How do I build a #FlatGeobuf with #GDAL that makes #QGIS *not* scan the whole file when adding to determine some metadata?
Beyond the Buzz: Cloud-native geo: #CloudNativeGeo is everywhere, but does it live up to the hype? Lukas Merz takes a sharp look at formats like #COG, #FlatGeoBuf, #GeoParquet, and #PMTiles, and helps you decide when #cloudnative is the right tool for the job.
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/02/25-beyond-the-buzz-cloud-native-geo/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS
Beyond the Buzz: Cloud-native geo – Spatialists – geospatial news

#CloudNativeGeo is everywhere, but does it live up to the hype? Lukas Merz takes a sharp look at formats like #COG, #FlatGeoBuf, #GeoParquet, and #PMTiles, and helps you decide when #cloudnative is the right tool for the job.

Spatialists – geospatial news
Beyond the Buzz: Cloud-native geo: #CloudNativeGeo is everywhere, but does it live up to the hype? Lukas Merz takes a sharp look at formats like #COG, #FlatGeoBuf, #GeoParquet, and #PMTiles, and helps you decide when #cloudnative is the right tool for the job.
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/02/25-beyond-the-buzz-cloud-native-geo/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS
Beyond the Buzz: Cloud-native geo – Spatialists – geospatial news

#CloudNativeGeo is everywhere, but does it live up to the hype? Lukas Merz takes a sharp look at formats like #COG, #FlatGeoBuf, #GeoParquet, and #PMTiles, and helps you decide when #cloudnative is the right tool for the job.

Spatialists – geospatial news
Geo Cloud Converter: Maphub.co launches #GeoCloudConverter, a browser-based #WASM tool that transforms common geospatial file types — #GeoJSON, #Shapefile, #KML, #GPX, CSV, #GeoPackage, or #GeoTIFF – into modern, #cloudnative formats like #GeoParquet, #FlatGeobuf,...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/10/28-geo-cloud-converter/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS
Geo Cloud Converter – Spatialists – geospatial news

Maphub.co launches #GeoCloudConverter, a browser-based #WASM tool that transforms common geospatial file types — #GeoJSON, #Shapefile, #KML, #GPX, CSV, #GeoPackage, or #GeoTIFF – into modern, #cloudnative formats like #GeoParquet, #FlatGeobuf, #PMTiles, or Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF (#COG). The tool performs all processing locally in your browser for quick, private conversions up to 1 GB.

Spatialists – geospatial news

Interactive viewing of FlatGeobuf files in the web browser, to inspect the files and see the properties of the geometries and metadata of the file #flatgeobuf

https://do-me.github.io/flatgeobuf-viewer/

FlatGeobuf Viewer | Interactive .fgb File Visualization

A fast, free, and open-source in-browser tool to visualize FlatGeobuf (.fgb) files. Drag and drop your geospatial data to view it on an interactive map, inspect properties, and see metadata.

GeoServer Cloud adds GeoParquet data source support: #GeoServer Cloud 2.27.0.0, a cloud-native, microservices-based version of GeoServer, now supports #GeoParquet DataStores, expanding its compatibility with modern #cloudnative geospatial formats alongside #FlatGeoBuf and Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/04-26-geoserver-cloud-adds-geoparquet-data-source-support/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS
GeoServer Cloud adds GeoParquet data source support – Spatialists – geospatial news

#GeoServer Cloud 2.27.0.0, a cloud-native, microservices-based version of GeoServer, now supports #GeoParquet DataStores, expanding its compatibility with modern #cloudnative geospatial formats alongside #FlatGeoBuf and Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF (#COG).

Spatialists – geospatial news

Built a webmap to generate random geodata with export to #Geopackage #FlatGeobuf #CSV #GeoJSON or #PGDump

Besides #wgs84 (latitude/longitude) all #UTM projections are supported dynamically by location

Thanks to #GDAL #WebAssembly this works completely in the browser and does not require server processing 🤩

Demo: https://jakobmiksch.github.io/random-geodata/
Repo: https://github.com/jakobMiksch/random-geodata
#gischat #vuejs #openlayers

Random Geodata

@pokateo

I lost a lot of productivity this year to the assumption that Esri tools would operate consistently, have their basic functions tested, and actually work out of the box.

2024 is gonna be the year we start the Great FOSS Migration, building out some #MapLibre or #OpenLayers pages for the public, non-editable stuff, using file-based data layers like #flatgeobuf and home-grown vector tiles.

Gonna be quite the undertaking!

🚀 New post on performance benchmarking 📊 in #MapServer between #Shapefile and #FlatGeoBuf
https://mapserverstudio.net/posts/benchmarking_fgb_shp.html
Benchmarking: FlatGeobuf versus Shapefile

This post gives benchmark MapServer rendering times of a countries dataset in two different formats FlatGeobuf and Shapefile. Page Contents: Benchmarking: FlatGeobuf versus Shapefile- Setup, Test 1...

MapServer Studio
@jeremy probably yes, @kylebarron would know more. Other options are #flatgeobuf or vector tiles, optionally packaged as #pmtiles file.