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of citizens and visitors daily. The benefits achieved include savings in water risk, optimization of
waste collection routes, management of parking spaces, smart payment for public transport or
management of the fleet of vehicles of all municipal services, and a substantial improvement in
the management of Las Canteras beach and all its associated services and activities.

5.2.2 Entity

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Municipality.

5.2.3 Region and location

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is a Spanish city and the capital of Gran Canaria Island, which is located
off the north-western coast of Africa. It has an extension of 100.55 km² and a population of 379
925. The city is a major cruise port and known for its good weather and beaches. The main – and
most touristic – beach is Las Canteras, with three kilometres of sand and as many kilometres of
promenade, where the offer of services such as hotels, restaurants, bars and terraces, is very broad.

5.2.4 Definition / explanation of the case

“Las Palmas Blue Intelligence” uses Onesait Platform (formerly Minsait IoT Sofia2), Minsait's open
Internet of Things and Big Data platform, as its technological basis. Based on data obtained from
multiple sources and devices, it can integrate and manage these data under predictive rules and
models and transform them into relevant information, not only for citizens, but also for managers,
who will help them make decisions that are better adapted to the city's needs.

These new city capabilities, which translate into improvements for citizens and visitors, are based on
intelligent rules that are applied to the information captured by the thousands of sensors deployed
throughout the city.

Within the framework of the “LPA Blue Intelligence” project, several vertical services are also being
developed and integrated in areas such as intelligent mobility, urban services and citizen relations,
mostly linked to the improvement of environmental quality, with special attention paid to the
intelligent management of beaches, a key pillar of the tourist activity of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

To this end, the implementation of a “Smart Beach Scorecard” around Las Canteras Beach is
contemplated, which takes advantage of, and develops, information so that municipal technicians
can adapt the services of that area to real needs. The deployment of a sensor network and software
to send data will make it possible to optimize everything from cleaning and waste collection to
parking management based on traffic flow.

Intelligent management of surface parking spaces and waste collection services are two other
vertical services that will be integrated into the urban platform. In the first case, Indra's solution will

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