Dubrovnik INSPIRE Hackathon 2020

The Dubrovnik INSPIRE Hackathon 2020 was conducted as a fully virtual event from March to June 2020, adapting to the cancellation of the physical INSPIRE Conference due to global circumstances. Organised by Plan4all and supported by a consortium of international partners, the hackathon focused on leveraging interoperable frameworks, artificial intelligence (AI), and citizen science to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

🎯 Objectives

• Promote collaboration and sharing of experiences in spatial data and citizen science.
  
  
• Showcase the utilisation of spatial data and services across various application domains.
  
  
• Support the achievement of SDGs through innovative technological solutions.
  
  

🧩 Challenges

The hackathon featured 12 distinct challenges, categorised into four thematic areas:

Citizen Science

• Integrating INSPIRE with Citizen Science and Earth Observation authentication systems.
  
• Establishing connections between Citizen Observatories resources and central catalogues.
  
• Improving interoperability between methods for sharing in-situ and citizen-sourced data.
  
• Developing interchangeable map compositions to support collaborative spatial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence

• Using machine learning for the detection of land use objects.
  
• Applying deep learning techniques for weather forecasting.

Sustainable Development Goals – Food Security

• EO4Agri Ideathon: Generating ideas to enhance agricultural practices using Earth Observation data.
  
• Assessing phenological events in agriculture based on Copernicus data.
  
• Combining Copernicus and LPIS data in data cube services.
  
• Using Sentinel-1 data and IoT technology for soil moisture analysis.

Interoperable Frameworks and Open Data

• Traffic modelling from web browsers, exemplified by the use case of Františkovy Lázně.
  
• Extending OpenLandUse by selected INSPIRE Data Themes.
  
  

🏆 Results

The hackathon concluded with a virtual presentation of results and an awards ceremony during the INSPIRE 2020 Online Conference on 11 June 2020. The top three teams recognised for their outstanding contributions were:

1. Challenge 10: Traffic Modelling from Web Browser – Use Case of Františkovy Lázně

Team Members: Daniel Beran, František Kolovský, Jan Sháněl, Karel Jedlička.

1. Challenge 7: Establishing the Connection of Citizen Observatories Resources with Central Catalogue

Team Members: Tuula Löytty, Karel Charvat, Michal Kepka, Raitis Berzins, Raul Palma, Pavel Hájek.

3. Challenge 5: Using Machine Learning for Detection of Land Use Objects

Team Members: Jan Horák, Ondřej Kaas, Hana Kubíčková.

🏢 Organisers and Supporters

The Dubrovnik INSPIRE Hackathon 2020 was organised by Plan4all and supported by a network of international partners, including:

• WeObserve
• NextGEOSS
  
• EO4Agri
  
• EUXDAT
  
• SIEUSOIL
  
• Stargate
  
• SmartAfriHub
  
• AFarCloud
  
• INSPIRE