SINAC is the database of water consumption quality of water in Spain. It is a quite nice initiative that releases the data once a year. Of course, it can be consulted if you know what to search for. However, if you want to query What is the oldest analysis run in any of the data […]
Here you can see the slides (in Spanish) of my presentation about water data. Summarizing the recommendations for the water domain to improve their data management.
Here you can find the report on the status of open data in Spain. Download it freely in English and in Spanish. Main conclusions: Replace PODPs (see below) with DMS Unique dataset identifier Using standards for the data model Increase the geolocation of data Consolidation of data sets Strategy for the development of the sector […]
Public administration: We are using administrative and legislative systems born two centuries ago (when no internet, no mobile, no computers, etc) were in our society. Have no role in our current administration?. Could happen: Today Transport Autonomous vehicles could revolution transport in 1-3 years. would not be generating the laws for taking advantage of this […]
#coronavirus pandemic is going to trig a phase transition in our democracy. In physics, a phase transition is a sudden change in the properties of a material due to a slight change in the surrounding conditions. Like the ice melting our democracy is going to suffer a sudden change. Hopefully, it could be for good, […]
The increasing power of Data managers, that in fact could control, other people’s lives urges to have an Hippocratic oath that it should be abide by any professional practising this profession. find here the text in two languages, English and Spanish, and the links to sign it and to receive a signed pdf agreeing. ENGLISH. […]
De las ventajas del sofware libre para la sociedad no hay que hablar hoy en día y del papel relevante de la administracińo en ello también. Pero a veces la administración hace cosas incomprensibles. Este es el caso. Que Red.es recomiende un software libre, no deja de ser una preferencia a una solución frente a […]
The lack of confidence on democracy is hardly understandable if you think that ‘basically’ the principles of democracy has not changed that much in the last two centuries. Herb Roe [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)] What is a shaman? A shaman was a person ‘connected with gods’ that whenever they was presented an […]
Let’s meet there in the smart city congress in Barcelona, possibly the best international meeting in Spain about Smart city and citizen’s technology. As my colleague Alorza #data will be at the core of the meeting. I strongly recommend you to check it out.
Talking about Open data for the management of urban commercial areas. Cases of cities. You can see the program here Free to attend. Register here.