Mapping the affiliation of INSPIRE Annex 2 and 3 Data Specification experts

Between 2010 and 2012 about 200 experts from all over Europe provided their input to the definition of data specifications for the so called Annexes 2 and 3 of the INSPIRE Directive. The experts were divided in 19 groups, each referred to a theme (protected areas, atmospheric conditions, utilities, and so forth). Having worked as … Continue reading Mapping the affiliation of INSPIRE Annex 2 and 3 Data Specification experts

So I thought I had something to do with INSPIRE…

Sometime in late 2006 -just a few weeks after I saw the photograph of a Portuguese family- I wrote to the organisers of a medium-sized technology-related workshop/conference taking place in June 2007: the INSPIRE conference. Starting from 1997, I had been attending this event roughly every other year. First as a plain “listener”, then gradually … Continue reading So I thought I had something to do with INSPIRE…

Talk at the Istanbul INSPIRE Conference (2012)

This was my presentation at the end of my activity as a facilitator for the working group on Production and Industrial Facilities for the European Union’s INSPIRE Directive data specifications. This had started in April 2010. For more information on pibinko’s maps: http://www.pibinko.org/maps Please also see the page on “Support to legislation and politicy“

…So you thought you had nothing to do with INSPIRE…

This was a presentation co-authored by Giacomelli and Cavallini (prepared 90% by Giacomelli), with the idea of representing the point of view of the Italian Chapter of the Open Source Geospatial Consortium (OSGEO) , also known as GFOSS.it, for which I served as the communications manager between 2007 and 2009. For your information if you … Continue reading …So you thought you had nothing to do with INSPIRE…

Andrea Giacomelli (aka pibinko/Jack O’Malley)

He has an MS in environmental engineering (1993) and a PhD in Hydraulic Engineering (1997), both from Politecnico di Milano, Italy. He is specialized in geographic information systems and environmental data management with a track record of numerous of research and engineering projects spanning from local to international scales. Since 2006 he has started to … Continue reading Andrea Giacomelli (aka pibinko/Jack O’Malley)

The pibinko.org Network in the context of the New European Bauhaus

The pibinko.org network has been acknowledged as one of the first “Friends of the New European Bauhaus initiative” by the European Commission. Below is what we wrote. For more information and booking: micalosapevo@pibinko.org Contact: Andrea Giacomelli <info@pibinko.org> Web: http://www.pibinko.org About us: The pibinko.org network operates since 2007 on interdisciplinary projects on the promotion and/or protection … Continue reading The pibinko.org Network in the context of the New European Bauhaus

Andrea Giacomelli (pibinko) is one of the first stakeholders of the ROSiE project

Andrea Giacomelli (aka pibinko) was invited to be part of the stakeholder group of the ROSiE project. This project is aimed at fostering responsibile open science in Europe. If you are not in the research arena, this might sound a bit cryptic…but you may check out this introduction to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_science to have an idea on … Continue reading Andrea Giacomelli (pibinko) is one of the first stakeholders of the ROSiE project

Maps

Since 1994 I have been professionally engaged in a variety of mapping and geographic information management projects, spanning from tourism to environmental remediation, citizen science, biodiversity, utility surveys, and more. In time I have also been increasingly working on outreach related to mapping (and free/open-source mapping), with steering roles in national associations. In 2008 I … Continue reading Maps

Support to Legislation and Policy Making

Since 2004 I have periodically participated to initiatives or actual projects related to the definition of policies and regulations at different territorial scales, from municipal to global. Local (municipal) level I attended various participatory design initiatives related to environmental or land planning issues in Cagliari (Sardinia), Gavorrano, Scarlino, and Roccastrada (Tuscany). Since 2004. In 2015, … Continue reading Support to Legislation and Policy Making