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9:36
What If Asteroid 2024 YR4 Hit Your Town?
sur Google Maps ManiaAccording to NASA, Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3% chance of impacting Earth on December 22, 2032. The asteroid is estimated to be between 40 to 90 meters (130 to 300 feet) in diameter.If you want to know what damage Asteroid 2024 YR4 might cause if it lands in your backyard, you can use Neal.Fun's Asteroid Launcher to find out.According to Neal.Fun's Asteroid Launcher, if a 200-foot diameter rock
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11:00 Mappery: Harry Beck’s Sketches for the Victoria Line
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We went to see the exhibition of Tube Diagrams featuring some very early sketches by Harry Beck at the Map House in Knightsbridge (very, very pricey).
Victoria Line at Kings Cross and Euston
Four unique sketches in Harry Beck’s hand showing different ways to depict the area around Kings Cross and Euston when the Victoria Line was added to the diagram.
These sketches, drawn between 1961 and 1964, after Beck was unceremoniously ousted by London Transport, show his continued obsession with the design.
The first sketch (top-left) employs a design element which Beck had never used before: a square symbol for a mainline station interchange. As Beck never included this device on any of his other maps, we can suppose that he did not like this solution.The second sketch (top-right) uses a bend in the Circle and Metropolitan Lines at King’s Cross to allow for a tidier connection with the Victoria Line. This ‘hump’ reduces the number of interchange circles to two, allowing for a much tighter diagram. Here Beck uses capitalized station names to indicate an interchange with British Railways services instead of the square icon. Beck had never been permitted to mix upper-case and lower-case station names prior to 1960.
The third sketch (bottom-left) shows King’s Cross with four interchange circles and Euston with three. Beck’s use of coloured circles to indicate which lines intersect dates back to his first map of 1933, but this tradition had been axed by Beck’s replacement who favoured one black circle or square to indicate an interchange. This sketch includes one other unique design element – the curved line connecting the two branches of the northern line between Mornington Crescent and Euston.
The fourth sketch (bottom-right) is an outlier, showing much of the eastern Circle Line, and parts of the Central and Piccadilly Lines. Here Harry Beck grapples with two problems: the route of the Victoria Line and how it might affect the eastern curve of the Circle Line. This sketch proposes a solution which never appears on a finished map, but was inspired by Paul Garbutt’s bottle-shaped Circle Line.
This remarkable set of sketches show the evolution of Harry Beck’s thinking about the addition of the Victoria Line and his continuing effort to improve the design after 1960.
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What is Your Ecoregion?
sur Google Maps ManiaEcotenet is an interactive platform that provides users with a unique map of ecoregions across the globe. The map focuses on ecological boundaries in order to provide users with an understanding of different types of ecoregion and their unique biodiversity.One of the most compelling aspects of Ecotenet is its emphasis on ecoregions, which are defined by the World Wildlife Fund as a "large unit
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23:07
Markus Neteler: GRASS GIS 8.4.1RC1 released
sur Planet OSGeoThe GRASS GIS 8.4.1RC1 release provides more than 70 improvements and fixes with respect to the release 8.4.0. Please support us in testing this release candidate.
The post GRASS GIS 8.4.1RC1 released appeared first on Markus Neteler Consulting.
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11:00
Mappery: Show Some Love, Keep It Clean
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Spotted in Chinatown, NYC.
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The Flight of the Barn Swallow
sur Google Maps ManiaThis animated gridded occurrence map shows recorded sightings of the Barn Swallow in Europe throughout 2024. The Barn Swallow is one of Europe's most well-known migratory birds, undertaking a long-distance migration between its breeding grounds in Europe and wintering areas in Africa.On the animated map, you can see Barn Swallows returning to southern Europe in late February and early March.
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21:31
QGIS Blog: Plugin Update – January, 2025
sur Planet OSGeoJanuary, the first month of 2025, brought us 36 new plugins, published in the QGIS plugin repository.
Here follows the quick overview in reverse chronological order. If any of the names or short descriptions catches your attention, you can find the direct link to the plugin page in the table below:
OverviewGBIF Extractor Based on an extent, the user can download GBIF data. Transliterator A plugin to transliterate Georgian script to Latin. CARTO Seamless Cloud Data Warehouse Integration. Open Google Maps Opens current map extent in Google Maps. Planet Sandbox Plugin Plugin to explore Planet’s Sandbox data from the Planet Insights Platform. Right now it only displays a single layer, but makes it easy to see where the data is. This plugin will expand functionality in future versions. QSFCGAL This plugin integrates SFCGAL functions into the QGIS Processing toolbox and expressions for advanced spatial analysis. Sampling Time Performs multiple sampling methods on shapefile layers. Layer Reverse Reverse order of highlighted layers. PointCloudFR Downloads LiDAR tiles from IGN that intersect with the input AOI. Layer CRS Shifter Coordinate System Shift for Layer. Connector for ODK Connect to ODK Central, fetch submissions, and visualize field data on QGIS maps. Supports filtering, spatial analysis, and data export. TeamArea Creator Create 3 Layers for each Team, Collecting Things like garbage and trace their route. Export collectionMarks to Excel. Lateral spreading Lateral spreading for seismic microzonation. WMS CQL Filter to QGIS Server Filter Request Transforms CQL_FILTER WMS request to a QGIS server compatible FILTER request. WQICalculator WQICalculator is a QGIS plugin that allows automatic calculation of the Water Quality Index (WQI) using raster data of various physicochemical parameters as input. Elasticsearch Loader Connects to an Elasticsearch index, executes a query, and loads the results as a QGIS layer. Sankalan 2 Tool for transferring data from and to Sankalan 2.0 Mobile App for field survey. Layer Color Plugin This plugin enables users to customize the background colors of layers and groups in the layer tree view, enhancing visual organization and project management. Seismic microzones with morphological gradient This plugin identifies areas with a morphological gradient with slopes ?15° within seismic zones (input vector file) starting from the DTM. Raster Stats Plus Calculates detailed statistics of a selected raster layer, allows you to choose the band via a menu, and generates histogram and Gaussian curve plots. Landsklim Spatial interpolations from quantitative data. RGD Savoie Mont Blanc Plugin Plugin QGIS fournissant un accès simple aux flux de données géographiques du GIP RGD Savoie Mont Blanc et d’autres ressources géographiques utiles aux acteurs publics de Savoie et de Haute-Savoie ( plan cadastral, photographies aériennes, données d’urbanismes, cartes topographiques, données alimétriques, PCRS…). Fonctionnalités de recherche et consultation de données cadsatrales. Recherche d’adresse postale. Veuillez noter qu’un certain nombre de services accessibles par le plugin nécessitent d’avoir un accès autorisé accordé par la RGD Savoie Mont Blanc. info@rgd.fr pour toute création de compte. TeleProp Radio Propagation Fieldstrength AfpolGIS Data Connector This plugin allows you to load geospatial data from several Data Platforms; OnaData, ODK, KoboToolbox, ES World, GTS and DHIS. GeoFlight Planner A versatile QGIS plugin for drone flight planning, ensuring optimized flight paths and high-quality data capture. Geology from points and lines Geoprocessing plugin to generate polygons and lines from lines and points with geological information. Census Downloader Downloads Census Data. FeaturesBoundingBox Show the BBox info for the selected features. Raster Reclassifier Reclassification of the raster layer using a table of range values ??extracted directly from the raster band, or defined directly by the user. The histogram of the raster is shown, reflecting the distribution of values ??within the minimum and maximum range of the selected reference band. Available languages: English, Italian and Spanish. ***ITALIANO*** Riclassificazione del layer raster tramite una tabella di valori di intervallo estratti direttamente dalla banda raster, oppure definiti direttamente dall’utente. Viene mostrato l’istogramma del raster, che riflette la distribuzione dei valori all’interno dell’intervallo minimo e massimo della banda di riferimento selezionata. QBeachball Easily plot focal mechanisms (beachballs) onto a map. argentina_georef Obtiene información administrativa de Argentina a partir de coordenadas. Stara Maps Plugin para organizar arquivos de agricultura de precisão, facilitando a organização de mapas e arquivos em geral. NL wfs_loader Deze plugin laad publiek beschikbare, maar lastig vindbare, WFS lagen. Polygon Labeler Automatically generate and label polygons with custom names, and add the labels as a new attribute field to the attribute table. ahp_application This QGIS plugin implements the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for suitability analysis. Geospatial Gateway – GeospatialCloudServ and Tile Server Connection This plugin requires the purchase of either Windows Tile Server [https:]] or Ready to Go Cloud or On-Prem/Edge Virtual Machine Solution [https:]] -
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GRASS GIS: GRASS GIS App for Mac now notarized
sur Planet OSGeoThe GRASS Development Team is pleased to announce that the prebuilt applications for macOS are now signed and notarized. This enhancement represents a significant improvement in both security and user convenience. The currently available notarized binaries include the preview version 8.5.0dev and the release candidate 8.4.1. These versions are bundled with essential software components, including GDAL 3.10.1, PDAL 2.8.3, PROJ 9.5.1, and Python 3.12. Future releases will also be signed and notarized to ensure continued security and compliance. -
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Mappery: GRAB
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Using Satellites for Spying
GRAB (Galactic Radiation and Background) Satellite Ground
Station Contact Map, 1960GRAB was the first electronic spy satellite; it picked up radio communications from Cold War adversaries. Ground operators used this map to tell when the satellite was overhead. That’s when they could download intercepted intelligence.
This is the last post from my visit to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, it’s a must see if you are in the city.
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3D Print Your World
sur Google Maps ManiaThe Topography Explorer is an interactive map that generates and allows users to explore 3D renderings of the Earth's surface.Using the application, you can create your own 3D visualizations of watershed areas or predefined regions. The animated GIF at the top of this post is an example of a 3D visualization generated by the Topography Explorer. This animation shows a 3D rendering of Bioko
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1:00
Nick Bearman: tmap version 4 released!
sur Planet OSGeotmap version 4 has now been released, and is now available on CRAN. It has a whole range of new features, which we will explore in this blog post.
If those words above mean nothing to you, a quick recap:
tmapis a library used in R to make maps. I use it in my Introduction to Spatial Data and Using R as a GIS training course so if you have attended one of those, you have already used it. If you are interested in learning more, check out my Training Courses or my Training Materialstmap’s maintainer, Martijn Tennekes, has been working on v4 for a number of years, and has quite a few changes under the hood.
From our point of view (people who are new-ish to R, and/or
tmap) the code to make maps has changed slightly. Martijn has put in a lot of ‘helper’ information for people transitioning from v3 to v4, so all your code will still work.For basic maps,
tmap v3:qtm()hasn’t changed at all; although you will notice that the defaults have changed:qtm(sthelens, fill="Burglary")
tmap v4:
qtm(sthelens, fill="Burglary")
Similarly,
tm_shapeandtm_polygonsare the same for a basic map, but again the defaults have changed.However, when you get to doing slightly more advanced things with
tm_shape, for example specifying colours, the code has changed slightly:tmap v3:
tm_shape(LSOA) + tm_polygons("Age00to04", title = "Aged 0 to 4", palette = "Greens", style = "jenks") + tm_layout(legend.title.size = 0.8)tmap v4:
tm_shape(LSOA) + tm_polygons(fill = "Age00to04", fill.scale = tm_scale_intervals(values = "brewer.greens", style = "jenks"), fill.legend = tm_legend(title.size = 0.8))One specific thing of note is that there is a much wider selection of colour pallets available than the Brewer pallets. As such, we now need to specify
brewer.greensrather than justGreens. However we do get a handy note if we forget:[cols4all] color palettes: use palettes from the R package cols4all. Run `cols4all::c4a_gui()` to explore them. The old palette name "Greens" is named "brewer.greens" Multiple palettes called "greens" found: "brewer.greens", "matplotlib.greens". The first one, "brewer.greens", is returned.
Martijn has designed the library to be backwards compatible, and if you do try using some v3 code with v4, it will still run and create your map, and give you some handy advice:
tm_shape(LSOA) + tm_polygons("Age00to04", title = "Aged 0 to 4", palette = "Greens", style = "jenks") + tm_layout(legend.title.size = 0.8) ?? tmap v3 code detected ???????????????????????????????????????????????? [v3->v4] `tm_polygons()`: instead of `style = "jenks"`, use fill.scale = `tm_scale_intervals()`. ? Migrate the argument(s) 'style', 'palette' (rename to 'values') to 'tm_scale_intervals(<HERE>)' [v3->v4] `tm_polygons()`: migrate the argument(s) related to the legend of the visual variable `fill` namely 'title' to 'fill.legend = tm_legend(<HERE>)'Additionally, when dealing with the layout, legend and so on, things are a bit different:
tmap v3:
tm_shape(LSOA) + #Set colours and classification methods tm_polygons("Total", title = "Total Population", palette = "Greens", style = "equal") + #Add scale bar tm_scale_bar(width = 0.22, position = c(0.05, 0.18)) + #Add compass tm_compass(position = c(0.3, 0.07)) + #Set layout details tm_layout(frame = F, title = "Liverpool", title.size = 2, title.position = c(0.7, "top"))tmap v4:
tm_shape(LSOA) + #set column, colours and classification method tm_polygons(fill = "Age00to04", fill.scale = tm_scale_intervals(values = "brewer.greens", style = "jenks"), fill.legend = tm_legend(title = "Aged 0 to 4", size = 0.8)) + #add scale bar tm_scalebar(position = c(0.1, 0.1)) + #north arrow tm_compass(size = 1.5, position = c(0.1, 0.3)) + #Set title details tm_title("Total Population of Liverpool, 2021")All of this redesign is in aid of better flexibility. For example, in v3 we were limited to
tm_polygons(),tm_lines(),tm_symbols(), andtm_raster()(and their derivatives such astm_borders()andtm_dots()). But with v4, these are easily extendible - so we can have things liketm_cartogram(),tm_donuts()and so on. Many of these are still in development but it opens up a much wider range of options.In terms of how we show maps, v3 had
plotandviewmodes, but this new framework makes it possible to add other modes as well.Equally, tmap is based on
sfandstars, but the new framework will make it easier to work with other spatial classes, such asSpatRasterandSpatVectorfromterra.A nice overview for those already familiar with tmap is at [mtennekes.github.io] (originally posted in 2021). The website also had a new range of tutorials under Basics and Advanced which are in the process of being developed.
The fact the tutorials (and the whole website) are built using
pkgdownmeans that it is very easy to open the relevant page on GitHub and make changes. For example, I added a fixed breaks example to the Basic Scales page.This also featured at the FOSS4G Code Sprint (Brazil) where Andrés Duhour and I updated the ggplot2 comparison article.
Tennekes M (2018). “tmap: Thematic Maps in R.” Journal of Statistical Software, 84(6), 1–39. doi:10.18637/jss.v084.i06.
If you want to learn how to use
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Paul Ramsey: The Early History of Spatial Databases and PostGIS
sur Planet OSGeoFor PostGIS Day this year I researched a little into one of my favourite topics, the history of relational databases. I feel like in general we do not pay a lot of attention to history in software development. To quote Yoda, “All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing.”
Anyways, this year I took on the topic of the early history of spatial databases in particular. There was a lot going on in the ’90s in the field, and in many ways PostGIS was a late entrant, even though it gobbled up a lot of the user base eventually.
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11:00
Mappery: The World from Space in 1950
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Picturing Earth from Space
Before the Space Age, people could only imagine what Earth looked like. Artists tried their best, and in time, new technologies started to piece together a more accurate picture. High-altitude rockets, satellites, and human space missions gave us increasingly dramatic views.
In 1950, Scientific American had to rely on artist Chesley Bonestell’s conception of Earth as seen from space, not on an actual photograph.
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There's Something About Islands
sur Google Maps ManiaThere is something slightly old-fashioned about Obscure Islands I Find Interesting, which I find very endearing. In essence, it is a simple interactive map with a limited selection of just 16 interesting islands. However, there is a certain charm in its innocent delight in exploring the world—one that reminds me of why I first became obsessed with interactive maps.Obscure Islands I Find
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11:00
Mappery: Operation Moon Bounce
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Another one from the Air and Space Museum.
Using the Moon as a Communications Satellite
The U.S. Navy’s Operation Moon Bounce beamed radio signals to the Moon that bounced back to another location on Earth. This system made it easier for the military to send long-distance messages during the Cold War. This lighted globe helped radio operators see which half of the Earth was facing the Moon— showing when and where moon-bounce messages could be sent.
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13:05
QGIS Blog: QGIS recognized as Digital Public Good
sur Planet OSGeoWe are thrilled to announce that QGIS has been officially recognized as a Digital Public Good (DPG) by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA)! This recognition underscores our commitment to open-source geospatial solutions that contribute to the advancement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
What is a Digital Public Good?A Digital Public Good is a digital solution that meets the DPG Standard, ensuring that it is open-source, respects privacy, adheres to best practices, and contributes to sustainable development. The DPGA is a multi-stakeholder initiative dedicated to fostering the discovery, development, and implementation of digital solutions that address global challenges such as climate change, public health, and equitable access to technology.
Why is this important for QGIS?Being recognized as a Digital Public Good highlights our:
- Alignment with SDGs, supporting sustainable development by enabling environmental monitoring, disaster management, urban planning, and more.
- Commitment to open-source principles, ensuring transparency, collaboration, and accessibility.
- Independence & accessibility, empowering users without restrictions, across different operating systems, and in a multitude of languages (even more than can be listed on the DPG Registry page).
- Privacy & security, adhering to best practices in data protection and governance.
Being recognized as a DPG strengthens our global reach and impact, opening doors for further collaborations with governments, NGOs, and educational institutions looking for robust and free geospatial tools. It also reaffirms our dedication to building an open, inclusive, and innovative GIS ecosystem that serves communities worldwide.
Learn moreYou can find QGIS listed in the Digital Public Goods Registry here. We encourage all members of our community to share this great news and continue contributing to the growth of QGIS!
We would like to particularly thank Enrico Ferreguti for taking the initiative and preparing the application for the QGIS project.
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11:00
Mappery: Satellite Communications
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Saw these in the Air and Space Museum, can’t quite remember the story behind them but I think it is to do with satellite communications for internet (somebody correct me please). Regardless, this is a massive globe with lights and lines and I thought it was cool.
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17:25
QGIS Blog: Reports from the winning grant proposals 2024
sur Planet OSGeoWith the QGIS Grant Programme 2024 (Updates #1 & #2), we were able to support 7 enhancement proposals that improve the QGIS project. The following reports summarize the work performed:
- QEP#269 Update older annotation items to new framework — report
This enhancement introduced new annotation types, improved callout options, and a rich text editor for better formatting. Annotations can now link to a “visibility layer,” and older types are automatically upgraded for a cleaner UI. Future improvements may include handling HTML annotations, deprecating the “Form” annotation, and refining the user experience. - QEP#289 Authentication system revision (v1.1) — report
This work enhances the authentication framework by automating password synchronization with the system keychain and generating secure default passwords for new profiles. Users now experience a smoother setup with fewer manual steps, while UI tweaks improve password handling and security. These changes provide a more seamless and secure experience for both users and plugin developers. - QEP#291 Mitigate Abusive Tile Fetching on OpenStreetMap (OSM) — report
This work enhanced network caching by dynamically adjusting cache size based on available disk space, significantly improving tile storage for most users. New safeguards prevent accidental breaches of OpenStreetMap’s tile usage policy by limiting bulk downloads across various tools and warning users when thresholds are exceeded. Additionally, the default OpenStreetMap XYZ layer now uses a 96DPI tile resolution, reducing unnecessary tile requests and improving print layout exports. These changes help ensure responsible data usage while enhancing performance and usability. - QEP#287 PyQGIS linter warnings — report
This work enhanced QGIS’s Python integration by contributing upstream, directly to SIP. This approach avoids extra build-time complexity. In addition to static linting, support for deprecation messages was added, now active in QGIS (requires Python-SIP 6.9.0 or later). Due to budget constraints and dependency availability, planned updates to the plugin platform needed to be postponed. - QEP#290 Clean up point cloud index and improve its thread safety — report
This work enhanced point cloud support by providing shared pointer access to the point cloud index, cleaning up the point cloud index API, unifying local and remote implementations of EPT/COPC providers, and refining hierarchy fetching logic. These updates make point cloud handling more robust and better prepared for future use cases. - QEP#292 Implementing CI Qt6 Windows Builds through vcpkg — report
This enhancement focused on transitioning QGIS to build with Qt6 using vcpkg, streamlining dependency management and improving the Windows development experience. Continuous integration pipelines now test Qt6 builds, helping identify compatibility issues early. Additional contributions include improved build documentation, enhanced dependency tracking, modernized CMake scripts, and updates to the pull request comment bot. Preliminary work has also begun on macOS support using the same vcpkg system. These efforts lay the groundwork for a smoother Qt6 migration and long-term maintainability. - QEP#248 Authentication System: allow Database storage for authentication DB — report
This enhancement introduced a new API for managing authentication credentials in QGIS. While its immediate impact on users is limited, it addresses SQLite scaling issues for QGIS Server in cloud environments and lays the foundation for future enhancements. The update includes an abstraction layer for third-party credential storage, support for multiple prioritized encrypted and unencrypted storage options, and improved access control for authentication assets. Documentation has been updated to reflect these changes.
Thank you to everyone who participated and made this round of grants a great success and thank you to all our sustaining members and donors who make this initiative possible!
- QEP#269 Update older annotation items to new framework — report
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14:15
gvSIG Team: Participación en el Workshop sobre Compartición y Reutilización de Open Source en el Sector Público LocalWorkshop
sur Planet OSGeoHoy me estreno en el blog de gvSIG para contaros nuestra participación en el Workshop on Open Source Sharing and Reuse in Local Public Sector Organisations, un evento clave para el debate sobre la reutilización de software libre en organizaciones del sector público local y regional.
Este taller ha sido una gran oportunidad para compartir experiencias y reflexionar sobre cómo se está adoptando y gestionando el software libre en diferentes instituciones. En particular, el debate se ha centrado en la validación de las conclusiones de la investigación llevada a cabo por OSOR (Open Source Observatory) sobre el uso del software libre en el sector público, tomando como referencia cinco proyectos analizados como casos de estudio.
La sesión ha sido altamente interactiva y ha permitido a los participantes aportar sus opiniones sobre temas clave como la gobernanza, la organización, la financiación y la sostenibilidad del software libre en el sector público. La agenda del workshop ha estado estructurada de la siguiente manera:
Introducción y presentación de participantes Presentación de casos de estudio Exposición de hallazgos sobre gobernanza y organización Debate y feedback sobre gobernanza y organización Exposición de hallazgos sobre financiación y sostenibilidad Debate y feedback sobre financiación y sostenibilidad Conclusiones y cierreLa reutilización del software libre en el sector público es un tema estratégico que puede generar grandes beneficios en términos de eficiencia, reducción de costes y soberanía tecnológica. Sin embargo, también presenta desafíos que requieren una reflexión profunda sobre la manera en que se organizan los proyectos, se gestionan los recursos y se garantiza su sostenibilidad a largo plazo.
Desde gvSIG seguimos comprometidos con estos debates y con la promoción de modelos abiertos y colaborativos en el ámbito de los Sistemas de Información Geográfica y la Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales.
¿Te interesa este tema? ¡Déjanos tus comentarios y sigamos la conversación!
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11:00
Mappery: Brooklyn: A Nostalglarama
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At the Brooklyn Library they had an area where there was a rotating display of artwork from and about the city, I particularly liked this map of the Brooklyn neighbourhoods.
“A Map of Brooklyn: a nostalglarama by Richard Rosenblum”
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Godview AI
sur Google Maps ManiaGodview is one of the most promising new AI-powered maps to have emerged in the past 18 months. It is an interactive map that allows users to perform geographical searches using natural language queries.This week, Godview introduced an exciting new feature called "Discover." This addition enhances the user experience by enabling individuals to click on any location on the map and instantly
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Camptocamp: GeoNetwork-ui code sprint in Berlin
sur Planet OSGeoPièce jointe: [télécharger]
At the end of January, we organized the first GeoNetwork-ui code sprint in our Berlin offices. We were about 15 people from different countries, companies and backgrounds - developers for most, but also architects, product owners & project managers. -
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Mappery: Brooklyn Coasters
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I spotted these ceramic coasters at the Brooklyn Library, now I’m home I wish I had bought them.
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Jumbled Maps
sur Google Maps ManiaIntroducing Jumbled Maps Tripgeo has kindly agreed to host another of my map games, bringing geography enthusiasts a fresh and exciting challenge. If you love testing your knowledge of world maps and enjoy puzzles, then my latest game, Jumbled Maps, is perfect for you. In Jumbled Maps, someone has played a cosmic prank on the world map, and every country place-name label has been randomly
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22:06
GeoTools Team: GeoTools 28.6 Released
sur Planet OSGeoThe GeoTools shares the release of GeoTools 28.6 available for Java 8 applications: geotools-2.28.6-bin.zip geotools-2.28.6-doc.zip geotools-2.28.6-userguide.zip geotools-2.28.6-project.zipThis release is also available from the OSGeo Maven Repository and is made to support the upcoming GeoNetwork 4.2.12 release.This release provides -
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gvSIG Batoví: Ponte las gafas de la Geografía
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Un lindo mini-video para promover la carrera de Geografía (de la Universidad de Zaragoza)
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11:00
Mappery: Avenue for Change
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The Women’s Air Derby was the first official women-only air race in the United States. Humorist Will Rogers referred to it as the Powder Puff Derby, the name by which the race is most commonly known.
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The Digital Twin's Digital Twin
sur Google Maps ManiaThe Punggol Digital DistrictThe Punggol Digital District (PDD) is a pioneering smart district under development in Singapore. Designed to be a hub for innovation, it will house major technology firms, fintech hubs of banks like OCBC and UOB, and will be seamlessly integrated with the newly opened Punggol Coast MRT station. What sets PDD apart from other smart districts is its Open Digital -
It's Groundhog Day (Again & Again & Again)
sur Google Maps ManiaIt was Groundhog Day on Sunday. Punxsutawney Phil of Gobbler’s Knob saw his shadow, and according to tradition, this means there will be six more weeks of winter.However, Punxsutawney Phil's prognosis of an extended winter was not universally accepted by all the groundhogs of North America. This is why you need the Groundhog Map.If you don’t trust Punxsutawney Phil’s forecast, the Groundhog Map
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Mappery: A World of Neighbours
sur Planet OSGeo
Another Pan Am poster, those guys had style.
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Paul Ramsey: WKB EMPTY
sur Planet OSGeoI have been watching the codification of spatial data types into GeoParquet and now GeoIceberg with some interest, since the work is near and dear to my heart.
Writing a disk serialization for PostGIS is basically an act of format standardization – albeit a standard with only one consumer – and many of the same issues that the Parquet and Iceberg implementations are thinking about are ones I dealt with too.
Here is an easy one: if you are going to use well-known binary for your serialiation (as GeoPackage, and GeoParquet do) you have to wrestle with the fact that the ISO/OGC standard for WKB does not describe a standard way to represent empty geometries.
Empty geometries come up frequently in the OGC/ISO standards, and they are simple to generate in real operations – just subtract a big thing from a small thing.
SELECT ST_AsText(ST_Difference( 'POLYGON((0 0, 1 0, 1 1, 0 1, 0 0))', 'POLYGON((-1 -1, 3 -1, 3 3, -1 3, -1 -1))' ))If you have a data set and are running operations on it, eventually you will generate some empties.
Which means your software needs to know how to store and transmit them.
Which means you need to know how to encode them in WKB.
And the standard is no help.
But I am!
WKB CommonalitiesAll WKB geometries start with 1-byte “byte order flag” followed by a 4-byte “geometry type”.
enum wkbByteOrder { wkbXDR = 0, // Big Endian wkbNDR = 1 // Little Endian };The byte order flag signals which “byte order” all the other numbers will be encoded with. Most modern hardware uses “least significant byte first” (aka “little endian”) ordering, so usually the value will be “1”, but readers must expect to occasionally get “big endian” encoded data.
enum wkbGeometryType { wkbPoint = 1, wkbLineString = 2, wkbPolygon = 3, wkbMultiPoint = 4, wkbMultiLineString = 5, wkbMultiPolygon = 6, wkbGeometryCollection = 7 };The type number is an integer from 1 to 7, in the indicated byte order.
CollectionsCollections are easy! GeometryCollection, MultiPolygon, MultiLineString and MultiPoint all have a WKB structure like this:
wkbCollection { byte byteOrder; uint32 wkbType; uint32 numWkbSubGeometries; WKBGeometry wkbSubGeometries[numWkbSubGeometries]; }The way to signal an empty collection is to set its numGeometries value to zero.
So for example, a
MULTIPOLYGON EMPTYwould look like this (all examples in little endian, spaces added between elements for legibility, using hex encoding).01 06000000 00000000The elements are:
- The byte order flag
- The geometry type (6 == MultiPolygon)
- The number of sub-geometries (zero)
The Polygon and LineString types are also very easy, because after their type number they both have a count of sub-objects (rings in the case of Polygon, points in the case of LineString) which can be set to zero to indicate an empty geometry.
For a LineString:
01 02000000 00000000For a Polygon:
01 03000000 00000000It is possible to create a Polygon made up of a non-zero number of empty linear rings. Is this construction empty? Probably. Should you make one of them? Probably not, since
PointsPOLYGON EMPTYdescribes the case much more simply.Saving the best for last!
One of the strange blind spots of the ISO/OGC standards is the WKB Point. There is an standard text representation for an empty point,
POINT EMPTY. But there nowhere in the standard a description of a WKB empty point, and the WKB structure of a point doesn’t really leave any place to hide one.WKBPoint { byte byteOrder; uint32 wkbType; // 1 double x; double y; };After the standard byte order flag and type number, the serialization goes directly into the coordinates. There’s no place to put in a zero.
In PostGIS we established our own add-on to the WKB standard, so we could successfully round-trip a
POINT EMPTYthrough WKB – empty points are to be represented as a point with all coordinates set to the IEEE NaN value.Here is a little-endian empty point.
01 01000000 000000000000F87F 000000000000F87FAnd a big-endian one.
00 00000001 7FF8000000000000 7FF8000000000000Most open source implementations of WKB have converged on this standardization of
POINT EMPTY. The most common alternate behaviour is to convertPOINT EMPTYobject, which are not representable, intoMULTIPOINT EMPTYobjects, which are. This might be confusing (an empty point would round-trip back to something with a completely different type number).In general, empty geometries create a lot of “angels dancing on the head of a pin” cases for functions that otherwise have very deterministic results.
- “What is the distance in meters between a point and an empty polygon?” Zero? Infinity? NULL? NaN?
- “What geometry type is the interesection of an empty polygon and empty line?” Do I care? I do if I am writing a database system and have to provide an answer.
Over time the PostGIS project collated our intuitions and implementations in this wiki page of empty geometry handling rules.
The trouble with empty handling is that there are simultaneously a million different combinations of possibilities, and extremely low numbers of people actually exercising that code line. So it’s a massive time suck. We have basically been handling them on an “as needed” basis, as people open tickets on them.
Other Databases- SQL Server changes
POINT EMPTYtoMULTIPOINT EMPTYwhen generating WKB.SELECT Geometry::STGeomFromText('POINT EMPTY',4326).STAsBinary() 0x010400000000000000 - MariaDB and SnowFlake return NULL for a
POINT EMPTYWKB.SELECT ST_AsBinary(ST_GeomFromText('POINT EMPTY')) NULL
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Mappery: Pan American World Airways
sur Planet OSGeoPièce jointe: [télécharger]
There is something exquisite and nostalgic about this old Pan Am logo
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Synchronized Street View Tours
sur Google Maps ManiaIntroducing Street View AnimatorWho doesn’t enjoy exploring the world on Street View? I can’t begin to calculate the number of hours I’ve spent on Google Maps, virtually wandering the streets of New York, Paris, and Rome. Street View has also given me the chance to explore some of the ancient wonders of the world, such as the Pyramids of Giza, the rock city of Petra, and the temple complex of
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Mappery: Weekend Round the World
sur Planet OSGeo
There are a few coming up from the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, this place was heaven for map loving air and space nerds like me. This poster dates from the late 1940’s, pretty is an understatement.
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Millions Flee War, Floods, and Persecution
sur Google Maps ManiaIn 2023 nearly 5.5 million Ukrainians were forced to leave their homes because of the Russian invasion. In the same year, over 6 million refugees fled Pakistan following the devastating 2022 floods. Additionally, the ongoing war in Syria displaced over 3 million people, forcing them to seek refuge abroad.In total, 27,320,316 people were displaced in 2023 and forced to seek a new life in a new
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Mappery: Native Foods Feed the World
sur Planet OSGeo
This was also in the display at the National Museum of the American Indian in NYC.
“Over generations, Native Americans harnessed the potential of natural grasses, trees, bushes, and even cactus to breed edible crops. Today four of the top ten crops that feed the world originally came from Native American farmers: corn, potatoes, cassava, and tomatoes.” -
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Free and Open Source GIS Ramblings: Geocomputation with Python: Now in Print!
sur Planet OSGeoToday, I’m super excited to share with you the announcement that our open source textbook “Geocomputation with Python” has finally arrived in print and is now available for purchase from Routledge.com, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and other booksellers.
“Geocomputation with Python” (or geocompy for short) covers the entire range of standard GIS operations for both vector and raster data models. Each section and chapter builds on the previous. If you’re just starting out with Python to work with geographic data, we hope that the book will be an excellent place to start.
Of course, you can still find the online version of the book at py.geocompx.org.
The book is open-source and you can find the code on GitHub. This ensures that the content is reproducible, transparent, and accessible. It also lets you interact with the project by opening issues and submitting pull requests.
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Mappery: Native Innovation
sur Planet OSGeo
Saw this at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York, it illustrates some of the inventions that we take for granted nowadays which originated in America before colonisation.
“Native people of the Americas changed the world with their scientific discoveries and inventions. Today their innovations continue to influence our daily lives.”
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Rain and Snow Effects for Mapbox
sur Google Maps ManiaMapbox GL now offers the option to add dynamic rain and snow effects to your maps. These new visual weather effects use particle animations to create realistic precipitation on any Mapbox GL map.You can easily add these effects to your maps using the following functions in your JavaScript code:map.setRain or map.setSnowBoth the rain and snow effects come with several customizable parameters -
The USA is Closing for Business
sur Google Maps ManiaThis animated map from the Lowy Institute shows whether the USA or China was the larger trading partner for countries around the world each year this century (up to 2023). The map provides a stark visualization of the economic shift away from the United States and toward China in the 21st century.According to the Lowy Institute, around "70 per cent of economies trade more with China than
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Mappery: Maps on the Street
sur Planet OSGeo
Elizabeth spotted this collection of maps for sale in Covent Garden recently, lots of interesting old maps.
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Where's the Gulf of Mexico?
sur Google Maps ManiaThe Google Maps team has introduced a new 'Coding Challenge' for prospective members of the department. It is essential that all employees of Google Geo are able to track down and deport illegal place-name labels from the company's flagship mapping platform.If you are in the process of applying for a position at Google Maps or are interested in joining the team in the future, you can prepare by -
Automatically Mapping YouTube Videos
sur Google Maps ManiaYouTube is an incredible resource for discovering new places, whether through travel vlogs, historical documentaries, or guided walking tours. However, manually noting down locations mentioned in a video can be time-consuming and inefficient. What if there were an easier way to extract and map these locations automatically?Using the allStara Video AIThe allStara Video AI offers several
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Mappery: Support Your Local Growers
sur Planet OSGeo
Doug Greenfield shared this “Support your local growers #MapsintheWild Topsfield Fair, northeastern Massachusetts”
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Mappery: Metro Lyon
sur Planet OSGeo
Joe Davies shared another picture from Lyon. The city where I grew up! The photo comes from the underground metro station at Place Jean Jaures, Lyon 7eme.
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The New World Order
sur Google Maps ManiaPress Release: Google Unveils "New World Order Google Map"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: [Press Office]Phone: [123-456-7890]Email: [press@google.com]MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – [1/28/2025] – Last night, Quisling, the parent company of Google, announced a bold and controversial change to its flagship product, Google Maps. We revealed that the "Gulf of Mexico" would be renamed to the "Gulf of America,".
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GeoTools Team: GeoTools 32.2 Released
sur Planet OSGeoGeoTools 32.2 released The GeoTools team is pleased to announce the release of the latest stable version of GeoTools 32.2: geotools-32.2-bin.zip geotools-32.2-doc.zip geotools-32.2-userguide.zip geotools-32.2-project.zip This release is also available from the OSGeo Maven Repositoryand is made in conjunction with GeoServer 2.26.2 and GeoWebCache 1.26.2. We are grateful to Jody Garnett (GeoCat)
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The MAGA Plugin for Interactive Maps
sur Google Maps ManiaThe MAGA plug-in for the Maplibre mapping library must now be used to ensure that all maps comply with the geographical dictats of the Orange Overlord.To conform to the new geographical proclamations of the Trump Ministry of Geographical Truth, please ensure that you follow the steps below before publishing any new maps:Step 1: Include maga.js in Your ProjectDownload the maga.js file -
Dive into Your Maritime History
sur Google Maps ManiaThe marine area of the UK has played a pivotal role in shaping the country's history. The seas surrounding the UK are home to a wealth of historical treasures, including submerged prehistoric landscapes, shipwrecks, crashed aircraft, and maritime industrial structures. Unfortunately the historical collections, which document these sites, are dispersed across various government organizations,
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Mappery: Lyon after the rain
sur Planet OSGeo
Joe Davies shared this picture, saying: The rain made this 3D model of Lyon even better!
I am happy to see the neighbourhood I used to live in is not flooded.
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GRASS GIS: GRASS Annual Report 2024
sur Planet OSGeoThere has been a lot of activity in 2024, so let’s recap the achievements and highlight the awesome community behind GRASS GIS! Community Meeting The annual GRASS GIS Community Meeting was held once again in the Czech Republic, this time at the NC State European Center in Prague. The meeting brought together users, supporters, contributors, power users and developers to collaborate and chart the future of the project. Thanks to the support from the U. -
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GeoServer Team: GeoServer 2.26.2 Release
sur Planet OSGeoGeoServer 2.26.2 release is now available with downloads (bin, war, windows), along with docs and extensions.
This is a stable release of GeoServer recommended for production use. GeoServer 2.26.2 is made in conjunction with GeoTools 32.2, GeoWebCache 1.26.2, and ImageIO-Ext 1.4.14.
Thanks to Jody Garnett for making this release.
Security ConsiderationsThis release addresses security vulnerabilities and is recommended.
- CVE-2024-38524 Moderate
See project security policy for more information on how security vulnerabilities are managed.
File System Sandbox IsolationA file system sandbox is used to limit access for GeoServer Administrators and Workspace Administrators to specified file folders.
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A system sandbox is established using
GEOSERVER_FILESYSTEM_SANDBOXapplication property, and applies to the entire application, limiting GeoServer administrators to the<sandbox>folder, and individual workspace administrators into isolated<sandbox>/<workspace>folders. -
A regular sandbox can be configured from the Security > Data screen, and is used to limit individual workspace administrators into
<sandbox>/<workspace>folders to avoid accessing each others files.
Thanks to Andrea (GeoSolutions) for this important improvement at the bequest of Munich RE.
Developer Updates Palantir formatterA nice update for GeoServer developers is an updated formatter that is both wider at 120 columns, and plays well with the use of lamda expressions.
List<TemplateBuilder> filtered = children.stream() .filter(b -> b instanceof DynamicValueBuilder || b instanceof SourceBuilder) .collect(Collectors.toList());Thanks to Andrea for this improvement, and coordinating the change across all active branches.
Release notesNew Features:
- GEOS-11616 GSIP 229 - File system access isolation
- GEOS-11644 Introducing the rest/security/acl/catalog/reload rest endpoint
Improvement:
- GEOS-11612 Add system property support for Proxy base URL -> use headers activation
- GEOS-11615 Update to Imageio-EXT 1.4.14
- GEOS-11683 MapML WMS Features Coordinate Precision Should be adjusted based on scale
Bug:
- GEOS-11636 Store panels won’t always show feedback in target panels
- GEOS-11494 WFS GetFeature request with a propertyname parameter fails when layer attributes are customized (removed or reordered)
- GEOS-11606 geofence-server imports obsolete asm dep
- GEOS-11611 When Extracting the WFS Service Name from the HTTP Request A Slash Before the Question Marks Causes Issues
- GEOS-11630 REST API throws HTTP 500 When Security Metadata Has Null Attributes
- GEOS-11643 WCS input read limits can be fooled by geotiff reader
- GEOS-11647 Restore “quiet on not found” configuration for REST in global settings
- GEOS-11649 welcome page per-layer is not respecting global service enablement
- GEOS-11672 GWC virtual services available with empty contents
- GEOS-11681 MapML raster GetFeatureInfo not working
Task:
- GEOS-11608 Update Bouncy Castle Crypto package from bcprov-jdk15on:1.69 to bcprov-jdk18on:1.79
- GEOS-11631 Update MySQL driver to 9.1.0
- GEOS-11650 Update dependencies for monitoring-kafka module
- GEOS-11659 Apply Palantir Java format on GeoServer
- GEOS-11671 Upgrade H3 dependency to 3.7.3
- GEOS-11685 Bump jetty.version from 9.4.56.v20240826 to 9.4.57.v20241219
For the complete list see 2.26.2 release notes.
Community UpdatesCommunity module development:
- GEOS-11635 Add support for opaque auth tokens in OpenID connect
- GEOS-11637 DGGS min/max resolution settings stop working after restart
- GEOS-11680 Azure COG assembly lacks mandatory libraries, won’t work
- GEOS-11686 Clickhouse DGGS stores cannot properly read dates
- GEOS-11687 OGC API packages contain gs-web-core
- GEOS-11691 Smart data loader accepts bigint and bigserial but not int8 postgresql type alias
Community modules are shared as source code to encourage collaboration. If a topic being explored is of interest to you, please contact the module developer to offer assistance.
About GeoServer 2.26 SeriesAdditional information on GeoServer 2.26 series:
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Mappery: Leicester
sur Planet OSGeo
Dean shared this one of many maps of Leicester carved into the cities streets
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Your Local Business Chatbots
sur Google Maps ManiaMapchat: Exploring AI-Powered Conversations with Local BusinessesMapchat is a new interactive map that enables users to chat with AI-powered chatbots connected to businesses in their local area.Simply zoom in on a location on Mapchat, press the 'Search Map' button, and markers will appear, pinpointing local businesses. Then, by clicking on any of these markers, you can initiate a
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Mappery: World on the clock
sur Planet OSGeo
Another one from Le Cartographe
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Mappery: Costers and Globe
sur Planet OSGeo
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Biographical Mapping
sur Google Maps ManiaIf you've ever dreamed of walking in the footsteps of your favorite historical figures, then Maptale is the map for you. This new platform lets you explore the life journeys of significant historical and contemporary figures, as laid out on an interactive map.What Maptale OffersAt its heart, Maptale is a collection of mapped biographies, with each map showcasing the life journey of a notable -
GeoGuessing Reimagined
sur Google Maps ManiaWorld Guesser is yet another alternative to the ever-popular GeoGuessr Street View game.Like GeoGuessr, World Guesser drops you into a random location and asks you to guess where you are based solely on the clues you can find in Google’s Street View imagery. The gameplay is divided into two main phases:Investigate:This is where the detective work happens. Navigate through the surroundings to
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Mappery: All about Santa Catalina
sur Planet OSGeo
I want to thank ?Wanmei for sharing this coaster and the other photos. As a MacOS user, I knew about Catalina, and I still use the beautiful photo as a background. I am happy to share the maps of this Island.
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Mappery: The map is not the territory
sur Planet OSGeo
“El mapa no és el territori. Una cartografia creativa del Raval” is a piece observable from many physical and imaginary points of view of Raval neighbourhood in Barcelona – from Raf of course, our number one correspondent in Barcelona!
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Your Personal AI Travel Guide
sur Google Maps ManiaImagine wandering through a city with your very own AI travel guide, ready to reveal the stories behind every landmark, monument, or hidden gem you encounter. With Google’s Talking Tours, this vision takes a significant step closer to becoming a reality.Google Talking Tours offers a fascinating glimpse into the future of AI-driven travel guidance. Developed as part of a collaboration between
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Mappery: Pilot’s Guide
sur Planet OSGeo
We haven’t had anything from Ken for a while, so let’s remedy that with this 1964 pilot’s guide marked “Not for navigation”
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GeoSolutions: GeoServer 3 Crowdfunding Reaches Major Step: 80% Funding Completion
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GeoCat: GeoServer 3 Crowdfunding Campaign Reaches Major Step: 80% Funding Completion
sur Planet OSGeoThe GeoServer 3 crowdfunding campaign has made remarkable progress, reaching 80% of its financing goal. A significant boost came from a single €100,000 pledge, underscoring the value of this essential upgrade to the GeoServer platform. With just €112,000 left to raise, now is the time to join the movement and ensure the success of this critical project.
A Campaign with Global Outreach
This initiative, led by a consortium of 3 key companies Camptocamp, GeoCat, and GeoSolutions, has garnered backing from a wide range of contributors, including public institutions, large companies, SMEs and individuals from various countries. The campaign’s extensive outreach demonstrates GeoServer’s importance to a broad spectrum of users worldwide. GeoServer has become a cornerstone in geospatial applications across industries and borders, and this campaign reflects its far-reaching impact.
Why GeoServer 3 MattersThe necessity of implementing GeoServer 3 has never been greater. This major upgrade will deliver:
- Future-proof performance to handle growing data and processing demands.
- Enhanced image processing for better visualization and analysis.
- Improved security to safeguard critical geospatial systems.
- A modernized user experience for easier access and usability.
Without these enhancements, users and providers risk facing limitations in scalability, performance, functionality, and security. Achieving this upgrade will ensure GeoServer remains a leading tool in the geospatial industry, empowering your open-source Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) based on GeoServer to innovate continuously while providing secure, high-performance services. This will position your organization at the forefront of geospatial technology.
A Few More Months to Make a DifferenceThe campaign will continue until spring, providing a limited window for additional financial contributions. While the international team of core contributors is ready to start the migration, we are waiting for the complete budget allocation to begin, in line with the rules of this crowdfunding campaign. To accommodate many entities currently finalizing their budgets, we have planned to let the campaign run for a few more months. This is an excellent opportunity for your organization to support the future of GeoServer and demonstrate your commitment to open-source geospatial solutions.
Every Contribution CountsWith €112,000 still needed to meet the target, every pledge—big or small—matters. Whether you’re a public institution, a large company or an SME, your support can make a difference. Reaching this goal would be a remarkable achievement, building on the strong progress made so far and ensuring the future of GeoServer 3 becomes a reality.
For any questions or to discuss how you can contribute, please email us or fill out the form to pledge your support. Together, we can achieve this milestone and continue building a sustainable, innovative future for geospatial technology.
Thanks to all organizations and individuals that have mobilized themselves, contributed financially, or spread the word to make this campaign a success.
Individual donations: Abhijit Gujar, Laurent Bourgès.
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GeoServer Team: GeoServer 3 Crowdfunding Campaign Reaches Major Step: 80% Funding Completion
sur Planet OSGeoThe GeoServer 3 crowdfunding campaign has made remarkable progress, reaching 80% of its financing goal. A significant boost came from a single €100,000 pledge, underscoring the value of this essential upgrade to the GeoServer platform. With just €112,000 left to raise, now is the time to join the movement and ensure the success of this critical project.
A Campaign with Global Outreach
This initiative, led by a consortium of 3 key companies Camptocamp, GeoCat, and GeoSolutions, has garnered backing from a wide range of contributors, including public institutions, large companies, SMEs and individuals from various countries. The campaign’s extensive outreach demonstrates GeoServer’s importance to a broad spectrum of users worldwide. GeoServer has become a cornerstone in geospatial applications across industries and borders, and this campaign reflects its far-reaching impact.
Why GeoServer 3 MattersThe necessity of implementing GeoServer 3 has never been greater. This major upgrade will deliver:
- Future-proof performance to handle growing data and processing demands.
- Enhanced image processing for better visualization and analysis.
- Improved security to safeguard critical geospatial systems.
- A modernized user experience for easier access and usability.
Without these enhancements, users and providers risk facing limitations in scalability, performance, functionality, and security. Achieving this upgrade will ensure GeoServer remains a leading tool in the geospatial industry, empowering your open-source Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) based on GeoServer to innovate continuously while providing secure, high-performance services. This will position your organization at the forefront of geospatial technology.
A Few More Months to Make a DifferenceThe campaign will continue until spring, providing a limited window for additional financial contributions. While the international team of core contributors is ready to start the migration, we are waiting for the complete budget allocation to begin, in line with the rules of this crowdfunding campaign. To accommodate many entities currently finalizing their budgets, we have planned to let the campaign run for a few more months. This is an excellent opportunity for your organization to support the future of GeoServer and demonstrate your commitment to open-source geospatial solutions.
Every Contribution CountsWith €112,000 still needed to meet the target, every pledge—big or small—matters. Whether you’re a public institution, a large company or an SME, your support can make a difference. Reaching this goal would be a remarkable achievement, building on the strong progress made so far and ensuring the future of GeoServer 3 becomes a reality.
For any questions or to discuss how you can contribute, please email us or fill out the form to pledge your support. Together, we can achieve this milestone and continue building a sustainable, innovative future for geospatial technology.
Thanks to all organizations and individuals that have mobilized themselves, contributed financially, or spread the word to make this campaign a success.
The following organisations have pledged their support:
Individual donations: Abhijit Gujar, Laurent Bourgès.
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Introducing Terra Draw
sur Google Maps ManiaJames Milner has released a new JavaScript library designed to add drawing tools to various online map developer platforms. While most popular mapping platforms offer built-in drawing tools or have add-on drawing libraries, Terra Draw is specifically created to work cross-platform, seamlessly integrating with many popular mapping libraries.Terra Draw is a powerful JavaScript library that
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Mappery: Catalonian Fish
sur Planet OSGeo
Fish stand inside food market in Reus, Catalunya via Raf. Seems like even the fish want independence
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Mappery: Roads and Rails
sur Planet OSGeo
Garrett Speed spotted this shelving system in the Eindhoven Library. “Road and rails as a shelf in Eindhoven’s library, currently displaying 3D prints”
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Mappery: Map Baggage
sur Planet OSGeo
Raf spotted these elegant mappy bags
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GeoGuessr for History Buffs
sur Google Maps ManiaCan you guess the date and location of the historical event taking place in these two AI generated videos? If you can then you might just become the Time Portal champion of the world.Time Portal is a fun and innovative online game that challenges you to pinpoint the time and place of significant historical moments. If you’re a fan of history and love games like GeoGuessr, this one’s for you.At
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PostGIS Development: PostGIS 3.5.2
sur Planet OSGeoThe PostGIS Team is pleased to release PostGIS 3.5.2.
This version requires PostgreSQL 12 - 17, GEOS 3.8 or higher, and Proj 6.1+. To take advantage of all features, GEOS 3.12+ is needed. SFCGAL 1.4+ is needed to enable postgis_sfcgal support. To take advantage of all SFCGAL features, SFCGAL 1.5+ is needed.
3.5.2-
Cheat Sheets:
This release is a bug fix release that includes bug fixes since PostGIS 3.5.1.
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Mappery: Mapped in Cardboard
sur Planet OSGeo
Wijfi said “I think this counts as a @mappery #mapsinthewild even though it’s a pretend place. Seen at #massmoca
“Known for her rich aesthetic and highly detailed constructions, Robin Frohardt is a theater and film director whose work uses recognizable materials-often trash- to create richly detailed worlds that consider the relationship between capitalism and the resulting environmental catastrophe. The tactile quality of cardboard, the low-fi animation effects, rich sound, and dynamic lighting combine to create a cinematic expression that defies the humbleness of the material. Frohardt began using cardboard with the Cardboard Institute of Technology, a collective of artists creating immersive cardboard environments in San Francisco in the early 2000s. Her first cardboard film, Fitzcardboardaldo, premiered in 2013 at the Telluride Film Festival. Seen here is her second cardboard film, Bag, which premiered in 2018 and is a part of her larger work, The Plastic Bag Store.”
A close up view of what the cardboard map looks like from the city looking out towards the countryside.
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Roads, Railways, Runways & Rivers
sur Google Maps ManiaI have been inspired by OpenSkiStats' Which Way do You Ski to create my own interactive map for visualizing the orientations of roads, railways, runways, and rivers in towns and cities around the world.In Which Way Do You Ski, OpenSkiStats created a series of "compass rose" visualizations that illustrate the strong poleward tendency of ski runs across the globe. These ski slope orientation
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Kartoza: Rendering Points as a Heatmap in GeoServer
sur Planet OSGeoRendering Points as a Heatmap in GeoServerI was assigned the task of rendering a points layer as a heatmap on GeoServer. The client provided a QGIS style that they wanted replicated using an SLD (Styled Layer Descriptor). Initially, they attempted to export the QGIS style directly as an SLD and upload it to GeoServer. However, this approach failed because QGIS generated the heatmap SLD as:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><StyledLayerDescriptor xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/sld" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/sld [schemas.opengis.net] xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="1.1.0" xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" xmlns:se="http://www.opengis.net/se"> <NamedLayer> <se:Name>Current_Layer</se:Name> <UserStyle> <se:Name>Current_style</se:Name> <se:FeatureTypeStyle> <!--FeatureRenderer heatmapRenderer not implemented yet--> </se:FeatureTypeStyle> </UserStyle> </NamedLayer></StyledLayerDescriptor>
The main issue was the line:
<!--FeatureRenderer heatmapRenderer not implemented yet-->
, indicating that the style was essentially saved as blank or non-renderable. This was simply how the style was exported from QGIS.
The first step in addressing the request was to visit the GeoServer Styling Manual and see if there was any example documentation that could help. There was an explanation of how to generate a heatmap style in the Rendering Transformations' Heatmap Generation documentation as well as an example of a heatmap SLD.
Using the example from the documentation as a basis, I made a few adjustments to ensure the style met the client’s requirements. Here is what the initial heatmap style looked like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><StyledLayerDescriptor version="1.0.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/sld StyledLayerDescriptor.xsd" xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/sld" xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <NamedLayer> <Name>Heatmap Style</Name> <UserStyle> <Title>Heatmap Style</Title> <Abstract></Abstract> <FeatureTypeStyle> <Transformation> <ogc:Function name="vec:Heatmap"> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>data</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>weightAttr</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Literal>geometry</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>radiusPixels</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Literal>75</ogc:Literal> <!-- Spread of heatmap around points, set a number below 100 to reduce spread of heatmap --> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>pixelsPerCell</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Literal>5</ogc:Literal> <!-- Set a small number here to generate a higher resolution heatmap --> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>outputBBOX</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Function name="env"> <ogc:Literal>wms_bbox</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>outputWidth</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Function name="env"> <ogc:Literal>wms_width</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>outputHeight</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Function name="env"> <ogc:Literal>wms_height</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> </ogc:Function> </ogc:Function> </Transformation> <Rule> <RasterSymbolizer> <Geometry> <ogc:PropertyName>geometry</ogc:PropertyName> </Geometry> <Opacity>0.5</Opacity> <ColorMap type="ramp"> <!-- The quantity specifies the percentage of the data range on which to change the colour --> <ColorMapEntry color="#FFFFFF" quantity="0" label="" opacity="0"/> <!-- This is needed to have empty areas around the heatmap 'islands' --> <ColorMapEntry color="#4444FF" quantity=".1" label=""/> <ColorMapEntry color="#00FFAE" quantity=".3" label=""/> <ColorMapEntry color="#FF0000" quantity=".5" label="" /> <ColorMapEntry color="#FFAE00" quantity=".75" label=""/> <ColorMapEntry color="#FFFF00" quantity="1.0" label="" /> </ColorMap> </RasterSymbolizer> </Rule> </FeatureTypeStyle> </UserStyle> </NamedLayer></StyledLayerDescriptor>
Inline comments were added to the SLD to help the client understand which lines they could modify if needed.
The primary adjustments made to the example style are as follows:
- Setting the `weightAttr` as `geometry` so that specified input attribute is the geometry of the various points.
- Adjusting the `radiusPixels` and the `pixelsPerCell` values.
- Adding additional stops in the colour ramp.
- Changing the hexcodes of the colours in the colour ramp to be the same as the example heatmap.
While generating the heatmap style, an issue frequently occurred with GeoServer’s built-in style previewer, which did not display the style accurately. As a result, I had to check the results on the front-end map after every change. This limitation is evident in the screenshot below, where the GeoServer preview lacks a proper front-end to display the styled dummy data, making it appear different from how it would look on an actual map.
The generated heatmap looked like this when rendered correctly (this is dummy data and not the actual data):
The client was pleased with the heatmap but later requested additional functionality: displaying the relative counts of the various heatmap surfaces. This prompted me to research whether anyone had implemented something similar that I could use as a reference. After an extensive search yielded no results, I decided to experiment and create a custom SLD to meet the client’s requirements.
I had previously been shown and used the Point Stacker logic in GeoServer to do clustered symbol displays so I used this as my base logic. The whole logic behind the clustered labelling display didn't need to be complex. All the labels would be the same size, and font, and they just needed to display a relative count.
Given these criteria, I modified my existing Point Stacker logic to be simplified and it looked like this:
<FeatureTypeStyle> <Transformation> <ogc:Function name="gs:PointStacker"> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>data</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>cellSize</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Literal>20</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>outputBBOX</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Function name="env"> <ogc:Literal>wms_bbox</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>outputWidth</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Function name="env"> <ogc:Literal>wms_width</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>outputHeight</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Function name="env"> <ogc:Literal>wms_height</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> </ogc:Function> </ogc:Function> </Transformation> <Rule> <Name>Clusters</Name> <Title>Clusters</Title> <ogc:Filter> <ogc:PropertyIsGreaterThanOrEqualTo> <ogc:PropertyName>count</ogc:PropertyName> <ogc:Literal>5</ogc:Literal> </ogc:PropertyIsGreaterThanOrEqualTo> </ogc:Filter> <TextSymbolizer> <Label> <ogc:PropertyName>count</ogc:PropertyName> </Label> <Font> <CssParameter name="font-family">Arial</CssParameter> <CssParameter name="font-size">10</CssParameter> <CssParameter name="font-weight">bold</CssParameter> </Font> <LabelPlacement> <PointPlacement> <AnchorPoint> <AnchorPointX>0</AnchorPointX> <AnchorPointY>0</AnchorPointY> </AnchorPoint> </PointPlacement> </LabelPlacement> <Halo> <Radius>0.4</Radius> <Fill> <CssParameter name="fill">#000000</CssParameter> <CssParameter name="fill-opacity">1</CssParameter> </Fill> </Halo> <Fill> <CssParameter name="fill">#FFFFFF</CssParameter> <CssParameter name="fill-opacity">1.0</CssParameter> </Fill> </TextSymbolizer> </Rule> </FeatureTypeStyle>
There is only one clustering rule as having different sized circles symbolizing different sized clusters was not needed. The `cellSize` was set to 20 map units so that all points within a grid cell of 20x20 map units get clustered together. The `count` property was set to be greater than or equal to 5, as during the creation of the style, it became apparent that labelling all of the clusters with fewer than 5 points overcrowded the map visually and did not add any more information.
The next step was combining the logic for the heatmap and the labelled clusters. After multiple failed attempts, I found that I couldn't combine the two logics into one `FeatureTypeStyle` and needed two separate `FeatureTypeStyle` groups. From there I then played around with the ordering of the `FeatureTypeStyle` logic and learnt that the heatmap style needed to come first in the SLD.
All the attempts led to this style:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <StyledLayerDescriptor version="1.0.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/sld StyledLayerDescriptor.xsd" xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/sld" xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:se="http://www.opengis.net/se"> <NamedLayer> <Name>Cluster points</Name> <UserStyle> <!-- Styles can have names, titles and abstracts --> <Title>Clustered points</Title> <Abstract>Styling using cluster points server side</Abstract> <FeatureTypeStyle> <Transformation> <ogc:Function name="vec:Heatmap"> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>data</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>weightAttr</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Literal>geometry</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> <!-- Set a very small radius or remove this parameter --> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>radiusPixels</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Literal>75</ogc:Literal> <!-- Reduced radius --> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>pixelsPerCell</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Literal>5</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>outputBBOX</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Function name="env"> <ogc:Literal>wms_bbox</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>outputWidth</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Function name="env"> <ogc:Literal>wms_width</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>outputHeight</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Function name="env"> <ogc:Literal>wms_height</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> </ogc:Function> </ogc:Function> </Transformation> <Rule> <RasterSymbolizer> <Geometry> <ogc:PropertyName>geometry</ogc:PropertyName> </Geometry> <Opacity>0.5</Opacity> <ColorMap type="ramp"> <ColorMapEntry color="#FFFFFF" quantity="0" label="" opacity="0"/> <ColorMapEntry color="#4444FF" quantity=".1" label=""/> <ColorMapEntry color="#00FFAE" quantity=".3" label=""/> <ColorMapEntry color="#FF0000" quantity=".5" label="" /> <ColorMapEntry color="#FFAE00" quantity=".75" label=""/> <ColorMapEntry color="#FFFF00" quantity="1.0" label="" /> </ColorMap> </RasterSymbolizer> </Rule> </FeatureTypeStyle> <!-- Clustering and labelling logic --> <FeatureTypeStyle> <Transformation> <ogc:Function name="gs:PointStacker"> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>data</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>cellSize</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Literal>20</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>outputBBOX</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Function name="env"> <ogc:Literal>wms_bbox</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>outputWidth</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Function name="env"> <ogc:Literal>wms_width</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> </ogc:Function> <ogc:Function name="parameter"> <ogc:Literal>outputHeight</ogc:Literal> <ogc:Function name="env"> <ogc:Literal>wms_height</ogc:Literal> </ogc:Function> </ogc:Function> </ogc:Function> </Transformation> <Rule> <Name>Clusters</Name> <Title>Clusters</Title> <ogc:Filter> <ogc:PropertyIsGreaterThanOrEqualTo> <ogc:PropertyName>count</ogc:PropertyName> <ogc:Literal>5</ogc:Literal> </ogc:PropertyIsGreaterThanOrEqualTo> </ogc:Filter> <TextSymbolizer> <Label> <ogc:PropertyName>count</ogc:PropertyName> </Label> <Font> <CssParameter name="font-family">Arial</CssParameter> <CssParameter name="font-size">10</CssParameter> <CssParameter name="font-weight">bold</CssParameter> </Font> <LabelPlacement> <PointPlacement> <AnchorPoint> <AnchorPointX>0</AnchorPointX> <AnchorPointY>0</AnchorPointY> </AnchorPoint> </PointPlacement> </LabelPlacement> <Halo> <Radius>0.4</Radius> <Fill> <CssParameter name="fill">#000000</CssParameter> <CssParameter name="fill-opacity">1</CssParameter> </Fill> </Halo> <Fill> <CssParameter name="fill">#FFFFFF</CssParameter> <CssParameter name="fill-opacity">1.0</CssParameter> </Fill> </TextSymbolizer> </Rule> </FeatureTypeStyle> </UserStyle> </NamedLayer></StyledLayerDescriptor>
This style renders the points as a heatmap using the `geometry` attribute for weighting and then displays labels for clusters of points that are larger than 5. It looks like this (Again, this is dummy data and not the actual data):
The style is functional and has been approved by the client. However, I would like to revisit the labelling logic to better align it with the heatmap styling. Specifically, I aim to have the labels correspond to the colour breaks in the heatmap rather than relying on a separate clustering logic.
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Mappery: Wellington Botanic Garden
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Cartodataviz shared this 3d topographic map of a part of the botanic garden in Wellington
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An Extremely Distorted Map of the US Election
sur Google Maps ManiaFollowing the publication of its Extremely Detailed Map of the 2016 Election, the New York Times was widely criticized for visually misrepresenting the election results. Despite this backlash, the newspaper chose to repeat the error after the 2020 election - and has now done so again!The New York Times recently released its Extremely Detailed Map of the 2024 Election. According to the NYT,
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Jackie Ng: Announcing: mapguide-react-layout 0.14.10 and MapGuide Maestro 6.0m13
sur Planet OSGeoWe start the new year with a double-header release of:
- MapGuide Maestro 6.0m13
- mapguide-react-layout 0.14.10
Namely, it is to do with a notification I received about the coming deprecation (and eventual shutdown) of the epsg.io service that both pieces of software use to do proj4 projection lookups for any given EPSG code. This service will shutdown in Feburary (next month) and transition over to the MapTiler coordinates API. This new API requires an API key to use their services.
In the context of these 2 projects, the API key requirement introduces too much friction.- If I take up the offer to use MapTiler, I have to register and bake my API key into both Maestro and mapguide-react-layout and am now responsible for API usage/monitoring under this key from users I have no control over. Last thing I want to deal with is bug reports from users because, let's say for example: proj4 lookup is broken because the API is no longer accessible for my API key due to quota exceeded. I just don't want to deal with such a scenario.
- Which means the alternative is to change the code to the extent that users can "bring their own API key", taking such API key usage/monitoring concerns out of my hands. This too is also too much hassle. I just want to do EPSG code to proj4 lookups nothing more nothing less!
So in light of these concerns, instead of moving to MapTiler coordinates. Instead I have opted to use spatialreference.org to do EPSG -> proj4 lookups. No API keys are required there.
So since this was the main driver for needing to put out new releases of MapGuide Maestro and mapguide-react-layout, we might as well take this opportunity to lump in some other fixes and minor changes, which are detailed below.mapguide-react-layout changes(reworked) Stamen and (new) StadiaMaps supportStamen tiled layer support was broken for some time since it was taken over by Stadia Maps. I had already taken care of this in the VSCode map preview extension which had the same problem. But for mapguide-react-layout, the fix was a bit different due to it not using the latest version of OpenLayers and it is too much work right now to update to the latest OpenLayers in mapguide-react-layout.
So what was done for mapguide-react-layout instead is to create these Stamen tile layers as XYZ layers instead of using the (now broken for that OL release) Stamen tile source. This works because Stamen tiles are ultimately tilesets using the XYZ web mercator scheme. The only other changes is that a Stadia Maps API key is required. So if your appdef defines one or more Stamen tile layers and you didn't specify an API key, you'll get the same startup warning you get when you have Bing Maps layers and didn't specify a Bing Maps API key
But if you do provide a Stadia Maps API key, you'll get the Stamen layers you've seen before.
Since a Stadia Maps API key is now required, we've also added support for other tilesets provided by Stadia Maps, like:
Alidade Smooth
Alidade Smooth Dark
Alidade Satellite
Outdoors
So if you are loading your mapguide-react-layout viewer from a Flexible Layout document, where do you need to specify this new Stadia Maps API key?
That's where the new release of MapGuide Maestro comes in to help!MapGuide Maestro ChangesStamen Maps (changed) and Stadia Maps (new) supportThe Fusion Editor has reworked Stamen Maps support and added support for Stadia Maps
You'll notice that Stamen and Stadia Maps have 2 variants for every layer.- A specialized version
- An XYZ layer variant ("... as XYZ")
This was done so that if you are still authoring Flexible Layouts for Fusion instead of mapguide-react-layout, you can still view Stamen and Stadia Maps layers in Fusion through the existing XYZ layer support that is available in Fusion as demonstrated in the screenshot below, using the Stadia Maps alidade_smooth_dark tileset + API key.
So depending on the context:
If you are authoring a Flexible Layout for Fusion, choose the "... as XYZ" version and enter the Stadia Maps API key when prompted.
Otherwise, if you are authoring a Flexible Layout for mapguide-react-layout, choose the specialized version and enter the Stadia Maps API key in the provided field
This release of mapguide-react-layout will read the Stadia Maps API key from this new setting in the Flexible Layout when initializing with Stamen and Stadia Maps tile layers.
Using spatialreference.org for EPSG > proj4 lookupsAs stated above, the projection management dialog of the Fusion Editor now uses spatialreference.org for resolving proj4 strings from EPSG codes
Other changes- WMS Feature Source Editor: Improved the responsiveness and usability of the Advanced Configuration Dialog
- You can finally copy (ctrl-c) content in the IronPython console!!! You can now truly iterate on automation scripts by finally being able to copy the snippets of working Python code you just entered and eval-ed.
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GeoSolutions: GeoSolutions at GeoWeek Feb 10-12 (Booth 1543): Cesium/3D Tiles Support in MapStore
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Mappery: Dona Lina
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Erik spotted this on his vacation in Seville
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Global Ski Slope Orientations
sur Google Maps ManiaOpenSkiStats has analyzed ski trail maps to determine the direction of travel for ski trails worldwide. In Which Way do You Ski OpenSkiStats has used ski trail maps to determine the direction of travel of all ski trails in ski resorts around the globe. By gathering the coordinates of all trail segments, connecting these points, and treating each segment as a vector scaled by its -
Notable Memorial Map
sur Google Maps ManiaNotable MemorialsThis morning, I created a map of memorials in central London.My Notable Memorials map displays the names of individuals with memorials in central London, many of which are blue plaque memorials.While there’s nothing particularly groundbreaking about the map itself (although seeing the names of individuals rather than just markers is quite engaging), what
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Mappery: Rail Post Office Network
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Oliver Leroy said “Doing some trains nerd tourism, very hard to imagine how big the industry was before and how fast the change happened #mapsinthewild“
I couldn’t resist some nerdy research and found this
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OPENGIS.ch: Visualizing Ideas: From circles to planets to story arcs
sur Planet OSGeoMy first day at OPENGIS.ch back in September wasn’t what you usually expect when starting at a new workplace. Instead of diving head first into some complex code repository or reading up on company policies, I found myself scribbling lines and circles onto paper.
The OPENGIS.ch team was meeting in Bern at Puzzle ITC / We Are Cube for a workshop on visualizing ideas, hosted by Mayra and Jürgen from We Are Cube. For a few hours, a room full of slightly unsure, but mostly intrigued geo ninjas armed with pencils and paper discovered a new way to express their ideas through simple visuals.
Getting Started: Persuading the «I-Can’t-Draw-For-My-Life» Crowd
Entering the meeting room, some felt slightly threatened by the pencils on the table, but we were quickly assured that no one was expected to become the next Picasso – just to visualize ideas. Easy, right?
Visualizations help us understand, remember, and process ideas better than text or numbers can. Our brains are wired to process images far quicker than text. Being able to sketch ideas is a great skill, so let’s do it!
But for some of us, artistic expression is limited to drawing UML diagrams, and even that can be outsourced to code (see this nifty little tool called Mermaid). So, when it came time to draw our favorite animals as a warm-up, some people were a bit out of their comfort zone. But we soon learned that there are many neat tricks and strategies to make visualizing ideas easier.
The Basics: Shapes, Containers, Arrows, ExpressionsAfter getting over the stress of drawing animals, it was time to get into the basics. Jürgen explained that everything can be visualized using just a handful of simple shapes: circles, squares, triangles, and lines.
By adding a few details to these shapes, we can visualize many different objects without getting lost in the complexity of reality. And suddenly, a circle can be a hole in the paper, a plate or planet earth.
To then visualize even more complex ideas, only three basic elements are needed – containers (like rectangles or circles), arrows, and facial expressions. Containers represent the things we care about (whether that’s a person, an object, or an idea). Arrows help us show the relationships or flow between them. And facial expressions, well, they capture emotion.
By using these basic elements we build complex ideas – no high-level artistic skill required!
The Story Arc: Put your idea into a storyNow that we were a bit more comfortable with expressing ourselves on paper, we were introduced to the Story Arc. It’s a framework that helps structure a narrative visually. Whether you’re presenting a project, brainstorming a new product, or explaining a complex process, having a clear story structure makes everything easier to understand and remember.
So the last task of the day was to invent a story and visualize it. With nothing more than some simple circles, squiggly lines and lots of imagination, we were able to convey our stories with ease. The results were some catchy tales about empty phone batteries, juggling demanding job tasks or flying to the moon to solve a customer problem.
Conclusion: The power of visualizing Ideas
Turns out, visualizing ideas isn’t just for artists! Whether it’s brainstorming a new product or explaining a complex concept, simple visual tools can make ideas clearer and more memorable.
So, the next time you’re staring at a blank whiteboard or trying to figure out the best way to pitch an idea, just remember: grab a pencil, draw a circle, and let your imagination go wild.
Thanks, Mayra and Jürgen from We Are Cube – you’ve taught us that even non-artists can visualize ideas, and it’s all just a handful of simple shapes away!
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Camptocamp: Odoo Store Locator Module: Supporting Local Collaboration with Open Source Innovation
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When Onestein, an Odoo partner based in Breda, Netherlands, approached Camptocamp, they had a unique request: to create a store location module for the Odoo ERP system, complete with an interactive map. -
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QGIS Blog: Plugin Update – December, 2024
sur Planet OSGeoIn December, there were 37 new plugins published in the QGIS plugin repository.
Here follows the quick overview in reverse chronological order. If any of the names or short descriptions catches your attention, you can find the direct link to the plugin page in the table below:
Filtra Selecionados | Filter Selected Filtra a camada ativa com base nas feições selecionadas, considerando a estrutura e os tipos de campos para uma filtragem otimizada. | Filters the active layer based on selected features, considering the structure and field types for optimized filtering. French Point Elevation Récupère l’altitude à partir du RGE ALTI® (IGN, FRANCE). RAVI Remote Analysis of Vegetation Indices. MGBInputTool This plugin prepares the data for the MGB-IPH model. Integrator us?ug danych przestrzennych Narz?dzie stworzone dla u?ytkowników QGIS, które umo?liwia szybki i bezpo?redni dost?p do danych przestrzennych pochodz?cych z oficjalnej ewidencji zbiorów i us?ug danych przestrzennych kraju (EZiUDP). To najlepszy sposób pracy z polskimi danymi przestrzennymi, je?li na co dzie? z nich korzystasz. Basemaps A QGIS plugin to load multiple online basemap services. Hypsometric Curve Calcola la curva ipsometrica di un bacino idrografico partendo da un layer DEM e da un layer vettoriale contenente il poligono che delimita il bacino stesso. Puoi assegnare la banda di colore per la definizione delle quote altimetriche del terreno, inserire il numero per suddividere l’area del bacino delimitato dal poligono, per la definizione degli intervalli delle quote altimetriche. *** English: Calculate the hypsometric curve of a hydrographic basin starting from a DEM layer and a vector layer containing the polygon that delimits the basin itself. You can assign the color band to define the elevations of the terrain, enter the number to divide the area of ??the basin delimited by the polygon, to define the intervals of the elevations. Mapa Glebowo-Rolnicza Wtyczka do wizualizacji mapy glebowo rolniczej. Geosimulation Land Changes This plugin is a tool used in spatial modeling to predict changes in land cover or land use. CityForge CityForge is a QGIS plugin for reconstructing 3D buildings from footprint and point cloud into CityJSON files. qgis_otp_multi_isochrone_plugin Make Isochrone with OpenTripPlanner Ver1.5. HVLSP merge packages This plugin merges high-value large-scale Geopackage files provided by the Open maps for Europe 2 (OME2) project. sz_processing Susceptibility Zoning plugin. Osm Map Matching Plugin aligning route points with OpenStreetMap roads, including OSM fields. Accessibility calculator Accessibility Calculations. APNCad Applicatif destiné à la prise de notes sur tablette numérique lors des opérations de terrain réalisées pendant le remaniement cadastral. APNCad est le fruit de la collaboration entre Jean-Noël MARCHAL de la BNIC de Nancy et Marius FRANÇOIS-MARCHAL. QuODK A link between ODK Central data and QGIS. EODH Workflows Access and run workflows on the EODH. Next Print This plugin makes it easy to print using templates and text. DataAW DataAW compares two files using area-weighted data. WIMS Integrate Aggregates WIMS field data with Web Services. Wurman Dots Create Wurman Dots using a square or hexagonal grid. qgis_color_ramp_generator Generate QGIS color ramp XML files. variablePanel Displays project variables in a dedicated panel. Siligites Plugin pour l’étude de la proximité entre des sites archéologiques et les formations géologiques à silicites qui leur sont liées. Q4TS QGIS for TELEMAC-SALOME is a pre-processing of open-TELEMAC meshes: mesh creation, mesh modification, mesh interpolation, creation of boundary condition file. Dissect and dissolve overlaps (SAGA NextGen) Detect, zoom to, dissect and dissolve overlaps in one polygon layer. TiffSlider This plugin lets you switch effortlessly between .tiff-layers in your chosen group via horizontal slider. It was mainly scripted to visualize GPR radargrams to depict the change of ground structure. Offset Lines This plugin lets you offset lines parallel to its original in a variable distance. Quick BDL Pobieranie obiektów GUS/BDL (EN: Downloading objects from the Central Statistical Office of Poland / Local Data Bank). RoutesComposer Composer of roads from network of segments. GeoParquet Downloader (Overture, Source & Custom Cloud) This plugin connects to cloud-based GeoParquet data and downloads the portion in the current viewport. Prettier Maps Style your QGIS maps. OpenDRIVE Map Viewer This plugin adds support to visualize OpenDRIVE maps to QGIS. geo_easyprint ????????? Territory Analysis This is an example of a plugin for creating an automated report on a comprehensive analysis of the territory using remote sensing data. Surface Water Storage This plugin generates the inundation area and elevation-area-volume graph for an area. -
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Mappery: Curiositi
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Raf spotted this shop sign in Pamplona
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LA Fires Damage Inspections Dashboard
sur Google Maps ManiaAround 105,000 Los Angeles residents remain under mandatory evacuation orders, with an additional 87,000 under evacuation warnings. Many of these residents are uncertain and deeply concerned about the safety of their homes. So far, more than 12,000 buildings have been destroyed by the Los Angeles fires.To provide clarity and transparency, the County of Los Angeles has published preliminary maps
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Nick Bearman: FOSS4G 2024 - Belém, Brazil
sur Planet OSGeoI was very lucky to be able to attend FOSS4G 2024, in Belém, Brazil on 2nd - 8th December 2024. Belém is a fantastic city, and due to host COP30 in November 2025, with lots of construction on going. FOSS4G has a wonderful community and a great variety of talks - have a look at the agenda to see the different topics under discussion.
Tri-lingual welcome, in Portugese, Spanish and English at FOSS4G 2024
The first two days were workshops, and I attended XYZ Cloud MAPPing 101 presented by Dennis Bauszus, and Community Drone Mapping by Ivan Buendi?a Gayton. In some ways I find the workshops the most useful element of the conference because it gives you time to dig in to a specific piece of software and learn some new skills, something I am quite poor at doing during my usual ‘day job’! I learnt some new useful skills in both workshops. Dennis has also shared the XYZ Mapping workshop materials if you have more discipline than me(!) and can work through it on your own:
- More details on the app itself
- Start with Getting started
- Then look at the workshop
The Drone workshop was also fascinating, and Ivan did a great job of both teaching us how to fly a drone (easier than I thought) and how to help local communities leverage the power of drones (& wider GIS skills) for their own benefit.
The main conference itself was in the Hanger Convention Centre and it was a great international conference. The laid back approach of FOSS4G always creates a lovely atmosphere and it was a great opportunity to get to know new people in the FOSS4G world, and catch up with people I have met at previous events. Community is one of the key things that I love about this group, with people very willing to help each other out. Uber is a key method of transportation in Brazil, and with a number of the evening social events in the city centre, we usually clubbed together at the hotel reception for an Uber to get us there, and back afterwards!
The variety of talks was incredible, with fascinating applications of FOSS4G tools, discussions on the interaction of academia and FOSS4G and personal reflections on people’s FOSS4G journeys. I particularly Kim Durante’s talk on FAIR Principles for Geospatial Data Curation which might have some very useful ideas for a project I am working on at the moment, and Veronica Andreo’s talk, From field biology to the GRASS GIS board - an open source journey about how she got involved in the GRASS GIS project.
I met one lady from Brazil and this was her first international, English speaking conference. She was really enjoying herself and it was a great introduction to the FOSS4G community for her.
One thing that came across to me was the variety of open source projects, and how some projects seem to be doing very similar things. Two examples that come to mind are QField and Mergin Maps, both of which allow users to collect data in a QGIS project in the field on their phone, and process that data back in the office. Another pair would be QGIS and GRASS GIS, both arguably great quality Desktop GIS tools, and there are many other examples too.
Initially I wondered why there were so many similar tools like this, when it might make more sense to combine effort and focus on one tool, rather than splitting our effort over two? However after a bit of reflection I discovered a) that often two similar tools have differences that make them more useful to different audiences. For example, QField is a more flexible field data collection tool, and Mergin Maps is easier to get up and running with. Also, b) having multiple tools reflects the market approach of encouraging development and innovation, with the best tool ‘winning’. In this context winning is not by having the highest revenues or the highest profits, but by having communities of users and developers. If a project doesn’t have a good group of users and/or a good group of developers interested in keeping the project up to date, then gradually it will fall out of use. I was not expecting to see an example of a capitalist based market in the open source community, but here it is!
I also had the opportunity to met Katja Haferkorn, who is the coordinator for FOSSGIS e.V. FOSSGIS e.V. is the OSGeo Local Chapter for German-speaking countries - D-A-CH, i.e. Germany, Austria and the german speaking part of Switzerland. FOSSGIS e.V. is also the German local chapter for OpenStreetMap. FOSSGIS e.V. is quite unique in that they are a local chapter who has a paid coordinator - Katja - and it was fascinating to hear her experiences. As OSGeo:UK Chair, one of the questions I asked her was about diversity within Local Chapters, and OSGeo as a whole. This is an issue for them as well and it is a aspect of membership that has been challenging the whole community for a while. Katja has written a great blog post about the conference. It is in German, but Google Translate does a reasonable job of translating it into English.
Working at the Code Sprint, thanks to Felipe Barros for the photo
The last two days of the conference was the Code Sprint. This is a chance to meet people working on different open source GIS projects and learn how to contribute to different elements of the projects. I had a great chat with Silvina Meritano and Andrés Duhour about using R as a GIS. Silvina was keen to develop her mapping skills in R, and Andrés had already developed an R package (which he presented at the conference: osmlanduseR) and spent a bit of time learning about and contributing to the new
tmaplibrary examples.Tmapversion 4 is coming out (blog post coming soon!) and I needed to updated my material for this new version. I also spent some time looking at the Las Calles De Las Mujeres project, which looks at the proportion of streets named after women (rather than men) in a range of Spanish speaking countries. Silvina and I had a go at creating a version in R that could automate some more of the process to apply this to different cities in English speaking countries.The internet connection at the code sprint was a little variable, so we had some challenges and had to resort to using the “sneaker net” occasionally - using a USB stick to transfer data between us! Fortunately we never had to resort to playing truco - a card game played in Argentina when the internet doesn’t work and you have nothing else to do!
Conference group photo
Thanks very much to everyone involved in organising the conference. Many more photos are on Flickr. The conference was a fantastic experience, and if you ever have the opportunity to go to a FOSS4G conference, anywhere, do take it!
If you want help or advice on any open source geospatial tool, or are interested in Introductory or Advanced GIS training in QGIS or R, please do contact me.
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GeoServer Team: GeoServer 2025 Roadmap
sur Planet OSGeoHappy new year and welcome to 2025 from the GeoServer team!
Last year we started something different for our project - sharing our 2024 roadmap plans with our community and asking for resources (participation and funding) to accomplish some challenging goals. We would like to provide an update for 2025 and a few words on our experience in 2024.
The GeoServer project is supported and maintained thanks to the hard work of volunteers and the backing of public institutions and companies providing professional support.
GeoServer was started in 2001 by a non-profit technology incubator. Subsequent years has seen the project supported by larger companies with investors and venture capital. This support is no longer available - and without this cushion we must rely on our community to play a greater role in the success of the project.
We are seeking a healthy balance in 2025 and are asking for support in the following areas:
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Maintenance: The GeoServer team uses extensive automation, quality assurance tools, and policy of dropping modules to “right size” the project to match developer resources.
However maintenance costs for software markedly increased in 2024 as did time devoted to security vulnerabilities. This causes the components used by GeoServer to be updated more frequently, and with greater urgency.
?? Community members can answer questions on geoserver-user forum, reproduce issues as they are reported, and verify fixes.
?? Developers are encouraged to get started by reviewing pull-requests to learn what is needed, and then move on to fixing issues.
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Security Vulnerabilities: GeoServer works with an established a coordinated vulnerability disclosure policy, with clear guidelines for individuals to particpate based on trust, similar to how committers are managed. Our 2024 experience with CVE-2024-36401 highlights the importance of this activity for our community and service providers.
?? Trusted volunteers can help mind geoserver-security email list, and help reproduce vulnerabilities as they are reported. We also seek developer capacity and funding to address confirmed vulnerabilities.
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Releases: Regular release and community testing is a key success factor for open source projects and is an important priority for GeoServer. Peter has done a great job updating the release instructions, and many of the tasks are automated, making this activity far easier for new volunteers.
?? Developers and Service Providers are asked to make time available to to assist with the release process.
Asking our community to test release candidates ahead of each major release has been discontinued due to lack of response. The GeoServer team operates with a time-boxed release model so it is predictable when testing will be expected.
?? Community members and Service Providers are asked to help test nightly builds ahead of major releases in March and April.
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Testing: Testing of new functionality and technology updates is an important quality assurance activity We have had some success asking downstream projects directly to test when facing technical-challenges in 2023.
?? We anticipate extensive testing will be required for GeoServer 3 and ask everyone to plan some time to test out nightly builds with your own data and infrastructure during the course of this activity.
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Sponsorship: In 2023 we made a deliberate effort to “get over being shy” and ask for financial support, setting up a sponsorship page, and listing sponsors on our home page.
The response has not been in keeping with the operational costs of our project and we seek ideas on input on an appropriate approach.
?? We ask for your financial assistance in 2025 (see bottom of page for recommendations).
The above priorities of maintenance, testing and sponsorship represent the normal operations of an open-source project. This post is provided as a reminder, and a call to action for our community.
2025 Roadmap Planning CITE CertificationOur CITE Certification was lost some years ago, due to vandalism of a build server, and we would like to see certification restored.
OGC CITE Certification is important for two reasons:
- Provides a source of black-box testing ensuring that each GeoServer release behaves as intended.
- Provides a logo and visibility for the project helping to promote the use of open standards.
Recent progress on this activity:
- As part of a Camptocamp organized OGCAPI - Features sprint Gabriel was able setup a GitHub workflow restoring the use of CITE testing for black-box testing of GeoServer. Gabriel focused on OGC API - Features certification but found WMS 1.1 and WCS 1.1 tests would also pass out of the box, providing a setup for running the tests in each new pull request.
- Andrea made further progress certifying the output produced by GeoServer, restoring the WMS 1.3, WFS 1.0 and WFS 1.1 tests, as well as upgrading the test engine to the latest production release. In addition, CITE tests that weren’t run in the past have been added, like WFS 2.0 and GeoTIFF, while other new tests are in progress, like WCS 2.0, WMTS 1.0 and GeoPackage.
- The Open Source Geospatial Foundation provides hosting for OSGeo Projects. Peter is looking into this opportunity which would allow the project to be certified and once again be a reference implementation.
?? Please reach out on the developer forum and ask how you can help support this activity.
GeoServer 3GeoServer 3 is being developed to address crucial challenges and ensure that GeoServer remains a reliable and secure platform for the future.
Staying up-to-date with the latest technology is no longer optional — it’s essential. Starting with spring-framework-6, each update requiring several others to occur at the same time.
Our community is responding to this challenge but needs your support to be successful:
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Brad and David have made considerable progress on Wicket UI updates over the course of 2024, and with Steve’s effort on Content Security Policy compliance (CSP headers are enabled by default in newer versions of Wicket).
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Andreas Watermeyer (ITS Digital Solutions) has been steadily working on Spring Security 5.8 update and corresponding OAuth2 Secuirty Module replacements.
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Consortium of Camptocamp, GeoSolutions and GeoCat have responded to our roadmap challenge with a bold GeoServer 3 Crowdfunding. The crowd funding is presently in phase one collecting pledges, when goal is reached phase two will collect funds and start development.
Check out the crowdfunding page for details, faq, including overview of project plan.
?? Pledge support for GeoServer 3 Crowdfunding using email or form.
?? Developers please reach out on the developer forum if you have capacity to work on this activity.
?? Testers GeoServer 3 will need testing with your data and environment over the course of development.
Service ProvidersService providers bring GeoServer technology to a wider audience. We recognize core-contributors who take on an ongoing responsibility for the GeoServer project on our home page, along with a listing of commercial support on our website. We encourage service providers offering GeoServer support to be added to this list.
Helping meet project roadmap planning goals and objectives is a good way for service providers to gain experience with the project and represent their customers in our community. We recognize service providers that contribute to the sustainability of GeoServer as experienced providers.
?? We encourage service providers to directly take project maintenance and testing activities, and financially support the project if they do not have capacity to participate directly.
Sponsorship OpportunitiesThe GeoServer Project Steering Committee uses your financial support to fund maintenance activities, code sprints, and research and development that is beyond the reach of an individual contributor.
GeoServer recognizes your financial support on our home page, sponsorship page and in release notes and presentations. GeoServer is part of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation and your financial support of the project is reflected on the OSGeo sponsorship page.
Recommendations:
- Individuals can use Donate via GitHub Sponsors to have their repository badged as supporting OSGeo.
- Individuals who offer GeoServer services should consider $50 USD a month to be listed as a bronze Sponsor on the OSGeo website.
- Organisations using GeoServer are encouraged to sponsor $50 USD a month to be listed as a bronze sponsor on the OSGeo website.
- Organisations that offer GeoServer services should consider $250 a month to be listed as a silver sponsor on the OSGeo website.
?? For instructions on sponsorship see how to Sponsor via Open Source Geospatial Foundation.
Further reading:
Thanks to 2025 Sponsors:
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Mappery: Candles and Globes
sur Planet OSGeo
Raf shared this pic. ’Candles shelf decorated with globes at Les Topettes perfume shop in Barcelona Raval’
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Free and Open Source GIS Ramblings: Trajectools 2.4 release
sur Planet OSGeo
In this new release, you will find new algorithms, default output styles, and other usability improvements, in particular for working with public transport schedules in GTFS format, including:
- Added GTFS algorithms for extracting stops, fixes #43
- Added default output styles for GTFS stops and segments c600060
- Added Trajectory splitting at field value changes 286fdbd
- Added option to add selected fields to output trajectories layer, fixes #53
- Improved UI of the split by observation gap algorithm, fixes #36
Note: To use this new version of Trajectools, please upgrade your installation of MovingPandas to >= 0.21.2, e.g. using
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mport pip; pip.main(['install', '--upgrade', 'movingpandas'])or
conda install movingpandas==0.21.2
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The Big Foot Sightings Map
sur Google Maps ManiaIn October 2004, Rodney Frank Williams's daughters reported hearing what they described as "a combination of a whale and a dinosaur" coming from the state forestland near their home in Joyce, Washington. Upon further investigation, Williams discovered a footprint "much like a large wide human print dressed in a moccasin." Additional incidents, including a mysteriously moved pumpkin, led -
Los Angeles Wildfire Maps
sur Google Maps ManiaFive wildfires are currently burning in Los Angeles. At the time of writing, three of the fires remain uncontained. So far, the fires have claimed at least five lives, and 137,000 people have been evacuated. Over 1,000 structures, including many homes, have also been lost. Genasys Protect's evacuation management tool provides an interactive map where Los Angeles residents can access evacuation -
The House Price Map
sur Google Maps ManiaOne of my favorite pastimes is searching for houses for sale in the UK and Europe. I love trawling real estate sites and discovering what kind of property I could buy if I sold my small terraced house in London. As a result of this almost daily exploration of real estate listings, you might say I have become obsessed with house prices and the cost of property in different areas of the UK.Which
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Le blog de Geomatys: 2024 chez Geomatys
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2024 chez Geomatys
- 23/12/2024
- Jordan Serviere
Alors que 2024 s’achève, Geomatys se distingue une fois de plus comme un acteur clé dans le domaine de l’information géospatiale, des systèmes d’information environnementale et de la défense. Cette année a été marquée par des avancées technologiques concrètes, des reconnaissances importantes et des collaborations stratégiques qui ont renforcé notre position dans des secteurs en constante évolution. Retour sur ces douze mois faits de projets ambitieux et de réalisations collectives.
Examind C2 : réinvention de la gestion tactiqueLe lancement d’Examind C2 représente une étape cruciale en 2024, tant pour Geomatys que pour les secteurs de la défense, de la cybersécurité et de la gestion de crise. Cette plateforme de Commande et Contrôle (C2), conçue pour répondre aux besoins complexes des environnements multi-milieux et multi-champs, se distingue par son interopérabilité avancée et son traitement en quasi-temps réel. Les visualisations dynamiques qu’elle propose offrent une supériorité informationnelle essentielle pour optimiser les prises de décision dans des situations critiques. Avec des capacités étendues en traitement de données spatiales, Examind C2 anticipe également les attentes futures des utilisateurs. Pour une analyse approfondie de ses capacités et de ses cas d’utilisation, rendez-vous sur le site officiel.
AQUALIT : vers une gestion durable de l’eau potableEn 2024, Geomatys a franchi une nouvelle étape avec la commercialisation d’AQUALIT, une plateforme novatrice destinée à l’analyse des mesures d’eau. Conçue spécifiquement pour les producteurs d’eau potable, AQUALIT leur fournit des outils puissants pour surveiller, analyser et optimiser la qualité de leurs ressources. Cette solution intègre des fonctionnalités avancées en gestion des données hydrologiques, en analyse prédictive et en visualisation cartographique. Dans un contexte où la gestion durable de l’eau est devenue un enjeu prioritaire, AQUALIT illustre parfaitement l’engagement de Geomatys en faveur de l’environnement et de l’innovation. Pour en savoir plus et découvrir toutes ses fonctionnalités, consultez le site d’AQUALIT.
OPAT devient ShoreInt : une évolution pour mieux répondre aux besoins côtiersEn 2024, notre projet OPAT a connu une évolution majeure en devenant ShoreInt. Cette transition reflète notre désir d’offrir une solution toujours plus adaptée aux enjeux complexes de la gestion des zones côtières. ShoreInt intègre des données issues de technologies comme l’AIS, les images satellites et la modélisation spatiale pour fournir une analyse précise des activités maritimes et des dynamiques environnementales. Avec une interface ergonomique et des outils avancés de visualisation, ShoreInt est conçu pour aider les décisionnaires à gérer les interactions complexes entre les activités humaines et les écosystèmes côtiers. Pour en savoir plus sur cette solution innovante, consultez le site de ShoreInt.
Lauréat du Concours d’innovation avec EpiwiseUn des temps forts de 2024 est sans conteste la distinction obtenue par Geomatys pour son projet Epiwise lors des Concours d’innovation de l’État. Soutenu par France 2030, ce projet épidémiologique figure parmi les 177 initiatives lauréates reconnues pour leur potentiel à transformer durablement leur secteur. Cette récompense reflète notre capacité à innover tout en répondant à des besoins sociétaux majeurs, tels que la prévention des pandémies et la modélisation épidémiologique. En s’appuyant sur des technologies de machine learning et de traitement des big data, Epiwise offre des perspectives nouvelles pour la santé publique.
Collaboration et continuité : une stratégie collectiveAu-delà de ces projets phares, Geomatys a maintenu en 2024 un rythme soutenu de collaboration dans des initiatives d’envergure. Parmi elles, FairEase, le portail Géosud et nos partenariats stratégiques avec Mercator Ocean et l’Office Français de la Biodiversité. Ces travaux, axés sur la valorisation des données spatiales, l’interopérabilité et la gestion des ressources naturelles, témoignent de notre engagement à développer des solutions ouvertes, accessibles et adaptées aux enjeux environnementaux contemporains. Ces projets, loin de s’arrêter en 2024, constituent un socle solide pour notre développement en 2025 et au-delà.
Et en 2025...Alors que nous nous tournons vers 2025, Geomatys se prépare à renforcer son impact et à ouvrir de nouvelles perspectives. En poursuivant nos investissements dans la recherche et le développement, notamment en télédétection, modélisation environnementale et gestion des données massives, nous ambitionnons de créer des solutions toujours plus performantes et adaptées aux besoins d’un monde en mutation rapide. L’année à venir sera marquée par le renforcement de nos relations avec nos partenaires stratégiques, dans une perspective de collaboration continue et durable. Nous adressons nos sincères remerciements à nos collaborateurs, dont l’engagement et les compétences sont le moteur de nos réussites, ainsi qu’à nos clients et partenaires pour leur soutien indéfectible. Ensemble, faisons de 2025 une année riche en projets et accomplissements. Toute l’équipe vous souhaite de très belles fêtes de fin d’année. Rendez-vous en 2025 !
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Mapping Marine Traffic
sur Google Maps ManiaEsri's interactive map U.S. Vessel Traffic offers a captivating visualization of activity on U.S. waterways, underscoring the vital role marine traffic plays in commerce, travel, and environmental management. Over the past decade, vessel traffic in the U.S. has seen significant growth, with annual cargo shipments reaching 2.3 billion tons.Esri's interactive map leverages Automatic
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PostGIS Development: PostGIS Patch Releases
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Mappery: Candy Jar
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Koen Rutten shared this candy jar.
“#mapsInTheWild My new candy jar! Made by Royal Goedewaagen to the design of Sander Alblas. In my case: a second-hand one.”
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The Taco Bell Interstate Map
sur Google Maps ManiaIf you insist on only eating at a Taco Bell while driving cross-country then you need Think Outside the Bun. Think Outside the Bus is an interactive map of Taco Bell locations across the United States. For Taco Bell enthusiasts, this map is an invaluable tool, showing which states, cities, and even interstates offer the best access to affordable Mexican-inspired cuisine.The map uses the size of
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Mappery: From the Heart
sur Planet OSGeoPièce jointe: [télécharger]
Another map shared by Le Cartographe during a trip to Portugal.
