Joint colloquium on spatial and statistical data: At the joint colloquium by the Federal Statistical Office and swisstopo, speakers explored the intersection of spatial and statistical data, from the buildings and addresses register GWR/RegBL to using the topographic landscape model TLM for...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/03/15-joint-colloquium-on-spatial-and-statistical-data/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Make geospatial matter: “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. @alexsingleton, director of the GeoDS, argues that spatial thinking should be treated as foundational, not as a specialism.
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/03/15-make-geospatial-matter/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

QGIS 4.0 Norrköping: QGIS 4.0 “Norrköping” has arrived – familiar on the surface, but rebuilt on Qt6 with over 100 new features, improved performance, and a stronger foundation for the future.
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/03/10-qgis-40-norrkoping/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Geo-enabling Apache #Hop: @edigonzales has been geo-enabling the open-source #ETL tool #ApacheHop, building #GDAL/#OGR reader and writer plug-ins and adding an interactive preview for geometries: Early days, but promising progress toward a fully geo-capable data integration pipeline tool.
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/03/10-geo-enabling-apache-hop/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

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

H3/PostGIS: Hands-on example: Darafei Praliaskouski, member of the #PostGIS PSC, walks through an interesting hands-on case study of modelling #LoRa radio tower range in the mountains of Georgia using #H3 and PostGIS. The example covers data preparation, #DGGS indexing, and...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/02/27-h3-postgis-hands-on-example/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

OGC GERS discussion: The #OGC seeking public comments on whether the #GERS (Global Entity Reference System) Framework and Model by the @overturemaps should become an OGC Community Standard sparks a broader debate about global identifiers and governance...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/03/05-ogc-gers-discussion/ #OSM @openstreetmap #OSMF #OMF #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

H3/PostGIS: Hands-on example: @komzpa, member of the #PostGIS PSC, walks through an interesting hands-on case study of modelling #LoRa radio tower range in the mountains of Georgia using #H3 and PostGIS. The example covers data preparation, #DGGS indexing, and...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/02/27-h3-postgis-hands-on-example/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

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

Coordinate precision: Choosing the right #coordinate #precision matters (there’s an xkcd about it!): Too little distorts your data, too much bloats it unnecessarily. This interactive tool by #Mapbox makes this tradeoff visually understandable.
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/02/24-coordinate-precision/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS