Map-first STAC search and visualization: @developmentseed has released #stacmap, an #opensource, map-first visualizer for exploring and searching #STAC collections through a simple, browser-based interface. It already supports natural-language queries (albeit experimentally) and also stac-#geoparquet.
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/01/06-map-first-stac-search-and-visualization/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Review: Geospatial 2025: @LindaStevens has published “GIS and Geospatial 2025: A Year in Review”, summarizing the highlights and lowlights that shaped the past year in our industry – from the rise of geospatial #AI to pricing pressures. The piece offers a timely perspective on where the sector has progressed and where it continues to struggle as 2026 approaches.
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/12/17-review-geospatial-2025/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Deep dive on pruning: Dewey Dunnington’s latest blog post dives deep into how pruning, the selective reading of relevant data, makes #GeoParquet blazing fast in both local and #cloudnative contexts. Featuring hands-on comparisons across #SedonaDB, #DuckDB, #GeoPandas,...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/12/16-deep-dive-on-pruning/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

My perspective about AI swings between slot-machine chaos, mind-blown optimism, and Black Mirror dread. In a totally ironic move, I tried to express this emotional loop about AI in an infographic. https://blog.heuel.org/2025/11/the-ai-emotional-loop/

Data, designed: #Data is more than an asset: it is a designed experience, a product. Jed Sundwall’s article “Great #DataProducts” reminds us that #OpenData matters only when paired with intent, usability, and care in creation. A shout out for #DataDesign and #ProductThinking for #geospatial data. – @davidoesch
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/12/15-data-designed/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

So many to choose from: In his latest post, Mark Litwintschik compares a range of global administrative #boundary datasets, from #OpenStreetMap to #NaturalEarth, assessing geometric #accuracy, data #completeness, and information content. The analysis, powered by #DuckDB...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/12/13-so-many-to-choose-from/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Swiss government open-source catalog: Under Article 9 of the “Federal Act on the Use of Electronic Means to Carry Out Official Tasks” (#EMBAG / #LMETA), federal authorities must publish the source code of software they develop or commission, marking a step toward greater #digitalSovereignty. The #OSS Catalog lists around 60 #opensource projects with #swisstopo’s #STAC API and the mapping application #KADASAlbireo among them.
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/12/11-swiss-government-open-source-catalog/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

3D models of 2.8 billion buildings: A research team from the Technical University of Munich (#TUM) led by Prof. Xiao Xiang Zhu has released the #GlobalBuildingAtlas, a 3D dataset comprising 2.75 billion #buildingmodels worldwide at 3‑meter resolution. Built from #PlanetScope...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/12/10-3d-models-of-28-billion-buildings/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS