Presentation of the XVI edition of JIIDE 2025
The Iberian Conference on Spatial Data Infrastructures (JIIDE) brings together every year and during three intense days a large number of professionals from the public administration, the private sector and academia with proven experience, technical knowledge and expertise in all areas of geographic information. Since everything happens somewhere, the objective of the Conference is to extend the application of geospatial information and its technologies and thus add value to all activities, both public and private of the most diverse sectors, especially through the publication or standardized accessibility of geographic data, as well as the production, processing and exploitation.
Since 2011, the JIIDE are the result of collaboration between the Direção-Geral do Território de Portugal, the National Geographic Institute of Spain through the National Center for Geographic Information and the Government of Andorra. Also participating in this edition are the Regional Ministry of Territorial Planning, Urbanism, Housing and Citizen Rights of the Principality of Asturias and the University of Oviedo.
The JIIDE propose this year as a background theme a reflection on the challenges and opportunities of the application of artificial intelligence to geospatial knowledge, and for this the motto chosen for the XVI Conference is:
“AI and territory: exploring the new frontiers of spatial knowledge”.
The INSPIRE Directive, together with its regulations, and Directive (EU) 2019/1024 and its evolution with respect to high-value data, have shown that digital geospatial data represent an important factor for economic growth, environmental monitoring, competitiveness, innovation, job creation and social progress, to a large extent, by being able to reuse this public, open and interoperable information. In addition to these capabilities, there are those linked to technological advances in the field of data analysis and exploitation, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), which make it possible to enhance added value through the generation of new services and applications based on the use or performance of tasks that normally require human interaction.
The benefits brought by the INSPIRE Directive regulations are well known, which basically established the same requirements when publishing spatial data, achieving harmonization and interoperability in Europe and, although there is still a long way to go, it cannot be forgotten that the union of efforts for the co-production and harmonization of data between different administrations and organizations remains one of the basic pillars to have valuable geospatial data, destined to become true reference information.
Therefore, this event proposes as one of the main points of view the use of new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, without losing the perspective of the recommendations and interoperability requirements defined in the regulations of the INSPIRE Directive, ISO or the European Interoperability Framework.
The conference will also present examples of reuse of high-value datasets, either through OGC APIs or existing download services and interoperable formats.
The JIIDE, once again, will represent a showcase for the most innovative and innovative projects in the Iberian Peninsula, and a privileged space for the exchange of experiences through technical workshops, which aim to share knowledge on specific topics, and round tables that aim to promote debate.
This year the JIIDE will be held in Oviedo, in person, from November 12 to 14 and, as every year, participation is free, being necessary to register in advance in each of the sessions, round tables or workshops. It will also be possible to follow the conference virtually.
