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Hacker News<p>FOSS4G Europe 2025 Live Streaming</p><p><a href="https://2025.europe.foss4g.org/livestream/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">2025.europe.foss4g.org/livestr</span><span class="invisible">eam/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS4G</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> #2025 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Live" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Live</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Streaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS4G</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Geospatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geospatial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LiveStream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiveStream</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Europe2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe2025</span></a></p>
FOSS Academy<p>Im nächsten <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@foss_academy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>foss_academy</span></a></span> Web-Seminar im August geht es um</p><p>👉 Moderne Cloud-Daten in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QGIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QGIS</span></a></p><p>Donnerstag 7. August 2025</p><p>Kostenloses einstündiges Web-Seminar<br>10.00 - 11.00 Uhr<br>Jetzt schon anmelden!<br><a href="https://foss-academy.com/web-seminare/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">foss-academy.com/web-seminare/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSSGIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSGIS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OSGeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSGeo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GEOSPATIAL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GEOSPATIAL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS4G</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebGIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebGIS</span></a></p>
geoObserver<p>Symbiose: Strava &amp; OSM <a href="https://geoobserver.de/2025/07/07/symbiose-strava-osm/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">geoobserver.de/2025/07/07/symb</span><span class="invisible">iose-strava-osm/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strava" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>strava</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/osm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>osm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openstreetmap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openstreetmap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gistribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gistribe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gischat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gischat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossgis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossgis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foss4g" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss4g</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OSGeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSGeo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geospatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geospatial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geoObserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geoObserver</span></a> pls RT</p>
geoObserver<p>PyQGIS-Video: Massenberechnung mit QGIS / Mass calculation with QGIS <a href="https://geoobserver.de/2025/06/19/pyqgis-video-massenberechnung-mit-qgis/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">geoobserver.de/2025/06/19/pyqg</span><span class="invisible">is-video-massenberechnung-mit-qgis/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/qgis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qgis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/switch2qgis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>switch2qgis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gistribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gistribe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gischat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gischat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossgis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossgis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foss4g" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss4g</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OSGeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSGeo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geospatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geospatial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataViz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataViz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geoObserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geoObserver</span></a> pls RT via @PyQgis</p>
North Road<p>QGIS 3D Globe is coming in QGIS v3.44 - Available in the nightlies now! <br>Built by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@lutraconsulting" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lutraconsulting</span></a></span> and North Road - Thanks to the Cesium Ecosystem Grant. <br><a href="https://youtu.be/e80VkZHKhrQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/e80VkZHKhrQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Want to sponsor more 3D in QGIS? Check out our current&nbsp;crowdfunder ➡️ <a href="https://www.lutraconsulting.co.uk/crowdfunding/qgis-3d-for-open-source-digital-twins" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lutraconsulting.co.uk/crowdfun</span><span class="invisible">ding/qgis-3d-for-open-source-digital-twins</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Cesium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cesium</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/3D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3D</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/QGIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QGIS</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss4g" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss4g</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/osgeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>osgeo</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sig</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/gis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gis</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/digitaltwins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitaltwins</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
QField<p>🌍 1 Million Downloads... and This Is Just the Beginning!</p><p>They said it was "just an app" for specialists. Ha! Our community of mapping rebels just proved them spectacularly wrong. 😎</p><p>QField → 1 MILLION DOWNLOADS → Not stopping here</p><p>What's our totally-not-secret plan? 🔍 Making mapping so intuitive, literally anyone can do it 🤝 Collaborative geospatial work that actually works</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/QField" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QField</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSS4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS4G</span></a></p>
Adam<p><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/MondayMusings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MondayMusings</span></a></p><p>When I talk about open source software (usually in a geospatial sense) - I am not thinking about digital artefacts.</p><p>That's not my jam, I'm not a code writer past thoughtful tinkering and making science things go (once, on my machine).</p><p>What I *am* thinking and talking about is resilience, sustainability, ownership, hazard mitigation and risk management, community. </p><p>Open source software is necessary for all of those.</p><p><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/foss4g" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss4g</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resilience</span></a></p><p>1/3</p>
Adam<p>It's been a while since the writing energy has hit. So today has been all about punching through a writeup of doing something useful with imperfect data</p><p><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/dronemapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dronemapping</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/fieldwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fieldwork</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/FOSS4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS4G</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.spatialised.net/counting-trees-in-sparse-woodland-with-opendronemap-pdal-and-qgis/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">spatialised.net/counting-trees</span><span class="invisible">-in-sparse-woodland-with-opendronemap-pdal-and-qgis/</span></a></p>
QGIS<p>🎉 Big Changes Ahead: We're moving to Qt6 and Launching <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/QGIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QGIS</span></a> 4.0!</p><p><a href="https://blog.qgis.org/2025/04/17/qgis-is-moving-to-qt6-and-launching-qgis-4-0/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.qgis.org/2025/04/17/qgis-</span><span class="invisible">is-moving-to-qt6-and-launching-qgis-4-0/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GISChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GISChat</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/osgeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>osgeo</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss4g" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss4g</span></a></p>
GeoServer<p>GeoServer 3 Crowdfunding – Last Call!</p><p><a href="https://geoserver.org/behind%20the%20scenes/2025/04/08/gs3-last-call.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">geoserver.org/behind%20the%20s</span><span class="invisible">cenes/2025/04/08/gs3-last-call.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OSGeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSGeo</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss4g" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss4g</span></a></p>
Adam<p>Seriously - free <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/strategic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>strategic</span></a> advice for every government: Do not build infrastructure on systems over which you have no control.</p><p>"but we have a contract"</p><p>Cool cool are you able to change business decisions within the contracted party? Probably no. You have a risk you simply cannot control or mitigate.</p><p>This is why <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> should be at the heart of all national digital infrastructures.</p><p><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/FOSS4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS4G</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Adam<p>TIL... 🙄. nationalmap.gov.au is/was an open source TerriaJS instance delivering all kinds of data via open standards in a single space.</p><p>The digital atlas of Australia is based on proprietary ESRI services. Colour me disappointed, not surprised</p><p>The strategic question being: why develop a new digital atlas if the old one was not used? 🤔 </p><p>Personally I would have chosen to keep developing an open platform, especially in current geopolitical light.</p><p><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/geostrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geostrategy</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/openplatforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openplatforms</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/foss4g" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss4g</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a></p>
Adam<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@EvenRouault" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EvenRouault</span></a></span></p><p>It's so wild that people in 2025 still say things like "we need to leave politics out they are divisive".</p><p>My beautiful <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/foss4g" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss4g</span></a> people, everything geographical, everything touching computers, is a political act. Code is political. Maps are political, data are political. Claiming to be apolitical is a political stance. </p><p>Is politics divisive? Intrinsically no! It's a forum of ideas about how we live. Only divisive when ego and greed and short termism is dominant.</p>
OpenStreetMapa man points at a laptop while others look at the screen in the auditorium at the State of the Map event in Nairobi, Kenya.
Agroecology Map<p>Step-by-step guide on how to register an agroecological initiative on the Agroecology Map</p><p>Watch on Youtube<br><a href="https://youtu.be/0gC0QceXkCs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/0gC0QceXkCs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/agroecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agroecology</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/permaculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>permaculture</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/agroforestry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agroforestry</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/agroecologia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agroecologia</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/permacultura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>permacultura</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/agrofloresta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agrofloresta</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/agro%C3%A9cologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agroécologie</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/permaculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>permaculture</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/agroforesterie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agroforesterie</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/agro%C3%B6kologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agroökologie</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/permakultur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>permakultur</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/agroforstwirtschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agroforstwirtschaft</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/ict4d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ict4d</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/gis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gis</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/foss4g" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss4g</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/osm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>osm</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/openstreetmap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openstreetmap</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/digitalagriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalagriculture</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a> <a href="https://social.agroecologymap.org/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citizenscience</span></a></p>
Javier Jimenez Shaw<p>Talk "Introduction to Vertical Coordinate Systems" from <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/foss4ge2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss4ge2024</span></a> in Tartu</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tELPb9G64zU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=tELPb9G64z</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p><p>The slides in PDF are available in the description of the video and in my web page.<br><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/FOSS4GE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS4GE</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/FOSS4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS4G</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/coordinatesystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coordinatesystems</span></a></p>
Javier Jimenez Shaw<p>Talk "WGS 84: I don't know, I don't care" from <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/foss4ge2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss4ge2024</span></a> in Tartu.<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2ck3cAGvhg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=M2ck3cAGvhg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>The slides in PDF are available in the description of the video and in my web page.<br><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/FOSS4GE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS4GE</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/FOSS4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS4G</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/coordinatesystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coordinatesystems</span></a></p>
Adam<p>Listening to a corporate GIS webinar about field data collection...</p><p>I'm constantly repressing the urge to shout "your problem goes away if you ditch ESRI!!!"</p><p>😬</p><p>It is really hard to watch. However, I'm not allowed to touch geospatial things here...</p><p><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/gischat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gischat</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/FOSS4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS4G</span></a></p>
Michael Bacon<p>To be clear, this is the <a href="https://social.coop/tags/FOSS4G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS4G</span></a> high-touch solution that I know the most about:</p><p>- PostGIS with a Geoserver instance in front of it<br>- Some kind of SPA wrapping Leaflet or OpenLayers<br>- Jupyter notebooks with GeoPandas or similar for analysis<br>- Hosting costs plus dev hours if something needs to change</p><p>vs.</p><p>- Just dump it all into ArcGIS Online</p><p>I'm guessing there's some kind of FOSS solution which isn't as all-covering as ArcGIS Online but isn't as clunky as what I'm most familiar with.</p>
Michael Bacon<p>Question for <a href="https://social.coop/tags/gis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gis</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/foss4g" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss4g</span></a> folks.</p><p>I have an upcoming project which involves the need to collect a number of tabular and vector data sources and present them graphically. The easy answer is ESRI’s web products, but those have licensing costs and vendor lock-in of course. </p><p>Is there an openish option that can come close to the straightforward rapid deployment possibilities that ESRI offers? Would love to recommend something else but the solutions I know are more high touch.</p>