New post by David O’Sullivan: “Raster really is faster (and vaster), but vector just seems more corrector.” Part 1A of a series revisiting ideas from Geographic Information Analysis: fractals, raster vs vector, and R code. 👉 […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

🎥 I've published a video based on my #geomobnl talk in Eindhoven on 18 Sept on #digitalsovereignty & #opensource for geo, covering procurement, policy, and community-driven development. Watch here: https://youtu.be/0u6tPM-USHY 💬 Feel free to share your comments. #qgis #osgeo #ogc

Johnson's Mexico. Entered ... 1867. (inset) Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Johnson's Central America. (inset) Isthmus of Panama. Entered ... 1867. https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~219452~5504628 #map #maps #historicalmaps

Pretty cool: [email protected] is the 1,955 most followed account according to https://most-followed-mastodon-accounts.stefanhayden.com/?q=qgis #qgis #osgeo #gischat

🌍Exploring Sentinel-2 with the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (CDSE)? Hugh Graham’s guide with vrtility in #rstats. Includes authentication & query of imagery and building cloud-free composites […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Finally got the latest Geohipster Interview done. Man that took about a month longer than I wanted. Publishing happens tomorrow.

Is #osmand's track recording *recently* lead to massively overestimated track lengths for anyone else too? I have not knowing changed anything in my configuration. The phone got no updates. Today it tells me ~20km for an actual tour of maybe 12-15km. It is probably GNSS jitter but why is it […]

El pasado 10 de septiembre, el mismo día en que a Charlie Kirk le sellaban el pasaporte al otro barrio solo para que luego absolutamente todos los medios conservadores y liberales no dijesen que bajo ningún concepto se puede justificar el asesinato de alguien solo por decir cosas que no nos […]

🚀 Book in progress: Spatial Data Visualization with tmap A practical guide to creating clear thematic maps in R with the tmap package. Covers everything from loading data to interactive and animated maps, with reproducible code and examples. Read online […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

It warms my newly rebuilt heart to see the QGIS-US group gaining some traction. Slowly. Anyway - VPAT info is up on the website: https://www.qgis-us.org/2025/09/12/vpat/ #vpat #paperwork #qgis

For everyone saying political violence has no place in this country… Remember two Democratic legislators were shot in Minnesota just this year. And America shrugged and moved on.

it appears the same attackers also compromised the JavaScript package duckdb (~350k downloads a week): https://www.aikido.dev/blog/duckdb-npm-packages-compromised

📢 Materials from the OpenGeoHub Summer School 2025 (“Data Science for Earth Observation”) by Krzysztof Dyba are now online. Discuss how to access, process, and analyze satellite data with #rstats. 👉 https://github.com/kadyb/OGH2025 #rspatial #remotesensing #gischat

#bicimad no funciona. Bravo por el Ayuntamiento de Madrid. #carapolla

pg_duckdb sounds pretty amazing... let see if it lives up to the hype https://motherduck.com/blog/pg-duckdb-release/ #postgresql #duckdb #dbfusion #fusion

My co-authored paper demonstrates a simple open source method for monitoring harmful #algal_blooms in a #lake over space and time, using #ChlorophyllA as a proxy. You just need a few chl-a samples from your lake to calibrate an #aquatic chlorophyll index […] [Original post on mapstodon.space]

This little dude was hanging out in the gorse shrub, didn't mind all the spines around, its atrophied legs maybe a benefit in this type of vegetation. First time I see a skink. Probably a western three-toed skink or Eslizón Tridáctilo Ibérico (Chalcides […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Invitation: #GeoAI Talks at UGent The GeoAI Research Center (UGent) warmly invites you to attend two consecutive GeoAI Talks on Wednesday, 3 September 2025 (13:00–14:00). 🕐 13:00 – Alex Levering (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Sensing landscape characteristics in a post-social media world 🕧 13:30 […]

We managed to go 7 years since the last proposal to partition California. I just updated Wikipedia with a map of the latest Republican plan to split off inland California from the coastal counties. (And no, it's never going to happen) […] [Original post on subdued.social]

Vipera berus. Valle de Bujaruelo. Huesca. #sneaky #snake #vipera #viperaberus #reptile

The new QGIS Map Gallery is looking for contributions! 🗺️ Share your #QGIS creations and showcase the power of #mapping with QGIS. I've added some of my maps from #30DayMapChallenge. Check it out: hub.qgis.org/map-gallery/ #GIS #gischat

Is terra::sieve bugged? Just tried twice and the output is equal to the input. #rspatial

Maps and Mappers of the 2025 Calendar - We have St Kilda - https://www.geohipster.com/2025/08/14/maps-and-mappers-of-the-2025-calendar-aaron-koelker-july/ #cartography #calendar #geohipster

I've seen so many dead birds in my neighborhood since may... I don't know what's going on but it feels weird. Pigeons, magpies (2 were chickens), even one woodpecker. Only one pigeon showed sings of violence. Is this avian flu or just side effects of climate change? #deadbirds #avianflu

I am hoping I may have started the beginnings of NC QGIS meetup...it may take a while. It may never happen - BUT - it's a start. #qgis #foss4g

I ordered stickers for geotargets! Come find me at #positconf2025 in September if you want one! Logo designed by the talented Hubert Hałun of @appsilon https://docs.ropensci.org/geotargets/index.html

exactextractr is the beast of zonal statistics, I've never had really paid attention to all the options and neat features the exact_extract function packs but OMG. It makes working with raster data in EPSG:4326 (or any other geographic coordinates SRC) really easy and a lot more precise compared […]

TIL #nextcloud share file download URLs support HTTP Range so you can use them to share and access cloud optimized files in #qgis for example.

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Interesting #MobilityDataAnalytics read: 📄 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692325002698 Featuring #MobilityDB, #scikitmobility, @movingpandas#mobilitydataanalytics#mobilitydb#scikitmobility#trackintel and #dbt

Only until end of July: #Geospatial ebook sale at @locatepress#geospatial Use coupon code: SUMMERSUN25 for your 10% discount on any e-book, including the #spanish edition of Discover QGIS https://mailchi.mp/locatepress/locate-press-summer-sale-8340239?e=e6235e72b6 #gischat #qgis #leaflet #pgrouting

La universidad privada española no te la acabas. Grado de Física en el CEU: 24 créditos (casi un semestre) de adoctrinamiento obligatorio. "Introducción al Cristianismo" es obligatoria en cuarto. ¡"Topología" optativa! www.uspceu.com/oferta/grado...

Positron's (Rstudio successor) license prohibits making the software available to users as a managed service: https://github.com/posit-dev/positron?tab=License-1-ov-file# Does that mean universities have to pay license fees if admins install Positron on student computers? Seeing how Rstudio […]

Just came back from #foss4ge 2025 in Mostar by public transport 🚉 From train delays to inspiring workshops, talks & riverside drinks, it was a ride! 📖 Read the full story: https://www.qwast-gis.com/l/foss4g-europe-2025-in-mostar-bosnia-and-herzegovina/ #foss4geurope #osgeo #qgis #gis #foss4g

Updates on the TN911 side of things News of the weird...or possibly normal. . I hit two "almost a problem" problems with the longest running install of this system: I need to update it which means changing names on three of the layers. I expect much screaming when this happens. I already did a […]

Have you read Geocomputation with R?📘 If you found it helpful, we’d really appreciate a quick review — it helps others find the book too! Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214736719-geocomputation-with-r Amazon […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

We're losing #openaccess to #weather #data on the #noaa web site. But #hamradio operators can still access it directly from the #satellites. They can even decrypt most of it with a new #opensource decoder. Here's how. https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/ssmis_satellite_decoder PS: Very […]

«España ha sido uno de los estados dentro de la Unión Europea donde más se ha usurpado dinero público destinado a la promoción de las comunidades energéticas por parte del oligopolio, tal y como se señala en el informe europeo “Corporate Capture of Energy […] [Original post on masto.es]

EU commissioner shocked by dangers of some goods sold by Shein and Temu https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/20/eu-commissioner-shocked-dangerous-goods-sold-shein-temu

Time to get creative and upload some #qgis screenshots https://hub.qgis.org/screenshots #gischat #partylikeagisnerd

The new :qgis: @qgis screenshot gallery is ready for you contributions! https://hub.qgis.org/screenshots/?sort=upload_date&order=desc It's a new place to share visuals that don't fit in the map gallery #gischat #qgis

We hope you enjoyed the workshop about #PostgreSQL #PostGIS at #FOSS4GE2025 with @Enock4seth and me. You find the workshop material at […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

WEe hope you enjoyed the workshop about #OSGeoLive at #FOSS4GE2025 with @Enock4seth and me. You find the workshop material at: https://github.com/astroidex/foss4g-europe-2025-workshop-sdi-with-open-source-using-osgeolive Enjoy the #FOSS4GE conference and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

#foss4ge2025 starts today's with several workshops. Together with @Enock4seth we want to inspire people using #osgeo Software. Hope you like @osgeolive #postgis #qgis #mapbender #foss4ge #osgeo #fossgis

https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-15/mexicos-futile-fight-against-arms-trafficking-trump-is-reducing-the-ability-to-stop-illicit-weapons-reaching-the-cartels.html In case you were wondering where Mexican cartels get their weapons from.