The SDI4Apps project meeting was successfully held in Jelgava, Latvia from September 17-18. Representatives from the 18 organizations involved in the SDI4Apps project met to review project progress and coordinate next steps. They also attended the International Conference on Information Systems for Agriculture and Forestry, where SDI4Apps co-organized an open data hackathon. The meeting focused on community building activities and pilot applications being developed in areas like data access, tourism, and ecosystem services evaluation. Technical issues regarding the platform architecture were also discussed.

1. SDI4Apps project meeting successfully
implemented in Jelgava
Organizations participating in the SDI4Apps project
gathered in Jelgava, Latvia from 17th till 18th September to
review the progress of the project and further coordinate
their future steps. The meeting was hosted by the project
partner Zemgale Planning Region at the Latvia University of
Agriculture.
SDI4Apps participants had the opportunity to attend the
international Conference on Information Systems for
Agriculture and Forestry (ISAF) which took place at the
same location. In the frame of ISAF, SDI4Apps co-organised
the Open Data Hackathon. The report from this event can
be accessed at http://www.slideshare.net/CzechCentre/open-data-
hackathon-jelgava-report.
SDI4Apps is an EU-funded project managed by the
University of West Bohemia from the Czech Republic. The
project is being implemented with the concerted effort of
18 organizations across Europe. SDI4Apps seeks to build a
cloud-based framework with open API for data integration
focusing on the development of six pilot applications. The
project draws along the lines of INSPIRE, Copernicus
and GEOSS and aspires to build a WIN-WIN strategy for
building a successful business for hundreds of SMEs on the
basis of European spatial data infrastructures.
For more information visit: http://sdi4apps.eu/
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/SDI4Apps-3516067
SDI4Apps Consortium
2nd October 2014
Latvia University of Agriculture, photo by Irena Košková
Discussions focused on the Community Building activities
intended to provide social validation to the six pilot
applications that are being developed as part of the project:
i. easy access to data,
ii. tourism,
iii. sensor networks,
iv. land use mapping,
v. education,
vi. ecosystem services evaluation.
Engagement with specific stakeholder groups will be a
crucial step towards the efficiency of SDI4Apps.
Technical issues connected with the architecture and
functionality of the six pilots and the platform have
been addressed in detail by technical partners. Partners
reaffirmed their intention to align the platform with the
Open Data policy and committed to develope an effective
business plan which will address the specifics of each pilot.
The project has received funding from the Union’s ICT Policy Support Programme as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme.
Views expressed in this document are those of the individuals, partners or the consortium and do not represent the opinion of the Community.