FOSS4G UK is always a great conference - I'm already thinking about what talk I could submit...

In case you missed it FOSS4G UK 2026 is happening this year in Leeds! The conference will take place on 12th and 13th of October. We are actively looking for sponsors to take part, please contact [email protected] uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2026/

For the upcoming 'London "Geo" Meetup #2', we have our final speaker Gerardo Ezequiel Martín Carreño,on "Shaping Cool Cities: Multi-source data fusion for urban heat mitigation and modelling across six European cities" RSVP: lgm.jsonsingh.com #OSM #OSGeo #Geospatial #Opensource #London #meetup

For the upcoming 'London "Geo" Meetup #2', we have our 2nd speaker Gabriella Edghill, from Rebalance Earth presenting on "UK Power at Risk: Using open-source to assess power loss risk from flooding" RSVP and more details here: lgm.jsonsingh.com #OSM #OSGeo #Geospatial #Opensource #London #meetup

Whether you are professional/academic with years of experience or a fresher/student who's just starting, I would love to hear your perspective. Share about your motivation in GIS, your past, current or future projects. Reach at: [email protected]. #geography #Geospatial #Meetup #London

Finally, we have our 3rd speaker Dr Stuart Grieve. It's because of Stuart this event is taking place as he was able to secure the venue at Queen Mary. If you are planning to hire for spatial roles soon, please come along. RSVP: lgm.jsonsingh.com #OSM #OSGeo #Geospatial #London #meetup

terradraw.io is one of the projects funded by the OSGeo:UK in the past. If you have/will do any kind of drawing on the maps, James Milner is person for the job. #opensource #geosaptial #event

Excited to announce the first London "Geo" Meetup! If you work with or are curious about geospatial — maps, spatial, geography, community — come along. RSVP at: lgm.jsonsingh.com #geospatial #GIS #OpenStreetMap #OSGeo #London #meetup #opensource #OSM

Do come and support the open community. Or just spread the word :) #opensource #gis #community

⏰ One more day to complete our members survey:

OSGeo:UK Members Survey 2026 - closing Fri 27th Feb! We are interested in understanding more about our members. You can help us to achieve this goal by filling out the 2026 OSGeo:UK Members Survey: forms.gle/791iM52CjCDb... All questions optional & the form is <2 min More details at uk.osgeo.org

Starting with February 2026, @jsonsingh.com is planning on starting a monthly "London Geo Meetup" for anyone working or interested in geospatial. Looking at a mixed audience of students, professionals, academia and anyone in anything spatial. Interested?: app.formbricks.com/s/cmlb0thuk0...

Submit your own #freeandopensource #geospatial news story for inclusion in the OSGeo:UK newsletter using the form at this link: tinyurl.com/osgeouknews We are also looking for short thought pieces, no more than a few hundred words, which can be about anything to do with open geospatial 🌏

We welcome feedback on the 2025 GoFundGeo submissions and will be discussing them at 12:00pm this Wednesday (10th of December). Please email [email protected] for an invitation to the meeting. You can review the submissions here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

A reminder that GoFundGeo proposals are due by this coming Sunday at midnight!

Terra Draw is one of the projects that has previously benefited from the GoFundGeo programme. See this quote from @jameslmilner.bsky.social on how the funding has helped support the project. Submissions are open until end of month.

Sharing another quote from North Road, a previous recipient of GoFundGeo funding. Do you have a project that could benefit? uk.osgeo.org/gofundgeo.html

Here's a quote from one of the previous awardees, North Road, on how GoFundGeo funding helped QGIS development:

Do you have an open source geo project that could make a difference in the UK? We’ve got £6,000 to share between £500–£1000 projects! Submit your idea by 30 Nov 2025 to [email protected] 💵🌍 #foss4guk #OpenSource #foss4g #gischat

We have now uploaded all the recorded sessions from #FOSS4GUK 2025 in Leeds. 📹🦉 We would now invite everyone else to our youtube channel if you would like to catch up on the 35 recorded session. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCKv...

I’ve just returned from a fantastic 2 days in Leeds for FOSS4G:UK 2025. FOSS4G is an amazing group, and I am so proud to be part of the Local Organising Committee. We were in the great venue Horizon Leeds, with two days of workshops and talks. nickbearman.com/blog/2025-10...

My first time at the @uk.osgeo.org conference. It inspired me to highlight my research applying #Sentinel1 to #peatland with #qgis was published in the @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social Remote Sensing journal lnkd.in/eaPpipQu With zero funding resources, it was possible because of #foss4g resources. #gis

The programme and presentation slides can all be found here uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2025... Thanks again to @uk.osgeo.org for a great few days!

We just attended #FOSS4GUK in Leeds. It was a fantastic couple of days meeting other GIS & software enthusiasts to learn about WWII coordinate systems, making maps accessible & much more, all using free & open tools anyone can use! We also presented the code and history behind our new map catalogue.

#FOSS4GUK 2025 is a wrap. It was an amazing experience & outstanding success. Our speakers did so well to represent the spirit of OSGeo& #FOSS4G. Our greatest achievement was to welcome so many first time delegates and presenters to carry the torch and define us as a community diverse and united ♥️🫂

Anyone at #foss4guk @uk.osgeo.org interested in a part time role using #PostGIS and #FME

Fantastic #FOSS4GUK including talks, workshops and networking!

Good morning Leeds ☕😎@uk.osgeo.org #foss4guk

Very proud of my former student (now colleague!), Gabi, who just gave her first conference presentation at #foss4guk in Leeds. #geospatial #gis #osgeo #postgis

Looking forward to my first @uk.osgeo.org #FOSS4GUK conference today in #Leeds. Will be great to meet new #geospatial people 5 undoubtedly learn more about #qgis & other #opensource #gis tools

Wishing all my friends at @uk.osgeo.org #foss4guk in Leeds a great conference

This is the final regsitration call for #FOSS4GUK in Leeds on 1st and 2nd October. 🚨🚨 We have about 20 tickets left. Day tickets are also available. 🎟️🎟️🎟️ uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2025... We close registration 21st Sept and we really would like you to meet all of our amazing sponsors in Leeds.

We have just published the revised programme for FOSS4G:UK 2025 in Leeds. We have 4 concurrent sessions over two days with the keynotes in the joined @create space before and after the separate sessions. uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2025...

Registration for #FOSS4GUK 2025 on 1st and 2nd October is open! Full price tickets are £110, to cover a full programme of over 40 talks and workshops over the two days. Plus just £20 for a great social event and £15 for a unique conference t-shirt uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2025... #GISchat

We are happy to announce another Bronze sponsor for #FOSS4GUK 2025 in Leeds, which you will well know. 🦉 Mapbox is a global team of builders. They are developers and geographers, data scientists and drivers, designers and AI visionaries.

The last but not least of our community partners for #FOSS4GUK 2025 in Leeds are Women+ in Geospatial. 👩‍🎓👩‍💻👩‍🔬 #Inspire current and future generations of geospatial women. #Unite a strong, diverse geospatial community. #Empower women+ to grow personally and professionally.

Another wonderful community partners for #FOSS4GUK 2025 in Leeds is the AGI, Association for Geographic Information (AGI). 🗺️ www.agi.org.uk They lead, connect, and develop a community of individual and corporate members who use and benefit from geographic data and technologies.

We would like to introduce our wonderful community partners for #FOSS4GUK 2025 in Leeds Our first community sponsor is MapAction 🗺️🫂@mapaction.bsky.social MapAction provides geospatial expertise to humanitarian situations which can greatly improve outcomes for the people affected 🙏🙏

Please welcome back Nautoguide Ltd. as Bronze sponsor for #FOSS4GUK 2025 in Leeds. 🧑‍💻🗺️🦉 Nautoguide have generously sponsored our events in 2016 in Southampton and 2019 in Edinburgh. 🙏🙏🙏 If you love maps and data, you'll love Nautoguide. ⛵🧭 nautoguide.com

Please share our appreciation for Sparkgeo - Applied Geospatial who we welcome as a Bronze sponsor to #FOSS4GUK in Leeds.🙏🙏🙏🦉 sparkgeo.com Sparkgeo sponsors #foss4g events and contributes to the development of open-source geospatial software.🌐

Please welcome Astun Technology Ltd, who are supporting #FOSS4GUK as a Silver sponsor and also have contributed to many Open Source projects, events and initiatives before. 🙏🙏🦉 ❤️ www.astuntechnology.com

We welcome @maptiler.bsky.social as one of our Bronze tier sponsors for #FOSS4GUK 2025. As well as supporting Leeds they support #FOSS4GEurope and global #FOSS4G events in the past. 🦉 🌍 🙏 ‪ MapTiler innovate cartography to empower people, improve their lives, and support freedom. ⛓️‍💥🗺️🙏

Only 1 week left for early bird tickets for #FOSS4GUK - sales end 31st July! ⏱️⏰🔔 Tickets are the bargain price of £80 until the end of July, plus just £20 for a great social event and £15 for a unique conference t-shirt. uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2025...

We are happy to announce a sponsor for #FOSS4GUK 2025 in Leeds 🦉 🙏 Lutra Consulting are long-time #QGIS adopters and core developers.🌍 www.lutraconsulting.co.uk They are sponsoring as Mergin Maps which allows you to take your QGIS projects into the field. 📱🗺️ merginmaps.com

The Call for Talks & Workshops for #FOSS4GUK is now closed ✋ We have received many great proposals - thank you everyone. We aim to provide you with an individual response as soon as possible, so everyone who is presenting can purchase an early bird ticket. 🐦🎟️ uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2025...

A quick reminder that the CfP for #FOSS4GUK 2025 closes at midnight tonight! ⏱️⏰🔔 We only need an abstract today to give us a general idea of your talk or workshop. You still have 75 days to work out the details. uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2025...

We have booked the Canal Club in Leeds for a social networking event on Wednesday evening, October 1st. Tickets can be reserved with the registration for #FOSS4GUK 2025 through our eventbrite page. We are looking forward to meeting you there. It will be a hoot.🦉🗺️🍹🩷 uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2025...

If you haven’t yet it is worth following the Open Source Geospatial software UK account. Focusing on problem-solving and using science and technology to build a sustainable world:

We are absolutely thrilled to announce today another Gold sponsor for #FOSS4G:UK 2025 in Leeds 🗺️🦉 Esri is the global leader in GIS software, location intelligence, and mapping. Esri UK take a geographic approach to problem-solving and use science and technology to build a sustainable world 🧑‍💻🌍

A day in Sarajevo yesterday before heading to Mostar today for #FOSS4G EU