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Serving vector tiles, fast: Want to serve #VectorTiles to your users? Fabian Rechsteiner’s benchmark pits six open-source servers (#BBOX, #ldproxy, #Martin, #pg_tileserv, #Tegola, #TiPg) against each other, revealing stark speed differences.
spatialists.ch/posts/2025/04-0 #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

spatialists.ch – geospatial newsServing vector tiles, fast – spatialists.ch – geospatial news
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If you create, or are curious about, #VectorTiles, you may have come across the command line utility #Tippecanoe (TIP-ə-kə-NOO). It’s probably no secret that its usage is not entirely trivial, but there is a helpful tool for this now. spatialists.ch/posts/2025/04-0 #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

spatialists.ch – geospatial newsTool tip: Tippecanoe Command Generator – spatialists.ch – geospatial news
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Open SAR data: Synthetic Aperture Radar (#SAR) is an interesting #remotesensing technology that captures high-resolution data of the Earth’s surface, regardless of weather or lighting conditions. This curated collection of open SAR data sources provides an...
spatialists.ch/posts/2025/04-0 #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

spatialists.ch – geospatial newsOpen SAR data – spatialists.ch – geospatial news
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The largest competitor to commercial #GIS is open source software and tools – #FOSSGIS infrastructure is now at a level where municipalities and companies shift away from commercial solutions. Would anyone happen to have any material (case studies etc.) on this topic to prove this point?
#QGIS #Esri #Geospatial

hey there's #FOSS4G2025 news!

Call for papers is open: 2025.foss4g.org/attend/call-fo

Travel grant program is open:
2025.foss4g.org/attend/travel-

You can register to attend:
2025.foss4g.org/attend/registe

Voting on a logo is open (link TBA, proposals here: wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_202)

Go propose talks/register/apply for travel grants!

Swing by Australia on the way and come climbing ;)

(ping @osgeo and followers)

2025.foss4g.orgFOSS4G 2025 AucklandFOSS4G 2025 Conference in Auckland, New Zealand from 17-23 November 2025

New blog post: Learning resources for GIS in Python with cloud-native geospatial, PostGIS and more: blog.rtwilson.com/learning-res

I recently sent a list of learning resources to a MSc student I'm working with, and (with her permission) am sharing in case others find it useful

blog.rtwilson.comLearning resources for GIS in Python with cloud-native geospatial, PostGIS and more « Robin's Blog