Balgarianovinite.com The Sofia Municipality is opening part of the geographic data for Sofia for public use, Mayor Vassil Terziev said in a Facebook post on Monday. The data include orthophoto maps, addresses, green areas, zones for commercial sites and other spatial information.
“The more data are brought into the open, the fewer decisions are taken in the dark. When the city’s geographic data are open, cleaned and organized, this information can be clearly seen on a map accessible to citizens, journalists, researchers and entrepreneurs,” Terziev said.
He noted that people too often learn about a decision only when construction machinery is already on site, which is why it is important to know how decisions are made and what those elected to govern the city are doing. According to him, this is also part of the idea of Sofia’s digital twin, an accurate digital map of the city built from data.
“When we opened data on public transport, applications showing the real-time movement of vehicles appeared within days,” Terziev added.
He said the municipality would continue publishing data from other areas of governance so that the city’s digital model reflects different aspects of urban life.
The municipality is also beginning to create an electronic file for each transport facility in the city and a general register of transport infrastructure with information on their condition in real time, Terziev noted.
The mayor also welcomed the decision by caretaker Environment and Water Minister Julian Popov to open the primary data in his Ministry’s systems. According to Terziev, open data should become a consistent policy at national level as well. Sofia Makes Part of City Geographic Data Public 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-03-16 09:26:34 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law