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Activity Map for rural events: making local life easier to discover

The Activity Map web service centred on the Mallusjoki pilot area in Finland, demonstrating events and destinations in a shared map view.

None • Avoin Map Oy, Otso Valta

A rural area may have an active cultural life, beautiful natural destinations and a full calendar of community events—and still appear almost empty online.Information may be divided between social-me

Map services for rural sustainability: from energy renovation to climate-conscious land use

None • Avoin Map Oy, Otso Valta

How much energy could a renovation save? What would it cost, and how would it affect emissions? What happens to carbon storage when a new building, road, power line or renewable-energy site is planne

The future of short food supply chains in Apulia is digital: "Field2Fork AI Hub" concludes successfully

From the synergy between Artificial Intelligence and local agriculture comes the "Personal Farmer": technology at the service of producers and consumers for zero-mile, healthy, and sustainable shopping.

2026. gada 27. jūlijs • DARe Puglia, EXO

The journey of the pilot project Field2Fork AI Hub officially concluded with a series of key milestones in July 2026. Funded under the European initiative PoliRuralPlus (Horizon Europe), the project

ARISE final results: a reusable Heritage Synergy Platform for rural territories

After nine months of implementation, ARISE leaves Sierra y Mancha Conquense with a live public service, a multi-actor workspace and a practical basis for replication.

2026. gada 27. jūlijs • Pedro Branco, Obsidian Innovation Institute

What happens when a rural territory has exceptional heritage assets, active local businesses and committed organisations, but the information connecting them remains fragmented? This was the question

Testing JackDaw in practice: lessons from the second FloodAI+ workshop

A one-hour hands-on session showed where conversational GeoAI can make flood-risk information easier to access, and where stronger maps, provenance and local detail are still needed.

2026. gada 27. jūlijs • Ana Silva, Porvalor

From expectations to hands-on testingThe first FloodAI+ workshop established clear expectations. Stakeholders wanted maps that explain risk, understandable answers for different users, information ab

One Country at a Time: How a Code Camp in Piraeus Added a Czech Forest Layer to SYLVAN-AI — and a Blueprint for the Rest

SYLVAN-AI already searched 442 million cadastral parcels across 27 countries. Through the JackDaw Code Camp it gained something continental data cannot provide: a national forestry classification, contributed by the institute that maintains it.

2026. gada 27. jūlijs • Amir Abbas Zad Poor, Sylvanity B.V.

A platform designed to absorb national knowledgeSYLVAN-AI is a chat-enabled forest manager, selected under the PoliRuralPlus Enhance Open Call to validate the JackDaw tool-using GeoLLM in one of the

Putting JackDaw to the Test

What 35 everyday users, researchers and professionals taught us about a GeoAI assistant working in the real world.

2026. gada 21. jūlijs • CATALINK LIMITED: J- VERSE

JackDaw is an AI-powered conversational assistant that enables stakeholders to explore territorial and environmental information through map-based analysis, using the platform’s available geospatial

GeoEDUHealth Access – Bacău: Final Validation of the JackDaw GeoAI Solution for Territorial Accessibility in Rural Romania

Participants at the second validation workshop, at the Bacău County Council headquarters, 29 June 2026.

2026. gada 10. jūlijs • Constantin Avrămescu, General Director & AI/GIS Expert, MEDIA TREND SRL | Alexandru-Norbert Droiman, Project Manager, MEDIA TREND SRL

The Context: Why Bacău County?The GeoEDUHealth Access - Bacău project is implemented by MEDIA TREND SRL, the only Romanian company selected under the ENHANCE cascade funding call, part of the PoliRur

Maps first, decisions next: lessons from JackDaw’s first FloodAI+ workshop

How stakeholder feedback is helping validate JackDaw and the new Flood Connector for practical flood-risk decisions

2026. gada 8. jūlijs • Ana Silva, Porvalor

Why FloodAI+ matters nowFlood-risk information is becoming richer, more spatial and more data-driven. Hazard layers, satellite imagery, exposure models, vulnerability indicators and rainfall scenario

LocalLinks AI Brings Regional Food Networks Closer to Consumers

A Digital Map Connecting Farmers from the Pilsen Region with the Places Where You Can Buy Their Products

2026. gada 4. jūlijs • LocalLinks.AI Team (DEVELOP Open Call Winner – Pilot 6, Bavaria–Czech Region)

Where can you buy cheese from a farm just over the hill? Which local shop sells juice from a nearby orchard, or meat from a regional producer? Finding answers to these questions is often more difficu