Smarter EO: Dynamic targeting: #NASA’s #JPL demonstrates autonomous #EarthObservation satellite operation: a #cubesat using “dynamic targeting” to decide, on its own, where to collect the most useful #EO data in real-time. This innovation could make future satellites smarter and...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/07/28-smarter-eo-dynamic-targeting/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

What's New in #ArcGIS Earth Mobile (July 2025) https://tinyurl.com/ms324a5b

#3D #dataviz #GIS #esri #mapping #maps #app #ArcGISApps #GISchat #geospatial #mapstodon @esri @esrifederalgovt @esrislgov @esritraining @arcgisapps @arcgisonline

Great new paper from Nai Yang and colleagues, presenting MapColorAI: designing contextually relevant choropleth map color schemes using a large language model, check out the screenshot below, video at https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/MapColorAI_Assessment_Questionnaire_docx/28279850?file=53999507 and paper at https://doi.org/10.1080/15230406.2025.2531055 #GISchat

Our Summer #Geocoding Update series continues!

We've improved the quality of multilingual POI name searches in both our v1 and v2 search endpoints.

Learn all the details & more!

https://stadiamaps.com/news/geocoding-and-autocomplete-v2-updates-continue/?utm_campaign=geocoding_v2_enriching&utm_content=lang&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#gischat
https://stadiamaps.com/news/geocoding-and-autocomplete-v2-updates-continue/?utm_campaign=geocoding_v2_enriching&utm_content=lang&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Dang the US Bureau of Land Management have amazing data sets but why is their portal and obv why ".gdb' ...

https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/

Unpopular opinion this is nearly peak design instead :

https://www2.census.gov/

( US Census)

Hey, #gischat, looks like the GADM wiki entry is full of some marketing fluff and really outdated references

"Although it is a public database, GADM has a higher spatial resolution than other free databases,"

This is demonstrably false, the GADM outlines are very generalized, and, well, bad.

anyone want to fix things up a bit?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GADM

Me: Did you know that Mercator was a guy?

Thomas: What's next? Equator was also a guy?

Fediverse recommendations: @FediFollows published a list of recommended geospatial #Fediverse / #Mastodon accounts. The list features, among others, geospatial conferences, news channels, blogs, software, organizations, government bodies, geospatial professionals,...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/07/25-fediverse-recommendations/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

With the #OpenStreetMap website’s new #VectorTiles, it’s nice to see that we can zoom in to level 23! Unfortunately, if the vector coordinates are not stored with OSM’s 7 decimal places for higher-zoom tiles, then what’s the point of all that zoom?

You can use three.js as GIS to render contour lines from a Geotiff with customizable labels! Work in progress.
(P.S. can you tell where this might be? ;) ) #gischat

Migrate group content across #ArcGISEnterprise https://tinyurl.com/43bmjjfd

#DataMgmt #data #GIO #ArcGISAdmin #GIS #esri #arcgis #GISchat #geospatial #mapstodon @esri @esrifederalgovt @esrislgov @arcgisxprise @esritraining

One day only! Me (and other community nerds) on my usual GIS/cycling/transit/land use schtick, at ACC Rio Grande at Noon!
#GISChat #ATX

QGIS-Tipp: Plugin ORSTools v.2.0.1 https://geoobserver.de/2025/07/25/qgis-tipp-plugin-orstools-v-2-0-1/ #qgis #plugin #switch2qgis #ors #openrouteservice #gistribe #gischat #fossgis #foss4g #OSGeo #spatial #geospatial #opensource #gis #geo #geoObserver pls RT

Just came back from #FOSS4GE 2025 in Mostar by public transport From train delays to inspiring workshops, talks & riverside drinks, it was a ride! Read the full story: www.qwast-gis.com/l/foss4g-eur... #gischat #FOSS4G #OSGeo #GIS #QGIS #FOSS4GEurope

FOSS4G Europe 2025 in Mostar, ...

A manifesto for the growth of geospatial: A group of industry leaders at the 2025 #NORTH51 conference is charting a new course for the geospatial sector with their “#GEOFESTO” — a #manifesto outlining five key principles to drive #innovation and #impact in a rapidly changing world.
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/07/24-a-manifesto-for-the-growth-of-geospatial/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Another example of "Coordinates without CRS are meaningless numbers"

https://miprincipado.asturias.es/bopa/2011/06/15/2011-11563.pdf
(Official document - "BOLETÍN OFICIAL DEL PRINCIPADO DE ASTURIAS")

Which CRS should I use with these coordinates?

That region in Spain, Asturias, uses UTM 29 on the west, and UTM 30 on the east.

(of course those coordinates only make sense in one of them... but I had to try/guess)

A new VerySpatial podcast is out! A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 765, listen to it here: https://veryspatial.com/2025/07/a-veryspatial-podcast-episode-765/
#GIS #GISChat

Hmm this job require ESRI, should I be blunt in my cover letter and tell them that I can do everything they want without paying a license and that they can pay 10% of it to FOSS dev/org?