OpenData Alto Adige Integration for Home Assistant

Overview

The OpenData Alto Adige Integration connects Home Assistant to the OpenData Hub of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen, allowing you to integrate a variety of public data sources into your home automation system. The integration retrieves data directly from the Open Data Hub (data.civis.bz.it) and updates in real time.

Features

• Multiple Data Categories: Access data for Environment, Traffic, Weather, Water Quality, and more.
• Data Source Support: Works with both JSON and WFS (Web Feature Service) sources.
• Automatic Entity Creation: Dynamically creates entities based on your data selections.
• Real-time Updates: Continuously updates sensor values and device trackers.
• Multilingual Support: Interfaces and data attributes in Italian, German, and English.
• Geographical Data Integration: Automatic coordinate mapping and display of device trackers on the Home Assistant map.
• WMS Support: In addition to JSON data, support for WMS layers is provided to create device trackers.

Installation

Via HACS (Recommended)

1. Open HACS in Home Assistant.
2. Go to Settings > Devices & Services.
3. Click the + Add Integration button.
4. Search for "HACS" and configure it if you haven't already.
5. Go to HACS > Integrations.
6. Click the + Explore & Add Repositories button.
7. Add the following repository URL: https://github.com/dadaloop82/ha-opendata-bz
8. Select the "OpenData Alto Adige" integration and click Install.
9. Restart Home Assistant.
10. Go to Settings > Devices & Services, click + Add Integration, and search for "OpenData Alto Adige" to configure the integration.

Configuration

The integration provides a step-by-step configuration flow:

1. Language Selection: Choose your language (IT/DE/EN).
2. Data Category Selection: Select the thematic group you want to monitor.
3. Dataset Selection: Pick the dataset within the chosen group.
4. Resource Type Selection: Choose the data source type:
   • For JSON resources:
     • Select the data point(s) and fields you want to monitor. Sensors will be automatically created based on your selections.
   • For WFS (and WMS) resources:
     • Device trackers are automatically created to display geographical features on the Home Assistant map.

Available Data Sources

This integration provides access to a wide range of open datasets, including:

Weather Services

• Radar meteorologico: Real-time precipitation intensity.
• Tendenza della temperatura: 10-day temperature trends.
• Diagramma del Föhn: Foehn wind forecast.
• Bollettino meteo: Weather forecasts and current conditions.
• Stazioni meteo e idrografiche: Real-time meteorological station data.

Health Services

• Farmacie di turno: List of open pharmacies.
• Medici di turno: On-call doctors.
• Tempi di prenotazione: Average wait times for medical appointments.
• Qualità dell'aria: Air quality and radiation measurements.

Environmental & Geographical Data

• Consumo di suolo ISPRA: Land consumption maps.
• Balneabilità dei laghi: Lake swimming suitability.
• Zone di rischio idrogeologico: Flood risk areas.
• Rete di monitoraggio corsi d'acqua: Water monitoring stations.
• Cave e torbiere: Areas of quarries and peat bogs.
• Piani paesaggistici: Landscape plans and protected elements.
• Teleriscaldamento: District heating zones.

Traffic & Infrastructure

• Bollettino del traffico: Real-time traffic alerts.
• Zone servite da teleriscaldamento: District heating zones.
• Ostacoli alla viabilità: Traffic obstacles like gates and barriers.

... and many more!

Example Uses

• Weather Tracking: Display real-time weather conditions and forecasts.
• Traffic Monitoring: Get live traffic alerts for your area.
• Environmental Monitoring: Check water quality and pollution levels.
• Public Services: Find open pharmacies and on-call doctors.
• Geographical Information: Visualize protected areas, flood risk zones, and more on the map.

More Information

• Official OpenData Hub: data.civis.bz.it
• Home Assistant Community Forum: community.home-assistant.io
• Project Repository: GitHub

Contribute

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests in the GitHub repository.

License

This integration is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

Note: Although this integration is open source, the data accessed is provided by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano under various open licenses. Please review each dataset's license before use.