Articulation of geographical information for the urban management of Villa Regina

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to develop a proposal for the making of Geographic Information, relevant informative products concerning urban problems, and postings through a Web Viewer suggested to the Municipality of Villa Regina, province of Río Negro, Argentine Republic. This presentation is based on the need for institutions, organizations and the public in general to have access to virtual platforms for information and open data.

Currently, the regulations seek to guarantee the effective exercise of the right of access to public information, promote citizen participation and public management transparency through the sanction of National Law 27,275. In terms of Geographic Information, although there is no law sanctioned in the Argentine Republic, at the international level the ISO Standards are a reference related to management and publication, and it is the Spatial Data Infrastructure of the Argentine Republic (IDERA) that provides guidelines to carry it out. For its part, at the provincial level, it is the Spatial Data Infrastructure of Río Negro (IDERN) that guarantees the publication of Geographic Information.

Although Geographic Information is of interest in the academic-scientific, institutional and governmental spheres for carrying out research and making decisions, the population in general (the citizens) also have the right to consume it for daily purposes. This consumption is possible from Web Viewers, free access geographic tools that allow users to generate interactive queries through layers, in many cases, with data and information relevant to daily life.

Advances in the creation of databases of the town of Villa Regina, partial publication of results in a Web Viewer, as a contribution to the community and an attempt to generate a link with the government sphere are thus presented. In the present proposal, solutions to urban problems that were observed over the years with foundations framed in local regulations, are also proposed. Among the conclusions obtained, a positive response from the population is observed when having these tools, however, articulating the academic-scientific field and urban management policies is a challenge that continues to prevail currently.