Learn about the insights of our webinar ´Trends in geospatial trends`
On 27 October 2022, the data.europa academy
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy] held a webinar on the topic
‘Trends in Geospatial data
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/trends-geospatial-data]`. The aim
of the webinar was to investigate current emerging trends in the
geospatial community and discuss which trends, standards, or ideas are
most relevant today. This should eventually facilitate the
identification of further opportunities for data.europa.eu. 

After a brainstorming session on current trends in geospatial
community, the webinar went on to discuss two interesting topics for
future of data.europa.eu, modernising Infrastructure for Spatial
Information in Europe (INSPIRE)
[https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/inspire-directive/2] and its role in
building smart cities.

In the first part of the webinar, ANTJE KÜGELER (Spatial Data
Infrastructure consultant at con terra [https://www.conterra.de/])
focused on modernising INSPIRE
[https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/inspire-directive/2] by moving towards
open data. Antje underlined the need to ´leave the geospatial
bubble’ by providing geoinformation for other experts of the domain
and by making geospatial data more native to the web, as well as
learning from mainstream technology and design patterns. After
mentioning the important role that High Value Datasets
[https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12111-Open-data-availability-of-public-datasets_en]
can play in this regard, the speaker touched upon topics such as OGC
API [https://ogcapi.ogc.org/][Z(2]  families and the reuse of the
Open Data Directive
[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32019L1024]
in the domain of geospatial data. 

In the second part of the webinar, DR. SIMON JIRKA (Managing Director
at 52o N [https://52north.org/]) deep dived into the role of
geospatial information for smart cities. He highlighted concepts such
as dynamic traffic flow optimisation, and upgraded waste disposal
facilities based on open geospatial data at EU level. He also talked
about the importance of high strategic value intelligent information
to manage existing resources in a smart way and to improve the quality
of life.

To make the webinar more interactive, in between presentations, the
audience was given the chance to ask questions and provide comments
via Sli.do. In the final part of the webinar, in particular,
participants were asked to discuss the challenges and opportunities in
geospatial trends for data.europa.eu. Suggestions and comments can be
found in the transcript of the webinar chat
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/course/Content%20Chat%20data.europa%20academy%20webinar%20on%20%C2%B4Trends%20in%20geospatial%20data%60_20221027_0.pdf].

If you are interested to know more about the webinar, in the dedicated
data.europa academy page you can find the recording
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyt1MNm9l00] of the webinar and
consult the slides
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/course/Geospatial_Trends_2022%20_0.pdf]
presented during the session.

Moreover, don´t miss the next data.europa academy webinar on
´Geospatial harvesting on data.europa.eu`
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/geospatial-harvesting-dataeuropaeu]
that will take place on Tuesday 29 November at 10.00 – 11.00 CET!

 

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Publication Date/Time
2022-11-18T08:00:00+00:00
Watch the recording and consult the slides of the session