Marco Minghini

Europe is entering a new geopolitical and economic phase. Resilience, competitiveness, and digital sovereignty are moving to the centre of public debate. In that context, open source is no longer seen only as a software development model or a community ethos.

Europe is undergoing a significant transformation in its policy landscape, driven by the rapid pace of technological advancements, increasing geopolitical pressures, and growing concerns regarding digital sovereignty.

Over the last decade, the global landscape of data sharing has gone through profound changes that also applied to the geospatial domain, where traditional Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) have progressively evolved into multifaceted data sharing ecosystems [1].

This talk presents a systems perspective analysis of events in October-November 2023 which started with large-scale vandalism of OpenStreetMap data in Israel and ended with the introduction of rate limiting.

Building footprints (hereinafter buildings) represent key geospatial datasets for several applications, including city planning, demographic analyses, modelling energy production and consumption, disaster preparedness and response, and digital twins.

Building footprints (hereinafter buildings) represent key geospatial datasets for several applications, including city planning, demographic analyses, modelling energy production and consumption, disaster preparedness and response, and digital twins.

Published in 2020, the European strategy for data sets the vision for Europe to become a leader in a data-driven society by establishing so-called common European data spaces in all strategic societal sectors.

The collection, curation and publication of geospatial information has been for centuries the sole prerogative of public sector organisations. Such data has been traditionally considered the reference source for datasets and cartographic outputs.

The collection, curation and publication of geospatial information has been for centuries the sole prerogative of public sector organisations. Such data has been traditionally considered the reference source for datasets and cartographic outputs.

Published in 2007, the INSPIRE Directive has established a pan-European Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) to support European Union (EU) policies related to or having an impact on the environment.