Another international Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) event has come and gone. Thanks to OSGeo and the local organizing committee for organizing an event that brought many like-minded people to such a beautiful country. The conversations ranged from fundamental geospatial concepts like projection math to applied use cases like conflict mapping. Sparkgeo …
I recently had the opportunity to attend two enlightening conferences: N51 and ARD. Both revolved around the complex and diverse realm of geospatial data. While each had its unique perspective, they shared a central theme: the potential and importance of geospatial data and time.
Sparkgeo is very excited to be co-hosting N51 in Banff this year. Come and let the scenery take your breath away, while N51 stimulates your geospatial ideas.
The UK “free and open-source software for geo” (FOSS4G) community came together on November 17th to celebrate PostGIS Day.
Here at Sparkgeo, while we often prefer to provide answers over visualizations, we still make a lot of web maps. And when we do, we take pride in producing high-quality cartographic products. Cartography is a vast subject, encompassing everything from overall page design to the smallest detail in typography. The representation of geographic features with …
Geospatial Trend Report March 2022 – Will discusses recent supply chain disruptions and how geospatial plays a role in increasing the reliability of our global supply chain infrastructure.
FOSS FMV FTW: A tutorial on how to accurately map video onto a map, using open source software and standards (STAC & STAC API, Mapbox, MapLibre).
As a geospatial developer, a lot of what I do revolves around describing the physical world in a digital way. There are many ways to do this. Consider a city: a country-scale map may distill a city into a single point. We might represent the same city as a polygon delineating the city limits. Further …
Harnessing big data to inform big investments in climate change Climate change is leading the global agenda this month as leaders come together in Glasgow for COP26, the UN Conference for Climate Change. One of the many leading topics is finance – how are countries mobilizing billions of dollars to support climate action, and how …
This is a continuation of the accessible web maps blog post that I wrote in May of 2019. In that post I outlined some general accessibility techniques and how to apply them to web maps. I didn’t consult with anyone with a disability for that blog post, it was mostly a digest of my experience …
