A new VerySpatial podcast is out! A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 781, listen to it here: https://veryspatial.com/2026/03/a-veryspatial-podcast-episode-781/
#GIS #GISChat
A VerySpatial Podcast - Episode 781

reflections

DuckDB 1.5 with spatial updates: DuckDB 1.5 arrives with significant updates for #geospatial: GEOMETRY becomes a built-in data type, storage switches to #WKB with shredding for better compression, #CRS awareness is now part of the type system, and more! Here is a rundown of the most relevant new features in #DuckDB 1.5.
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/03/22-duckdb-15-with-spatial-updates/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS
DuckDB 1.5 with spatial updates – Spatialists – geospatial news

DuckDB 1.5 arrives with significant updates for #geospatial: GEOMETRY becomes a built-in data type, storage switches to #WKB with shredding for better compression, #CRS awareness is now part of the type system, and more! Here is a rundown of the most relevant new features in #DuckDB 1.5.

Spatialists – geospatial news
Geoinformation circles in Geneva: Geneva’s #SITG is experimenting with an open community model: thematic #geoinformation circles that anyone can propose, join, and self-organize. Already, participants range from the WHO and France’s national mapping agency to university researchers...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/03/21-geoinformation-circles-in-geneva/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS
Geoinformation circles in Geneva – Spatialists – geospatial news

Geneva’s #SITG is experimenting with an open community model: thematic #geoinformation circles that anyone can propose, join, and self-organize. Already, participants range from the WHO and France’s national mapping agency to university researchers and private companies.

Spatialists – geospatial news
A very detailed shaded map of Warsaw, Poland. The full map is 24000 x 24000 pixels with 0.5 m resolution and is available at https://shadedmaps.github.io
Data source: https://www.geoportal.gov.pl [Head Office of Geodesy and Cartography].
#geography #gischat #lidar #shadedmaps #dataviz

Done mapping all 25 #barangays of Minalabac, Camarines Sur, #Philippines 🇵🇭 in #OpenStreetMap, creating/updating their #Wikidata items, and linking the two with each other.

Wanna play around? Here is the Overpass Turbo query: https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/2mza

And here is the Wikidata Query Service (#WDQS) query: https://w.wiki/K6ne

Previously: https://en.osm.town/@seav/114750346738105697

#LinkedOpenData #OpenData #Mapstodon #gischat

🛰️ Geometry- and Physics-Aware Dataset Creation for Shadow Removal in High-Resolution Satellite Imagery https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/EGU26-21279.html

🌳 Establishing an Earth observation Super-resolution and Validation Framework for Improved Climate Hazard Assessment and Response in Forestry https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/EGU26-21127.html

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#superresolution #earthobservation #GISChat #EGU #imagery

Abstract EGU26-21279

Hey #esri users! If you have to make a dashboard, and you *have* to do it on the Esri stack, you should know that the table widget is EXTREMELY permissive with respect to inline CSS and HTML. Even SVGs!

#gischat

„Maps oder Die Aneignung von Welt(karten) | Malerei auf Schullandkarten” / “Maps or The Appropriation of the World (and Maps) | Painting on School Atlases” https://geoobserver.de/2026/03/20/maps-oder-die-aneignung-von-weltkarten-malerei-auf-schullandkarten/ #gistribe #gischat #fossgis #foss4g #OSGeo #spatial #geospatial #opensource #mapping #DataViz #gis #geo #geoObserver pls RT
The 2026 MapServer User Survey will be closing at the end of the month, so if you've not had a chance to respond here's the link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNLqslbM6IhocnwTst9c29eaD89yD81hdUKW2ctn2uZK0Z3g/viewform #mapserver #osgeo #gischat
2026 MapServer User Survey

The MapServer Project Steering Committee (PSC) would love to get your feedback on MapServer. Your input will help us understand how the project is being used and guide the development of its future roadmap. The survey will be open until the end of March 2026. Providing your name and email is entirely optional. All responses, including names and emails (if provided), will remain confidential. No identifying information will be published, and results will be aggregated and anonymised. Thank you for your valuable time and feedback. To make the survey more effective, please help us by sharing it widely.

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