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Datenportal Landesplanung Baden-Württemberg – Understanding Regional Development
20.05.2026

Datenportal Landesplanung Baden-Württemberg – Understanding Regional Development

A “Landesentwicklungsplan”, or state development plan, is the highest level in the hierarchy of German land-use planning. Since spatial planning and regional development affect our lives in many ways, relevant information on trends and existing regulations needs to be accessible and understandable for every citizen. The state development plan is… Read More
General Interest News Projects Data Accessibility Data Management Data Usefulness Environmental Data Geodata Projects
Moritz Bock
John Boudewijn
John Boudewijn
Thorsten Reitz
Thorsten Reitz
Datenportal Landesplanung Baden-Württemberg – Understanding Regional Development

Datenportal Landesplanung Baden-Württemberg – Understanding Regional Development

General Interest News Projects Data Accessibility Data Management Data Usefulness Environmental Data Geodata Projects
A “Landesentwicklungsplan”, or state development plan, is the highest level in the hierarchy of German land-use planning. Since spatial planning and regional development affect our lives in many ways, relevant information on trends and existing regulations needs to be accessible and understandable for every citizen. The state development plan is… Read More
Moritz Bock
John Boudewijn
John Boudewijn
Thorsten Reitz
Thorsten Reitz

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SAGE + Forest Data Space + hale»connect = The Combo that Makes the Green Deal Data Space Work

SAGE + Forest Data Space + hale»connect = The Combo that Makes the Green Deal Data Space Work

General Interest News Projects conferences Data Accessibility Data Harmonisation Data Spaces Environmental Data Events hale»connect Interoperability Projects Strategy
In early May, I travelled to Oslo for the BVDA Data Week and the SAGE General Assembly. While the initial consolidation phase was not without its challenges, the project to build the Green Deal Data Space (GDDS) is now making good progress on several fronts. To… Read More
Thorsten Reitz
Thorsten Reitz
SmartForest 2026: Highlights and Lessons Learned

SmartForest 2026: Highlights and Lessons Learned

Conferences Event General Interest News conferences Data Accessibility Data Usefulness Environmental Data Events Interoperability SmartForest Strategy
The Lead-Up In March 2025, we organised the first SmartForest conference. We wanted to connect different professional domains within forestry, make digitalisation, AI and other innovations have practical impact, and to help build a strong digital ecosystem. That latter point is our DNA, as expressed in… Read More
Thorsten Reitz
Thorsten Reitz
Ronald Killian
John Boudewijn
John Boudewijn
European Spatial Data Infrastructures: A Time of Change

European Spatial Data Infrastructures: A Time of Change

General Interest News Data Harmonisation Data Management Data Usefulness Environmental Data Geodata INSPIRE Interoperability Metadata Open Data Standards Strategy wetransform
Summary As part of the competitiveness and simplification political priority of the EC, the INSPIRE Directive will be “simplified”, with the biggest change being the removal of all requirements related to interoperability of data and network services from the legal text itself. Metadata and scope remain more or less unchanged. Read More
Thorsten Reitz
Thorsten Reitz
The wetransform 2026 Offsite

The wetransform 2026 Offsite

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The new year has brought the wetransform offsite to a new location. After many happy years of offsites in Saig, this year’s event took place at the Rhöniversum environmental education centre in Oberelsbach, located right at the heart of the Rhön UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The Rhön UNESCO… Read More
John Boudewijn
John Boudewijn
Thorsten Reitz
Thorsten Reitz