and services. The
second survey, on the other hand, represents the perspective of open
data providers, i.e., public entities such as the 17 regional
geographical nodes, the National Geographic Institute, the National
Statistics Institute, and the Cadastre.

Some interesting results of these two surveys are reported below.

 	* All companies interviewed confirmed the importance of geospatial
information for business growth and the need for standardisation to
produce efficient geospatial solutions.
 	* The main challenges identified among companies are the opening of
new public information sources followed by the digitisation of the
public sector, interoperability, and the opening of new private
information sources.
 	* Respondents among re-users also mentioned actualisation and
quality of information as the two main barriers they encounter when
re-using open geospatial data, followed by the information only being
available in some autonomous regions or provinces and the difficulty
of access.
 	* All public entities surveyed affirmed to perceive the impact they
cause when opening geospatial databases thanks to the queries and
satisfaction messages received or considering the number of downloads.
 	* Only 58% of public open data providers interviewed know the
profile of the companies and/or people who use the geospatial
information that they publish, although some have commented that it
would be useful to have a better understanding of their needs as
re-users.
 	* In terms of barriers, 91% of surveyed public entities indicated
the lack of human resources as the biggest obstacle.

To learn more about the provision and re-use of open geospatial data
in the Spanish infomediary sector, read the ASEDIE report ´The Data
Economy in the Infomediary field
[https://static1.squarespace.com/static/600a99c4d2a8133c3599fc67/t/625ff870bdc4cd5114333794/1650456698859/Asedie+Report+10%C2%AA+Edition+.pdf]'.

 

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Publication Date/Time
2022-06-13T08:30:00+00:00
The Multisectorial Information Association published the 10th edition
of its annual report on the infomediary sector in Spain