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Sports facilities are built objects and outdoor surfaces in the built environment, with significant impacts and effects on society, economy and environment. High-quality sports facilities, their proper spatial distribution and accessibility are important factors in the development of sport and sports-related activities and influence the quality of life. Data on sports facilities and their spatial distribution are a measure for the quality of sports areas. They represent the basis for strategies for the development of sports facilities on local and national levels, their placement in the built environment, and support the development of other sports-related activities. This article highlights the definition of a sports facility and its importance to the built environment and society. The survey includes an analysis of spatial and other databases on sports facilities in Slovenia and an assessment of their quality. A variety of methods and procedures was used to merge and complement the existing databases of sports facilities. The article presents spatial and other analyses and thematic maps of sports facilities by municipalities and statistical regions. It also presents a correlation between the funds Slovenia invested in sports facilities, and the development coefficient of municipalities. Indoor and outdoor sports facilities in individual municipalities are also presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Spatial analysis in agriculture is gaining in importance, as it allows the rapid and effective spatial display of dynamic processes in agricultural areas. This is important in the preparation of spatial plans at the national and local levels and the creation of agricultural measures and legislation. High-quality spatial data and spatial information indirectly represent a fundamental basis in the planning process, in which the agricultural sector represents an important segment. This article highlights the relevance and usefulness of the Slovenian spatial databases for the case of the land cover database at the Ministry of Agriculture for the purpose of land use change analysis and spatial analysis in Slovenian agriculture. The advantages and some limitations of spatial databases, with the emphasis on the evidence of actual agricultural and forest land use, are displayed based on the analysis of actual land use and land use changes with the use of the transition matrix method, within the Ljubljansko barje landscape park. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article highlights the quality and usefulness of data on urban green areas in the Municipality of Ljubljana case study. The starting point of the discussion is the thesis that uncritical data collection hampers the effectiveness of managing green spaces. The survey includes data from various Slovenian and foreign sources and shows that there are significant differences between different Ljubljana green area databases. It reveals differences arising from the purposes and methods of data collection and respective concepts and phenomena interpretation, rather than universal data, such as the quantity of urban green spaces. The case study shows that such specific databases have very limited usefulness and that their Information may be misleading. Furthermore, they can be indirectly harmful for the managing of green spaces. The discussion at the end of this paper shows that the source arterioles with the management, protection and development of green areas is a lack of uniform, generally applicable starting points, such as definition of the concepts and phenomena and agreements on the managing aims of green spaces [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents the growing importance of the quality of geodetic and spatial information. It describes the contents related to the data quality in the INSPIRE Directive, regulations for its implementation and guidelines, as well as the requirements related to the quality of spatial data and services set for Slovenian suppliers of data by European legislation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]