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OpenStreetMap Contribution to Local Data Ecosystems in COVID-19 Times: Experiences and Reflections from the Italian Case

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  • Marco Minghini

    (European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), 21027 Ispra, Italy
    The views expressed are purely those of the author and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission.)

  • Alessandro Sarretta

    (Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection, National Research Council (CNR-IRPI), 35127 Padova, Italy)

  • Maurizio Napolitano

    (Fondazione Bruno Kessler, 38123 Trento, Italy)

Abstract

Data and digital technologies have been at the core of the societal response to COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. This work focuses on the specific contribution of the OpenStreetMap (OSM) project to address the early stage of the COVID-19 crisis (approximately from February to May 2020) in Italy. Several activities initiated by the Italian OSM community are described, including: mapping ‘red zones’ (the first municipalities affected by the emergency); updating OSM pharmacies based on the authoritative dataset from the Ministry of Health; adding information on delivery services of commercial activities during COVID-19 times; publishing web maps to offer COVID-19-specific information at the local level; and developing software tools to help collect new data. Those initiatives are analysed from a data ecosystem perspective, identifying the actors, data and data flows involved, and reflecting on the enablers and barriers for their success from a technical, organisational and legal point of view. The OSM project itself is then assessed in the wider European policy context, in particular against the objectives of the recent European strategy for data, highlighting opportunities and challenges for scaling successful approaches such as those to fight COVID-19 from the local to the national and European scales.

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  • Marco Minghini & Alessandro Sarretta & Maurizio Napolitano, 2022. "OpenStreetMap Contribution to Local Data Ecosystems in COVID-19 Times: Experiences and Reflections from the Italian Case," Data, MDPI, vol. 7(4), pages 1-21, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jdataj:v:7:y:2022:i:4:p:39-:d:784234
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