Tótems turísticos en cada municipio, para una provincia accesible y abierta

octubre 20 / 2022 | Blog | Digitalización, FIWARE Space, innovación

¿Cómo puede alguien acceder a toda la información sobre turismo, eventos, rutas, etc de su territorio, in situ, y con solo un click? En la provincia de Badajoz, la respuesta tiene este aspecto:

 

tótem turístico fiware

 

Una de las tareas más delicadas a las que nos enfrentamos a la hora de llevar a cabo la transformación digital de una provincia es la de proporcionar métodos de interacción eficaces con la tecnología implementada. Desde elementos tan sencillos como señales de tráfico inteligentes o las apps usadas por sistemas municipales de deporte , hasta cuadros de mando abiertos: todos ellos deben tener en cuenta su utilidad pública, y ello pasa por una integración eficaz dentro del contexto en que han de ser usados.

Esto es de particular importancia en el caso de los servicios públicos: necesariamente, una solución puesta al servicio de la ciudadanía debe llegar a toda la ciudadanía, sin excepciones. La tecnología solo es beneficiosa si es abierta, y solo es abierta si es accesible. Por ello, todo servicio público que dependa de una nueva tecnología, como son las soluciones implementadas como parte de los esfuerzos de transformación digital, deben cuidar especialmente la manera en la que se pone a disposición del público: Su uso debe resultar intuitivo; su diseño, amigable; su implementación, lo más amplia posible, tratando de llegar al mayor número de personas posible.

 

totems turísticos

 

Todas estas cuestiones han sido tenidas en cuenta a la hora de elaborar la solución de visualización de información turística para la población de Badajoz. Esta solución está basada en torno al aparato que mostrábamos hace un momento: un tótem que muestra las posibilidades de ocio cercanas, dispuestas sobre un mapa de la provincia. Desde esta pantalla, se pueden obtener horarios e indicaciones, además de filtrar las distintas opciones en función del tipo de actividad: rutas naturales, gastronomía, alojamiento y transporte… todo ello, disponible en un mismo dispositivo.

Los tótems turísticos están distribuidos de forma que haya al menos uno en cada municipio de la provincia: por lo general, localizados cerca de oficinas de turismo, o en puntos de importancia cultural de la localidad (bibliotecas, centros demostradores, etc). De esta forma, todas las personas de la provincia pueden encontrar uno de estos dispositivos a una distancia razonable: en cualquier caso, todas estas funcionalidades pueden encontrarse en la app complementaria disponible aquí.)

Mediante estos elementos —una interfaz intuitiva y visual y una distribución amplia y equilibrada—, se pretende ofrecer una solución de información turística capaz de llegar no sólo a turistas puntuales, si no a todas las personas que viven en el territorio, y que quieran conocer más de su provincia.

Como la mayoría de soluciones digitales implementadas en la provincia, los tótems no solo ofrecen un servicio directo a la ciudadanía: también permiten obtener información de uso que ayude a la administración a entender los intereses y necesidades de cada municipio.

 

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FIWARE SPACE

FIWARE Space is the innovation center of the Provincial Council of Badajoz to bring the new technologies of IoT and Big Data to citizens, SMEs and start-ups. It is constituted as an official Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) in Badajoz province to promote the digitization and transformation of companies through technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data and artificial intelligence with FIWARE as data connector from different sources.

This center is part of a global project called “Badajoz Es Más“, which aims to develop municipalities with a better quality of life through sustainable development. The objective is clear: to turn the province of Badajoz into an Intelligent Territory or a “Smart Province”. In order to achieve this goal, it is a must to involve the local companies, the public administration and the citizens.

FIWARE Space coordinates the activity related to the knowledge, use and possibilities offered by the Provincial Platform for Smart Management of Public Services, which allows the integration of information from different smart services in one place, to facilitate the analysis and management of services that are the responsibility of the Provincial Council of Badajoz. This platform uses the latest technologies promoted by the European Commission about how to integrate near real-time data and how to manage context information.

FIWARE Space is a non-profit innovation center that aims to make the technological knowledge and tools of the “Badajoz Es Más” project available to different entities, among which are:

 

– Public administrations
– Municipalities
– Small and medium enterprises
– The teaching and research staff of the university and other educational institutions
– The entrepreneurs
– The citizens

One of the main goals of this center is to support our small and medium enterprises through the digital transformation of the province. For this, the center offers to these entities de following services.

 

SERVICES

– A 2-month mentoring program to go deeper in the technology knowledge and the opportunities that are behind the intelligent province development, to know first-hand the technological work that is being carried out and how to take advantages of this digital transformation. In these 2 months, the company will adapt its solution or service to a FIWARE smart solution, thus being compatible with the platform used by the Badajoz Provincial council that connects all the data sources of the province, and with any other smart city platform that uses this technology.

– Specialized consulting and technical support for the integration of solutions in FIWARE. We help the creation and adaptation of data models, architecture knowledge and the possibilities of integrating into this European standard.

– Certification of solutions in the FIWARE Marketplace website of the FIWARE Foundation. We advise on how to apply with the solution developed to obtain the different certifications.

– Advice on acceleration programs. After the completion of the mentoring program, we try to find a suitable European acceleration program to take the project to the next level.

– Physical location for the development of integration in FIWARE. We have a physical space in which you can work to integrate the solution into FIWARE, with the tools and support of the technical office.

– Theoretical and practical training workshops. Every Friday of the year we conduct workshops to learn more about how a smart city works and what’s the technology behind.

– Visits to the innovation center. Interested people or entities can visit the center once a week to see first hand the digital transformation that is taking place in the province and meet the real solutions that are being installed.

 

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES FOR PYMES

 

FIWARE Space also carries out some unique activities throughout the year:

– Hackathons. Workday in which, by teams, a real technological problem is solved by multidisciplinary teams.

– IoT challenge. Companies are presented to solve a real problem of the province through technology. Once the applications have been submitted, an evaluating court chooses the winner, who will receive an economic endowment to carry out his idea and put it into operation in the province.

– Design Thinking Workshop. Workshop that aims to foster creativity through innovative new methodologies that will allow us to go deep in a specific challenge.

 

EVENTS

In addition to all this, FIWARE Space, in the hands of the Badajoz Provincial Council, participates in different local, national and international events in which it provides visibility to the local companies with the aim to contribute to the expansion of this companies in other regions.

Finally, it should be noted that FIWARE Space is considered as a 2-star FIWARE iHub, catalogued by the FIWARE Foundation, thanks to the work and the number of activities carried out to bring new technologies to citizens.