{"id":658642,"date":"2024-04-02T19:59:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T02:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcnews&p=658642"},"modified":"2024-03-27T14:07:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T21:07:08","slug":"arcgis-helps-implement-european-unions-open-data-directive","status":"publish","type":"arcnews","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcnews\/arcgis-helps-implement-european-unions-open-data-directive","title":{"rendered":"ArcGIS Helps Implement European Union\u2019s Open Data Directive"},"author":5752,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[461441,19602,254782],"tags":[192782,288292,157952,280172,137952],"arcnews_issues":[488602],"class_list":["post-658642","arcnews","type-arcnews","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equity-social-justice","category-open-data","category-open-data-2","tag-data-analysis","tag-earth-observation","tag-environment","tag-geospatial","tag-weather","arcnews_issues-spring-2024","arcnews_sections-esri-technology"],"acf":{"short_description":"ArcGIS products such as ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise provide a way to comply with the European Union\u2019s Open Data Directive.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The goal of the European Union (EU) Open Data Directive has been to put more public data\u2014location based or otherwise\u2014into the reach of those who can use it, especially datasets considered to be particularly beneficial to society. These include geospatial, meteorological, earth-observation, and environment datasets.\r\n\r\nAccording to the European Commission\u2019s EUR-Lex website, the directive is based on the principle that public and publicly funded data should be reusable for commercial and noncommercial purposes. Potential socioeconomic benefits include more affordable public services, more sustainable public transportation, improved carbon-reduction efforts, and better ways of reacting to climate emergencies."},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":658702,"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The directive is a legal framework for public data reuse and is part of the European Commission\u2019s larger data strategy. The regulation implementing this data strategy includes a list of high-value datasets to be shared under the directive by June 2024. In addition to being made available for free to anyone who wants them, high-value datasets must be presented in a machine-readable format via APIs and bulk downloads. ArcGIS products such as ArcGIS Hub, ArcGIS Online, and ArcGIS Enterprise help deliver this beneficial data for friendly reuse."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

A Geographic Approach to Open Data<\/h2>\r\nUltimately, making open data available to leaders, decision-makers, knowledge workers, students, researchers, innovators, and the public means that more of Europe\u2019s brightest minds will be able to apply a geographic approach to problem-solving and developing innovations, including those related to AI. This includes location data, which helps reveal patterns and trends; model scenarios and solutions; and ultimately helps people make sound, strategic decisions as they address often complex issues.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe want to make as much government data as possible findable and accessible, including clear information about the quality,\u201d Jelle Verburg, former product owner of data.overheid.nl, told Esri Netherlands in 2019. ArcGIS helped optimize the ability to find geospatial open data on the site, which is the data register of the Dutch government. \u201cOur portal is a kind of telephone book you can browse through, looking for the dataset you need,\u201d Verburg said.\r\n\r\nMany local and national EU governments already use ArcGIS to deliver open data, including the following:\r\n