Inspire Helsinki 2019 Data Challenge

Inspire Helsinki 2019 event hosts challenges for practical uses of spatial data in the domains of sea, weather and cities. The challenge, as well as the event is organised by the National Land Survey of Finland and Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry supported by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and Spatineo.

With the recent evolution of spatial data delivery technologies like OGC API - Features (A.K.A WFS 3.0), vector tiles and simpler data formats for INSPIRE, the geospatial field is reaching out to a wider audience of developers to enrich applications and processes with spatial data. The challenges will not be strictly limited to INSPIRE data, they can take full advantage of all data relevant to the challenges.

Teams produce applications, proofs of concepts, visualisations, presentations and demos in September 2019. Based on the written submissions the finalist teams will be selected to present their outcomes in the Inspire Helsinki 2019 event in October. The challenge organisers and the partners support the teams with provided data, tools and services to ensure successful results.

Timeline

• Deadline for Call for Challenges

  3 May 2019

• Deadline for the final challenge proposals

  20 May 2019

  Challenge partners to submit their final proposals

• Final challenges announced

  24 May 2019

• Sign up for the challenge teams begins

  3 June 2019

• Webinar: Find the best seaside vacation spot

  2 July 2019

• Webinar: Commuting 2.0

  4 July 2019

• Webinar: Let's make the most out of INSPIRE!

  10 July 2019

• Webinar: By the Beautiful Blue Danube

  12 July 2019

• Teams start working with their chosen challenge

  1 September 2019

• Webinar: ArcGIS for Developers: Quick Start

  5 September 2019

• Data Challenge Launch webinar

  10 September 2019

• Most out of INSPIRE, status + Q&A meeting

  16 September at 14:00 CEST

  Quick status updates of all the teams and Q&A with the JRC partner team.

• Commuting 2.0, status + Q&A meeting

  16 September at 14:00 CEST

  Quick status updates of all the teams and Q&A with the FMI, Vaisala and Spatineo partner team.

• Best seaside vacation spot, status + Q&A meeting

  17 September at 10:00 CEST

  Quick status updates of all the teams and Q&A with HELCOM partner team.

• By the Beautiful Blue Danube, status + Q&A meeting

  17 September at 13:00 CEST

  Quick status updates of all the teams and Q&A with the Aeler and wetransform partner team.

• Sign up deadline for the Challenge Teams

  22 September 2019

  Note: the later a team signs up, the less of the offered benefits and support can be guaranteed.

• Deadline for the challenge team result written submissions

  7 October 2019 at 09:00 CEST

• Selection of the finalist teams

  Mid October 2019

  The organisers choose the finalists for each challenge based on the written submissions

• Inspire Helsinki 2019 event

  22 - 24 October 2019

  Finalists present their outcomes in person or remotely, winners are selected and announced