The call for proposals is really closing on Wednesday, like a week earlier than we planned, because we've got plenty of talk proposals. So this is your absolute last chance to get a proposal in. Lightning Talks and Posters will remain open. #gischat #geosky

FOSS4G North America@foss4gna.bsky.social · 3w ago

⏳ Last call for #FOSS4G North America talks! Got insights on: 💼 Business of Open Source 🤝 Community of Practice 🌊🔥 Water, Fire & Resilience 🛠️ Core tools — GRASS, PostGIS, QGIS, GDAL & more Maintainers, contributors, educators & data pros — submit your proposal!

🌎 Lead a 3-hour hands-on workshop at FOSS4G NA 2026 in California! Share your open-source #geospatial expertise around Resilience & Innovation. Facilitators of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. ✅ Submit your workshop proposal today: www.foss4gna.org/new... #GIS #opensource #LI #GISChat

Workshops — FOSS4G North America

Workshops are a core part of the FOSS4G North America experience. They provide a space for hands-on learning, skill-building, and meaningful interaction with open geospatial tools and communities. For the 2026 conference in Sacramento, California, we’re inviting proposals for workshops that focus o

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@abridgedpbskvie.bsky.social I'm honestly a little disappointed in your recent article on youth Australian Rules Football in Sacramento. Didn't mention it's a contact sport with full tackling at age 10. Some important unbiased information for parents was left out. play.afl/sites/defaul...

Groundhog Day Meaning xkcd.com/3202/

#gischat may your holidays be filled with maps

Nadieh Bremer@nadiehbremer.com · 8mo ago

Just stumbled across this wonderful FREE book on "Engineers of Map Art" documenting over a decade of cartography at ETH Zurich. A quick scroll shows amazing maps 😍 👉 ebook: www.research-collection.ethz.ch/entities/pub... 👉 physical copy: karto.ethz.ch/en/publicati... Have fun reading!

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. journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD... Deadline: 1 March 2026. #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

R Interface to DuckDB Database with Spatial Extension

Provides an interface between R and the DuckDB (see ) database with spatial extensions. It supports reading, writing, and performing some geometric operations.

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I'm prepping for tomorrow's FOSS4GNA version of Hand Drawn Maps, making sure the camera works with this computer. Join me tomorrow for some map fun! #gischat

If you're presenting research at @foss4gna.bsky.social, join our special issue with @stacksjournal.bsky.social as an author! You can also participate as a reviewer whether or not you're presenting! The call for posters is still open #gischat #geosky #opensource #geospatial www.foss4gna.org/journal

Stacks-Journal — FOSS4G North America

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I am incredibly proud of the quality of the workshops and the support that #maptimeDavis community has for each other. I am especially thankful to our organizing Council team for all the careful thought they put into making it happen. New Fall Quarter lineup: maptimedavis.github.io #gischat #geosky

TOP TEN CAT BREEDS 1. Super Bingus 2. Tender Loaf 3. Crime Bean 4. Le Squishe 5. Load-bearing Tater 6. Royal Softling 7. Electric Spiceweasel 8. Pantaloosian 9. Tammy 10. Dinky Porch Pebble

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

I really don’t feel like posting anything except hummingbirds. Sorrynotsorry.

📦 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*, etc. 🔗 GitHub: github.com/mpjashby/sfh... #RStats #GISchat #Geocomputation #RSpatial

🚨 Applications are now open! We are excited to announce that the @geospatialwomen.bsky.social Mentorship Programme is now accepting applications for our 25/26 cohort, open until 7th September! 🔗 Interested? Apply here: lnkd.in/ek7veWdG #gischat #remotesensing #geospatial #eo #gis #mentorship

Zines are a great tool for science communication. Earlier this year, I put one together with @kiricarini.com of @developmentseed.org. The zine provides a visually interesting jumping off point for folks learning cloud-native geospatial data!

I submitted this design to the @foss4gna.bsky.social design contest. (We're having a hootenanny instead of the traditional gala this year because we're not really gala people.) Don't you want this as a sticker? You can submit a design too! www.foss4gna.org/contest #gischat

You guys, I just love this garden so damn much. Six months ago, this was a dying lawn!

Motherfucker I can barely access Microsoft teams from my computer

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · last yr.

Microsoft and Mercedes‑Benz are working together to let people access Teams from the car. Benz is the first car maker to enable in-car camera use for Teams while a car is being driven. The companies are also partnering to put Microsoft 365 Copilot into vehicles. www.theverge.com/news/708481/...

These boundaries don't line up...which one should we use? Let me propose some light reading www.usgs.gov/data/nationa...

Check out this #SOTMUS retrospective blog post: openstreetmap.us/news/2025/07... A big thank you to Alyssa Castronuovo, OSM US program coordinator, for capturing the experiences of folks who attended the conference. Thanks for sharing your reflections. #StateofMapUS #OSM #OpenStreetMap #SOTMUS

Greetings from State of the Map US 2025

Another year another State of the Map US! Over 300 mappers gathered in Boston, Massachusetts in late June for OpenStreetMap US’s 13th annual conference, and to celebrate the organization’s 15th…

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📢 We’re hiring and looking for a Geospatial & AI Engineer. This is a remote-first position; however, you must reside in an ESA member country to be eligible to apply. This role focuses on backend engineering & cloud-native pipelines. AI/LLM skills are a plus, but not a must. grnh.se/al8eavv03us

iNaturalist Animals and Plants xkcd.com/3118/

Hey #gischat - you've got just 24 hours left to submit a talk or get early bird pricing for @foss4g.org - it won't be extended again! Community voting will start on over 200 talks and 40 workshop proposals from next week. 2025.foss4g.org

FOSS4G Auckland 2025

FOSS4G stands for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial, a conference hosted in partnership with OSGeo.

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A map of Ireland mad entirely out of yarn! #gischat www.thejournal.ie/woollen-map-...

Women seek home for 12ft by 11ft woollen map of Ireland

A group of up to 18 women in Co Wicklow, made up of skilled knitters, sewers and crocheters, started the project in 2019.

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This is so gorgeous!

Michele Tobias, PhD@micheletobias.bsky.social · last yr.

A map of Ireland mad entirely out of yarn! #gischat www.thejournal.ie/woollen-map-...

My 7yo wanted to read Red Fish Blue Fish today, then I showed him this video, and he lost his MIND, he is now convinced this guy is the best rapper ever. (Tbf, it is really good) youtu.be/I8-EXMxufG8?...

ONE FISH, TWO FISH, RED FISH, BLUE FISH | Dr. Seuss Raps over Dr. Dre Beats

YouTube video by Wes Tank

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Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com

🆕 #CNG2025 session recording @kylebarron.dev from @developmentseed.org introduces Obstore, a python library he wrote to access data on the cloud. Watch his talk to hear about the motivations for writing Obstore & its details ▶️ youtu.be/Wxh1G2oCZiU

[CNG 2025] Fast Cloud Storage Operations with Obstore – Kyle Barron

YouTube video by Cloud-Native Geospatial Forum

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