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

🌍 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.

https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083261420323

#GIScience #Linguistics #Geography #Diversity #GIS

📢 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.

https://cran.r-project.org/package=fastfocal

#RStats #GIScience #RSpatial

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

🔍 https://heigit.org/?p=41714

#Creativity #GIScience #OpenData

Pretty cool!

My abstract got accepted to the World Planning Schools Congress! It has a different audience from my own field, so I am hoping for good discussion from fresh perspectives.

The conference is organized only every five years and this is its first time in Europe and as it is in town next summer, so it fits perfectly into my schedule. It will likely be the last time I'll yap about student #mobility for a while as new #GIScience projects are on my horizon!

#academia #geography #WPSC

🌍 GIS Conference Opportunity

📍 GeoInno 2026 | Geography of Innovation Conference
🗓️ Jan 28–30, 2026 | Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺

An international forum on innovation geography, spatial data, and regional development—bringing together academia, policy, and industry. 🚀

🔗 https://www.geoinno2026.com/

#GeoInno2026 #Geoinformatics #GIScience #Innovation #SpatialData #RegionalDevelopment