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European Peatlands & Policies Open Data Mapathon

European Peatlands & Policies Open Data Mapathon

European Peatlands & Policies Open Data Mapathon

Time Sat Apr 06 2024 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm
(GMT+01:00)

Data Science Institute, NUI Galway., Insight Centre, Galway, Ireland

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Let's work together to Map Peatlands & Policies and unlock Open Data for everyone. (First prize €1,200).

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Peatlands & Policies Open Data Mapathon

We are looking for teams of up to 4 people to map the Peatlands of Europe linking related policies and open data.

1st prize €1,200, 2nd prize €800, 3rd prize €400.

We will be co-creating web pages as visualisations to provide information for policy makers to improve biodiversity and reduce carbon by combining GIS datasets of land use categories, with tabular datasets containing greenhouse gas emissions data, land use data, statistical data and biodiversity data with links to relevant policy documents. Encouraging publication of new open data sets related to land use from state agencies in Ireland and across Europe. The focus will be on Peatlands and Forestry with a target of reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions.

The target audience for the Mapathon is primarily third level students and young professionals.

Welcome to our Peatlands & Policies Open Data Mapathon! Join us at the Data Science Institute, University of Galway and online across Europe for a day of mapping and exploring peatlands. Whether you're a seasoned mapper or a newbie, come and contribute to mapping peatlands and policies using open data. This hands-on event will help us better understand and protect & restore our peatlands. Join us in person if you can or online. The event will be broadcast live on zoom and youtube. All you need is a laptop, some enthusiasm, and get ready to map away! See you there!

At our Mapathon Hub at DSI, pizza will be available at lunch time and refreshments will be available all day, not unfortunately for online participants. However, they will be able to join us on Mapathon TV which will be broadcast live.



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Date & Time

Sat Apr 06 2024 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm
(GMT+01:00)

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Data Science Institute, NUI Galway., Insight Centre, Galway, Ireland

Host Details
Niall O Brolchain
About The Host:
Niall Ó Brolcháin is a researcher at NUI Galway and Policy leader for the EU Interreg Care Peat project. He graduated in Business and Computer studies with post graduate qualifications in Digital Media, Project Management and Marketing. He was a pioneer in the use of the World Wide Web and the Internet. He spent 20 years working in the IT industry and 10 years working in local and national Government in Ireland serving as Mayor of Galway City from 2006-07 and was deputy Government whip in Seanad Eireann the upper house of the Irish Parliament where he served as spokesperson on Health, Education, Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. Prior to that he served as parliamentary secretary to the Irish Government. He has a keen interest in Heritage and the Environment and served as chair of Galway City’s Environment Strategic Policy Committee. He was deputy chairperson on the Western River Basin District project as part of Ireland’s implementation of the Water Framework Directive. He has many years practical experience in policy development and worked as an advisor to the Irish Government on its Open Data policy.
Website Link: http://www.nuigalway.ie/

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