Honored and excited to be part of useR! 2026 I will give a keynote on geocomputation and spatial data science in R. 📅 6–9 Jul 2026, Warsaw, Poland 🔗 https://user2026.r-project.org/ Let’s make this event spatial! #user2026 #rstats #rspatial #geocompr

{sfnetworks} question... I want to blend points to a graph network derived from OSM road data that includes `highway=path` linestrings but don't want the points to be on these paths. I need the points to be on an actual road. Continued... #rstats

Submission deadline approaching for "Coding Earth – open-source solutions in Physical Geography" We look forward to submissions on open-source methods and tools in geography. ⏳ Deadline: 1 Mar 2026 🔗 https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ppg #opensource #rstats #python #julia

Happy Birthday OSGeo! Celebrating 20 years of Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial 2026-02-04 Thank you to everyone who has been part of this endeavour over the last 20 years. We invite you to celebrate with us, to share memories & to look ahead to […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Submission deadline approaching for "Coding Earth – open-source solutions in Physical Geography" We look forward to submissions on open-source methods and tools in geography. ⏳ Deadline: 1 Mar 2026 🔗 https://journals.sagepub.com/home/ppg #opensource #rstats #python #julia

R Coding for Ecology chapter on cblindplotR 🎨 Shows how to create colourblind-friendly maps and visualizations in R. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-99665-8_13 #rstats #dataviz #accessibility #openscience #rspatial

FOSS4G 2026 Travel Grant Program is Now Open https://2026.foss4g.org/en/register/travel-grant/ #foss4g #osgeo #gischat

New updates to Intro to GIS and Spatial Analysis by Manuel Gimond 🚀 The spatial analysis section now includes expanded coverage of spatial patterns. Explore the update: https://mgimond.github.io/Spatial/chp11_0.html #gischat #spatialAnalysis #openeducation

🗺️ fastfocal: fast moving-window and point extraction for rasters in R, optimized for large windows and common focal stats via FFT. Built on terra. https://cran.r-project.org/package=fastfocal #rstats #giscience #rspatial

New R Coding for Ecology chapter on measuring landscape patterns with landscapemetrics and motif 📊🌍 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-99665-8_10 Preprint: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2405.06559 Code: https://github.com/Nowosad/landscapemetrics_motif_2026 #landscapeecology #rspatial #gis

"Géomatique et cartographie avec R" has been updated! :rstats: 🗺️ :osm: https://rgeocarto.github.io/ - Données vectorielles avec {sf} (vector data processing) - Données raster avec {terra} (raster data processing) - Cartographie avec {mapsf} (thematic […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

🔥 How do Arctic wildfires affect permafrost? Our new study finds no consistent pattern in lake size changes but increased variability in burned areas.💧 URL: https://rdcu.be/efgox #climatechange #arctic #wildfires #permafrost

We just published a JOSIS paper on what spatial data science languages have in common and what they still need. Insights from across the R, Python & Julia ecosystems. URL: https://doi.org/10.5311/JOSIS.2025.31.462 #SpatialDataScience #gischat #opensource #rspatial #geopython #juliageo

🗺️ In his blog post, David O’Sullivan outlines an approach for dividing New Zealand into four regions with identical population counts. URL: https://dosull.github.io/posts/2025-06-13-population-quadrants/ #geospatial #populationanalysis #rspatial #rstats

✨What’s new in geocomputation this year? The #geocompx 2025 update covers project milestones, current work, and future plans. URL: https://geocompx.org/post/2025/updates-2025/ #rstats #rspatial #geopython

Introducing gdalcli by Andrew Brown -- an R frontend to GDAL’s unified CLI (≥3.11) 🌐 Compose and execute GDAL workflows with pipe-friendly functions. Learn more: https://github.com/brownag/gdalcli #rstats #gdal #geospatial #opensource #rspatial

New in the spatial toolbox: {spdgp} 🔧 Generate data for SEM, SAR, SLX, SARAR, Durbin, GNM, MESS, and other spatial regression models. https://github.com/JosiahParry/spdgp #rstats #gis #spatialmethods

The spcosa package provides an R framework for spatial coverage sampling. Explore examples at https://git.wur.nl/Walvo001/spcosa #rstats #rspatial #gis #spatialstatistics

✨What’s new in geocomputation this year? The #geocompx 2025 update covers project milestones, current work, and future plans. URL: https://geocompx.org/post/2025/updates-2025/ #rstats #rspatial #geopython

🚀 Exploring COGs (Cloud‑Optimized GeoTIFFs) in R with the terra package (e.g., visualizing the internal tile structure). See: https://guide.cloudnativegeo.org/cloud-optimized-geotiffs/accessing-cogs-in-r-terra.html#detailed-demonstration #rstats #rspatial #geospatial #cloudnativegeo #gischat

🌍 Recently I gave a brief intro talk on three connected deep learning concepts: GNNs, embeddings, and foundation models. URL: https://jakubnowosad.com/agforum2025 The slides include reproducible R examples showing how each concept works in practice. #GeoAI #rspatial #gischat

A growing list of 2026 geospatial conferences is live 🌍 URL: https://github.com/Nowosad/conferences_2026 If you know of additional GIS or remote-sensing events, please contribute. PRs and suggestions are welcome. #gischat #geospatial #spatialdata #conferences2026

David O’Sullivan explores population quadtrees in R: iteratively bisecting New Zealand’s population into equal population rectangular areas. URL: https://dosull.github.io/posts/2025-06-20-population-binary-space-partition/ #rstats #rspatial #gischat

No more sf::st_as_text() or st_geomfromtext() to move geospatial data between {sf} and duckdb spatial 😃 https://cidree.github.io/duckspatial/ #gischat #rstats #duckdb

Call for papers: Coding Earth — Open Source Solutions in Physical Geography for Progress in Physical Geography ⚡ Show how open-source tools, coding workflows, and open science are reshaping physical geography […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

🌱 Want to calculate growing degree days (GDD) in R? The pollen package supports three different GDD methods, letting you explore heat accumulation for plant & animal development. Examples: https://jakubnowosad.com/pollen/articles/gdd.html #rstats #ecology #phenology

New in gdalraster 2.2.0 🎉 You can now run GDAL CLI algorithms (e.g., gdal raster calc) directly from R -- thanks to the new GDAL 3.11 unified CLI. Docs: https://usdaforestservice.github.io/gdalraster/articles/use-gdal-cli-from-r.html #rstats #rspatial #gdal #osgeo

🌍 How trustworthy are your spatial predictions? In my talk for the Rome R Users Group, I showed practical ways to evaluate where spatial predictions are trustworthy, and where they aren't. Slides: https://jakubnowosad.com/rome2025 Video […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

🚀 Tomorrow’s the day! Join me at the Rome R User Group on Thu, Nov 27 (6 PM CET). We’ll explore practical workflows for geospatial predictive mapping in R: covering interpolation, machine learning, and strategies to make spatial predictions more reliable. Details […]

🔍 David O’Sullivan explores how to generate random points on the globe in R -- from uniform random to Halton sequences and blue-noise sampling. Read more: https://dosull.github.io/posts/2025-01-13-random-points-on-globe-revisited/random-points-on-globe.html #rstats #rspatial #gischat

Chapter 8 of Geocomputation with Python is all about cartography: 🎨 Designing maps 🖼️ Static maps with .plot & rasterio.plot.show 🌐 Interactive maps with .explore 👉 https://py.geocompx.org/08-mapping #geopython #python #gischat #geocompx

Reliable global data with stable identifiers from @overturemaps.bsky.social

What are the most exciting trends you’re seeing in spatial data science lately? Some of mine: - New file formats (e.g. #geoparquet) - Geospatial DBs (e.g. #duckdb + spatial) - Global discrete grids What would you add? #geospatial #gischat #rspatial #geopython

What are the most exciting trends you’re seeing in spatial data science lately? Some of mine: - New file formats (e.g. #geoparquet) - Geospatial DBs (e.g. #duckdb + spatial) - Global discrete grids What would you add? #geospatial #gischat #rspatial #geopython

🚀 Excited to speak at the Rome R User Group Thu, Nov 27 (6PM CET)! I’ll show practical workflows for geospatial predictive mapping in R — from interpolation to machine learning, plus tools to avoid spatial bias and improve prediction reliability. More info […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

My lightning talk on {geotargets} from posit::conf(2025) is up on YouTube! https://youtu.be/RmTtugX1CoE?si=3rER0gwnDueIsL4f #positconf2025 #rstats #rspatial

Chapter 7 of Geocomputation with Python shows how to: 🔹 Find spatial datasets (geoportals & download tools) 🔹 Work with different file formats (strengths & limits) 🔹 Read & write vector + raster files efficiently 👉 https://py.geocompx.org/07-read-write #geopython #python #gischat #geocompx

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@gds506/115543261943027584 Thank you, Guillermo!

What a delight to read this book/project 😃 😃 https://tmap.geocompx.org/ #rstats #gis #gisChat Many thanks to @nowosad#rstats#gis#gischatd Martijn Tennekes for putting it together. Tmap is my very favorite R library for creating maps ❤️

tmap or ggplot2 for maps? 🗺️ David O’Sullivan breaks down the trade-offs in a blog post. URL: https://dosull.github.io/posts/2024-11-16-tmap-vs-ggplot/tmap4-vs-ggplot2.html #rstats #rspatial #maps #tmap #ggplot2

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 […]