Parallel session 1.3
Geographic data for cycle route development: from Open Source to Google
📆 Tuesday 24 September
🕑 11:15-12:45
📍 Parallel room 2
🎤 Lecture
Crowdsourced, open data, as well as large platforms, can help EuroVelo and cycle route development in several ways: clearly mapping the infrastructure issues, giving useful overall figures to advocate for more investments, or providing detailed information to the final users, even involving them in data collection. This session will present projects involving geographic data based on different kinds of solutions and methods.
Wim Dijkstra 
Strategic Advisor
Province of Overijssel
I am working as a strategic advisor on mobility policy at the Province of Overijssel in the Netherlands. I am looking for new topics in mobility development and mobility transition that need to get more support and (political) attention. I believe smart cycling is one of these topics. Therefore we became leadpartner of the Interreg NS project BITS and its successor MegaBITS.
Spiros Papageorgiou 🇬🇷
Director of Development
Cities for Cycling
Founder of MBike.gr, Organizer of Athens Bike Festival, and Director of Development for Cities for Cycling NGO, member of the Greek NECC. Dedicated to promoting cycling since 1999, advocating for infrastructure, and fostering cycling culture in Greece. I have the privelege of serving as a member of the EuroVelo council.
Marit Espeland 🇳🇴
Specialist
Norwegian Public Road Administration
Marit is working as National EuroVelo coordinator and specialist on National Cycle routes. She is working for the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Division for Transport and Society.
Jens Peter Hansen 
Trailview
Jens Peter Hansen has produced 5,000 km of Google Street View lines on a bicycle. He serves as president of the Danish Cyclists' Federation, board member of Danish Cycling Tourism and a branch of the Danish Outdoor Council. As member of the Randers municipal council, he advocates for cycling and rural development.
Florence Grégoire
EuroVelo and Projects Officer
European Cyclists' Federation
Florence has been working since 2018 at the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) on EuroVelo, the European long-distance cycle route network. She now holds the title of EuroVelo and Projects Officer, leading on the European Certification Standard methodology for assessing the quality of cycle routes, EuroVelo GIS data work, and changes made to the network. Florence is also a founding member of the Women in Cycling network. She holds Master’s degrees in Physics and Philosophy. Besides work, she enjoys writing, reading novels and exploring music, and she likes to discover places by bicycle because this is the perfect way to feel the atmosphere and meet people along the way.