Na, wer kennt es? ST_Letters, ein Text2Multipolygon / Well, who’s familiar with it? ST_Letters, a Text2Multipolygon https://geoobserver.de/2026/04/07/na-wer-kennt-es-st_letters-ein-text2multipolygon/ #PostGIS #PostgreSQL #gistribe #gischat #fossgis #foss4g #OSGeo #spatial #geospatial #opensource #mapping #gis #geo #geoObserver pls RT @astroidex

A new VerySpatial podcast is out! A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 782, listen to it here: https://veryspatial.com/2026/04/a-veryspatial-podcast-episode-782/
#GIS #GISChat

geoparquet-io: Fast #GeoParquet tool: geoparquet-io is an open-source #CLI tool and #Python library for converting, inspecting, optimizing, and partitioning #GeoParquet files, automatically applying GeoParquet performance best practices along the way. Its extract command can pull geodata from sources such as #WFS, #Esri ArcGIS Feature Services, or #BigQuery into GeoParquet.
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/04/06-geoparquet-io-fast-geoparquet-tool/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

A very detailed shaded map of Duluth, Minnesota, US. The full map is 25000 x 25000 pixels with 0.5 m resolution and is available at https://shadedmaps.github.io
Data source: https://apps.nationalmap.gov [U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Program].
#GIS #gischat #shadedmaps #dataviz #geography

A very detailed shaded map of Szczecin, Poland. The full map is 20000 x 20000 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].
#maps #shadedrelief #GIS #gischat #geography

Where is North in this map?
#gischat

SOME SHARED SPATIAL/GIS ROLES & OPPORTUNITIES
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w/e April 3rd,2026 | GLOBAL but North America focused (as based there)
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https://open.substack.com/pub/earthstuff/p/some-shared-spatialgis-roles-and-ce8
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• I am not sharing US Federal roles - with the ‘hiring freeze’, uncertainty, etc
• I am NOT associated with HR/recruiting in ANY way, these are NOT endorsements, there are no ‘referrals’ or the like for me, simply sharing SOME roles I have seen – in the hope that they are of use to someone
• I can't vet these roles (e.g., PLEASE do your ‘due diligence’ / use your judgement (with the hideous prevalence of ‘ghost jobs’, fraudulent so-called recruiters, etc)
• Further, roles listed simply as I ‘encounter’ them
• ZERO cost to access this list
#fridayjobs #gischat #jobsonfriday #GIS #spatial #job #jobopenings #newjob #employment #hiring #roles #GISJobs #NotARecruiter #fridayspatialjobs #scholarship #PhD #PostDoc #CareersInSpatial #career #openroles #Geomatics #GIS #Innovation #Growth #caveatNONemptor #LetsGetYouHired #GISCareer #GISStudents

OSM vector tiles in the Esri ecosystem: Riccardo Klinger demonstrates how to build an independent #basemap pipeline from #OpenStreetMap data using #GDAL/#OGR and integrate the resulting #vectorTiles into the #Esri ecosystem. Open-source and proprietary tools turn out to complement each...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/04/03-osm-vector-tiles-in-the-esri-ecosystem/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS