🌍 New paper on key challenges in spatial machine learning!
We discuss six major topics shaping the field: model validation, performance metrics, uncertainty quantification, algorithmic diversity, software implementation, and modeling protocols. The paper highlights persistent challenges around robust evaluation and reproducibility in geospatial ML workflows.
Do I have any followers here who used scikit-mobility's human mobility metrics?
Since #skmob isn't maintained anymore, we're considering porting the essential functionality to @movingpandas and would love to have more feedback, especially if it's first-hand experience with the functionality:
“What must the #GIScience community do to matter?” An article by the Geographic Data Service reports from a roundtable discussion that has found the geospatial field “strategically undervalued” and institutionally isolated. Alex Singleton, director of the GeoDS, argues that spatial thinking should be treated as foundational, not as a specialism.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@xlth/116144192667591833
Not the ideal conditions for geospatial applications of VLMs 😅
#GIScience #VLM #spatiotemporal #MobilityDataScience #SpatialDataScience
Just released Scientific Toolkit v2.0 — an open‑source, cross‑disciplinary environment for geochemistry, archaeology, GIS, and lab/field analysis.
Designed to make advanced scientific workflows accessible, modular, and fully reproducible.
🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/Sefy76-Curiosity/Basalt-Provenance-Triage-Toolkit (github.com in Bing)
📄 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18727756 (doi.org in Bing)
#OpenScience #ResearchSoftware #Geochemistry #Archaeology #GIScience #Python #OpenSource #AcademicTools #DataAnalysis
Scientific Toolkit - Integrated software for geochemical & typological classification of EBA I basalt vessels/artefacts (Egypt/Levant). Combines pXRF/ICP‑MS, isotopes, wall-thickness & muse...
🌍 GIS Conference Opportunity
GeoSofia 2026 | 3D GeoInfo | SDSC | LADM & 3D LA will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria 🛰️🤖
Focusing on GIScience, remote sensing, and AI-driven spatial analysis for smart cities and sustainability 🌱🏙️
A great platform to present research and connect with the geospatial community. 🚀
🔗 Learn more: https://conference.gate-ai.eu/GeoSofia2026/
#GeoSofia2026 #GeoTech #GIScience #GeospatialAI #SpatialData #Geoinformatics #SmartCities #RemoteSensing #ResearchOpportunity
It is nice to see a collaboration long in the works finally published.
We collaborated with #TalTech researchers Kofoworola Modupe Osunkoya and Jenni Partanen on a study of #UrbanVitality in #Tallinn #Estonia. We used a previously established framework to assess urban vitality and expanded it with information on dynamic linguistic diversity.
Essentially, dynamic perspectives are crucial in assessing urban vitality.
📢 Call for Nominations — IJGI Young Investigator Award 2026
The International Journal of Geo‑Information (IJGI) has extended the nomination deadline!
📅 New deadline: 28 February 2026
🏆 Prize: CHF 2,000, certificate & a full APC waiver
👩🎓 Eligibility:
– PhD awarded ≤10 years before 31 Dec 2025
– Ground‑breaking contribution to geographic information
– Nominated by senior scientists
🔗 Details & nominations:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/awards/3154
#IJGI #YoungInvestigatorAward #GIScience #GeoInformation #GIS
🗺️ fastfocal: fast moving-window and point extraction for rasters in R, optimized for large windows and common focal stats via FFT. Built on terra.
How can we embed innovation into our daily work? 🤔
At HeiGIT, we create space to experiment with new ideas and technologies, without immediate pressure to deliver results. This led to #Innovation Weeks, later evolving into Innovation Summer ☀️, giving teams more flexibility to explore their ideas.
Taking time to try something new, even if it might not succeed, has already led to successful tools like #MapSwipe and #SketchMapTool
Jakub Nowosad
Anita Graser 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪
Spatialists
Sefy Levy
Geospatial Technologies
Tuomas Väisänen 📼🧟♂️
OSMScience
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