Happy solstice everyone, and may you know that the tilt of the Earth and not the distance from the Sun is the reason for the seasons.

The EU’s €2T budget overlooks a key tech pillar: Open source https://thenextweb.com/news/eu-budget-open-source

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

Run offline maps on #RaspberryPi with MapTiler Server. Ideal for deployment in remote areas, during emergency response, or at industrial sites. Now maps can be accessed anywhere, even on single-board computers without an internet connection. Find out more via link in the comment section.

Spent all day fixing a bug in metR that broke tanaka contours when projecting contours. Now it's fixed and can keep designing my poster. #rstats

#rstats is anyone here using #positron? I discovered that the latest version works for me! Super happy about that. Now I'm trying to find out how it will load data files from the current working directory when started with a .qmd file from there, instead of trying to read from my home directory.

🚀 Last week, we hosted "Advances in Spatial Machine Learning 2025", a two-day workshop tackling open challenges in the field. From validation to uncertainty analysis, we explored key topics with top researchers. Now, we're working on synthesizing […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

🚧 We're proposing a new section "Machine Learning of Spatial Data" for the #rstats CRAN Task View: Analysis of Spatial Data. https://github.com/cran-task-views/Spatial/pull/89 Feedback is welcome -- are we missing key packages or ideas? Feel free to reply or […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Designer wanted! We're looking for someone to design a logo and icons for Open Infrastructure Map. This is a paid contract. More info & how to apply: https://github.com/openinframap/openinframap/discussions/216 #OpenStreetMap #design #webdesign

It's been a pleasure contributing to the "Spatial Data Science Languages" preprint spear-headed by @edzer together with @martinfleis @paleolimbot @robinlovelace @nowosad @josi @loreabad6 https://fosstodon.org/@martinfleis/114261790590024080 #SpatialDataScience #gischat

🌍 Calling all future geospatial innovators! 🛰️ 📅 Application Deadline for Self-Financed Students: 31 May 👉 How to apply: https://mastergeotech.info/how-to-apply/on-line-application/ Successful candidates will be contacted by a host institution representative […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

On my floor, atm

I think about this map a lot. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-us-land-use/

"How disruptive would it be if GitHub started deleting repositories, or Google Scholar started hiding certain papers in response to U.S. government demands?" https://www.thetransmitter.org/policy/science-must-step-away-from-nationally-managed-infrastructure/ Most people with some interest […]

Jan Boehmermann (Böhmermann) on Germany, its history and present: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8brq-0Wcjg8 #Germany #depol #elections #afd

It's time to re-enjoy this golden quote about me and #curl, shown in the most awesome way.

The legality (not wisdom) of putting European private data on US clouds hinges on the availability of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Trump neutered this board, and the European parliament has taken notice & asked the European Commission what they think:

@CD_Newton Thanks to Edzer Pebesma I finally could get the process right. It's really simple, and works really well. ``` library(sf) data <- st_read('~/Downloads/bizkaia_elementos_test.gpkg') |> st_make_valid() i <- st_intersection(data) i2 <- […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Peter Barr explains why three UK #universities recently cancelled their #elsevier #readAndPublish agreements and why their are unsustainable. https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20250211161002365 PS: For my own objections to these deals overlap significantly with Barr's. See the […]

$DEITY bless the #GDAL crew #gis lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gd...

My institute is looking for a project coordinator / innovation manager - a permanent academic position. It's a great insitute, very international, pleasant and informal atmosphere. Deadline Feb 28; see https://stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/de256635a26f5ab26eda97a537241659061ef4350?ref=homepage

Not sure if I missed the announcement, but it looks like {duckplyr} hit the big 1.0.0. https://duckplyr.tidyverse.org/news/index.html

The most iconic figure in the environmental sciences is the Keeling Curve, the CO₂ record from Mauna Loa, Hawaii. @noaa.gov had a wonderful site where you could visualize and download these data, and now it's just gone. These data belong to us and we should not let this happen!

I have $ /usr/bin/R -q --vanilla -e 'X11.options()$type' > X11.options()$type [1] "cairo" > > $ ./svn/R/trunk/bin/R -q --vanilla -e 'X11.options()$type' > X11.options()$type [1] "Xlib" How do I compile R-devel such that it picks cairo as default? @eddelbuettel

🚨 After years of development, the new version of #rstats tmap (4) is now available on CRAN! 🎉 Huge thanks to author Martijn Tennekes and all contributors. 🔧 Install: `install.packages("tmap")` 📚 Vignettes: https://buff.ly/4aAYNbq 📖 Book Chapter: https://buff.ly/43TokaF #maps #tmap #rspatial

Na also, geht doch! "Hochschulen und Forschungsinstitutionen verlassen Plattform X - Gemeinsam für Vielfalt, Freiheit und Wissenschaft" https://idw-online.de/de/news845520 Wir werden sehen, wer von denen genug Sachverstand hat, um auf das Fediverse zu setzen […]