Confused about coordinate reference systems (CRSs)? 🧭🌍🐍 Chapter 6 of Geocomputation with Python dives into: - Geographic vs projected CRSs (lon/lat vs meters) - Getting, setting & reprojecting CRSs - Why ignoring CRSs can break your analysis 🚨 👉 […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Next year's edition of the European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU26) in Vienna has a new session, dedicated to high-performance computation in the geosciences. This session is for people working on software to solve larger problems and solve problems faster. It is fine for presenters […]

The CRAN Spatial Task View just got a proper table of contents (thanks to Krzysztof Dyba) -- easier to navigate all those R spatial packages now. 🌍 > https://cran.r-project.org/view=Spatial #rstats #rspatial #opensource #gischat

Working with raster + vector together in Python? 🗺️🌍🐍 Chapter 5 of geocompx talks about: - Cropping & masking rasters with vectors - Extracting raster values via vector data - Raster ↔️ vector conversion (polygonize & rasterize) 👉 https://py.geocompx.org/05-raster-vector #geopython #python […]

The #agit2026 call for papers is out: Short paper submission deadline: March 1, 2026 https://agit.at/en/submissions/ #gischat #giscience #cfp #agit #salzburg

#30DayMapChallenge starts tomorrow: 30 days, 30 map ideas. If you’re using R, Python, or Julia, consider sharing open-source examples or tutorials. 🧭 https://30daymapchallenge.com/ #geodata #dataviz #maps #spatialviz

Just as I've started to get a pretty comfortable with all the coordinate representations, projections, etc., I see this. If I would've came across an older dataset with this before now, I'm not sure what I would've done. Tried an internet search out of […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Interested in teaching spatial data skills for urbanism? 🗺️ The Geospatial Data Carpentry for Urbanism (TU Delft / thecarpentries) seeks beta pilot workshops. Details 👉 https://carpentries.org/blog/2025/10/geospatial-data-carpentry-for-urbanism/ #rstats #gis #carpentries #rspatial

Hey peeps! We've had a fab summer off, and are now getting back into it. Our dates for the season are: 20 November 22 January 19 February 12 March 23 April 21 May If you'd like to speak, please get in touch! #rstats #datascience #edinburgh #scotland

Want to transform the geometry of spatial data in Python? ✨🌍🐍 Chapter 4 of geocompy covers: - Vector: simplify, buffer, centroid, clip, unions, affine transforms - Raster: crop, resample, aggregate, align datasets 👉 https://py.geocompx.org/04-geometry-operations #geopython #python #gischat […]

🌍 Blog series: Spatial Machine Learning with R From caret to tidymodels, mlr3, and specialized spatial ML packages — explore how spatial context changes the way we build ML models in R. Start with Part 1 👉 https://geocompx.org/post/2025/sml-bp1/ #rstats #spatialml #machinelearning #rspatial

📚 I have a few misprinted (black and white) hardcovers of Geocomputation with R. Happy to send them to readers in Europe. Email me if you’d like one — if there’s lots of interest, I’ll draw randomly. Shipping costs optional. #gischat #giveaway #rstats #rspatial #geocompr

Spatial operations in Python? 📍🌍🐍 Chapter 3 of Geocomputation with Python covers: - Vector: spatial joins, subsetting, aggregation, etc. - Raster: map algebra (local, focal, zonal, global), tiling & merging 👉 https://py.geocompx.org/03-spatial-operations #geopython #python #gischat #geocompx

New R package: gridmappr by Roger Beecham It automates creating small multiple gridmap layouts by optimally placing geographic points into grid cells (inspired by Jo Wood’s Observable notebooks). 👉 https://github.com/rogerbeecham/gridmappr #rstats #rspatial #dataviz #gischat

🗺️ New blog post: introducing Spatial Data Visualization with tmap, a work-in-progress guide to thematic mapping in #rstats. Learn about the book, its progress, and how to contribute: https://geocompx.org/post/2025/tmap-bp1/ #dataviz #mapping #tmap #geocompx

🗺️ New blog post: introducing Spatial Data Visualization with tmap, a work-in-progress guide to thematic mapping in #rstats. Learn about the book, its progress, and how to contribute: https://geocompx.org/post/2025/tmap-bp1/ #dataviz #mapping #tmap #geocompx

Working with geospatial attribute data in Python? 📊🌍🐍 Chapter 2 of Geocomputation with Python covers subsetting, aggregation & joins for vector data, and subsetting + summarizing raster values. 👉 https://py.geocompx.org/02-attribute-operations #geopython #python #gischat

New blog post by Adam Steer: Identifying deformed sea ice using geomorphons ❄️🌊 Exploring sea ice as a landscape analysis problem with QGIS + GRASS GIS, using drone + lidar data. 👉 https://www.spatialised.net/identifying-deformed-sea-ice-using-geomorphons/ #geospatial #rstats #rspatial #gischat

Starting out with geographic data in Python? 🌍🐍 Chapter 1 of Geocomputation with Python introduces vector & raster models + core tools (geopandas, shapely, rasterio). 👉 https://py.geocompx.org/01-spatial-data #geopython #python #gischat

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: youtu.be/0u6tPM-USHY 💬 Feel free to share your comments.

hivemind style question about spatial model sampling strategy: when modelling a highly spatially autocorrelated response such as the one shown here, I found the only way to produce models with correctable spatial autocorrelation (using eigenvectors) in the […] [Original post on sciences.social]

🌍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]

Spatial Data Science across languages now has a website: https://spatial-data-science.github.io/ Thanks @martinfleis !

This week (Sep 15–19) I’m attending the #ecmlpkdd2025 conf in Porto! Happy to chat about the intersection of machine learning and spatial data -- reach out if you’d like to meet. 🌍 #ECMLPKDD2025 #machinelearning #geospatial

🚀 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]

📢 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

🌍 Call for Papers! Submit to the Progress in Physical Geography special issue: Coding Earth: Open Source Solutions in Physical Geography 📅 Deadline: 18 Dec 2025 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/home/ppg #opensource #openscience #gischat #rspatial #geopython

We’ve updated the geocompx README. Find guides, books, and tools for geocomputation in R, Python, and Julia — plus ways to get involved. Take a look: https://github.com/geocompx #geocomputation #rstats #python #opensource #geocompx

Spatial Data Science Symposium 2025 is announced. Check it out, it's hybrid! http://sdss2025.spatial-data-science.net/index.html

📦 New R package: sfhotspot by Matt Ashby Identify & analyze spatial clusters of points (places/events) entirely with sf objects. Includes tools for counts, change over time, kernel density, Getis–Ord Gi*, & classification. 🔗 GitHub […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

🌍 Which geospatial conferences are you excited about in 2026? I'm compiling a list at https://github.com/Nowosad/conferences_2026 -- please contribute events you know about! What am I missing? #gis #remotesensing #spatialdata #gischat

🚀 From soil to space (and back) : PhD position using satellites & ML to study peatland carbon flux. Based in Münster, with research stays in Enschede. 📅 Apply before 15 Sept 2025 🔗 https://stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/112b1672862ecf6f36fedb4835a68b8e4b77c78e0 #remotesensing #phd […]

Chapter 16: Summary & Future of Geocomputation 🚀📖 What’s next? 📌 This final chapter reflects on key themes, gaps, and the future of geocomputation. Crucially, learn how to contribute to open-source spatial communities! 🔗 https://r.geocompx.org/conclusion #rstats #rspatial #geocompx

Check out "Scaling the r-spatial ecosystem" by Dewey Dunnington 🌍📦 An exploration of how R’s spatial tools can be used for big(ger) data. Video: https://youtu.be/tjNEoIYr_ag?feature=shared Slides: https://dewey.dunnington.ca/slides/rspatial2025 #rstats #rspatial #gis #spatialdata

Chapter 15: Ecological Modeling & Geocomputation 🌱🗺️ Modeling the floristic gradient to reveal distinctive vegetation belts! 📌 Learn spatial modeling techniques with random forests & hyperparameter tuning to analyze ecological data in R. 🔗 https://r.geocompx.org/eco #rstats #rspatial #geocompx

New R package: rgeomorphon 📦 by Andrew Brown Classifies terrain forms using a parallel C++ implementation of the geomorphon algorithm. 🔗 https://github.com/brownag/rgeomorphon #rstats #gis #terrainanalysis #remotesensing #rspatial

Chapter 14: Geomarketing & Location Analysis 🏪📍 Where should you open a bike shop? 📌 Learn how to use census & OpenStreetMap data for spatial decision-making in geomarketing & site selection. 🔗 https://r.geocompx.org/location #rstats #rspatial #geocompx

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]

Chapter 13: Transport Systems Analysis 🚶🚴🚌 Model transport networks! 📌 Analyze travel patterns, desire lines, routes, and accessibility using open data and reproducible geospatial workflows in R. 🔗 https://r.geocompx.org/transport #rstats #rspatial #geocompx

🌲 New R package: forestdata makes it easy to download forestry and land cover data from multiple sources (Copernicus, ESRI, EU-Trees4F, and more). Supports sf, SpatRaster, and tidy outputs. Explore it here: https://cidree.github.io/forestdata/ #rstats #rspatial #forestry #landcover

Chapter 12: Spatial Statistical Learning 📊🌍 Boost your spatial models! 📌 Learn about spatial autocorrelation, cross-validation, and machine learning with `mlr3`, using a real-world landslide prediction case study. 🔗 https://r.geocompx.org/spatial-cv #rstats #rspatial #geocompx

New R package alert: 📦 mbg for model-based geostatistics Run spatial ML & geostatistical models to estimate continuous surfaces from point data + raster covariates. Built on sf, terra, data.table, caret, and R-INLA. https://cran.r-project.org/package=mbg #rspatial #rstats #geostatistics

🚨 Final part of our Spatial ML with R series ! 🚨 We explore spatial cross-validation with sperrorest & blockCV — tools outside the usual ML frameworks 📦 URL: https://geocompx.org/post/2025/sml-bp6/ #rstats #spatialml #rspatial

🚨 Call for Papers – Deadline Extended! Contribute to the Special Issue on Machine Learning in Geography – Challenges & Perspectives 🌍🤖 🔗 https://www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/announcement/view/1 #GeoAI #machinelearning #geography #cfp

Chapter 11: Writing Geoalgorithms 💻🧩🔁 Focuses on developing reusable and reproducible code for spatial tasks in R. Demonstrates algorithm design using examples like calculating polygon centroids. 🔗 https://r.geocompx.org/algorithms #rstats #rspatial #geocompx

Super nice to receive a personal, non-digital present at #agit2025 - thanks, @underdarkGIS.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy! Also, for your valuable contributions to agit!

🪡 A heads-up about the Geocomputation with R book: some copies were mistakenly printed in black & white instead of full color. If you received one, please contact me or the publisher for a replacement. A new, correct copy will be sent to you! Publisher […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Applying for a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship? I’ve written about my experience: 📄 The application process: https://jakubnowosad.com/posts/2024-07-22-msca-bp1/ 📊 8 months into the project: https://jakubnowosad.com/posts/2025-04-13-msca-bp2/ Hope it's useful! #msca #postdoc #horizoneurope

Chapter 10: Bridges to GIS Tools 🌉🛠️📦 Shows how to connect R with external GIS tools like QGIS, GRASS, and SAGA. Also includes guidance on working with GDAL, spatial databases, and cloud-based services. 🔗 https://r.geocompx.org/gis #rstats #rspatial #geocompx