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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 08/10/2025

This is coming up this Friday, 1.30 pm in Australia time! Join the Google Group or DM me for a direct invite :-)

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 25/09/2025

More like distressingly charmed! haha

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FOSS4G 2025 Auckland @foss4g.org · 17/09/2025

🌟Welcome to Auspatious, a sponsor of FOSS4G 2025! Supporting open #geospatial technologies! - #data wrangling - #infrastructure - #software dev - #cloud infrastructure - technical #leadership > projects of all sizes > champion of open source geospatial auspatious.com

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FOSS4G 2025 Auckland @foss4g.org · 10/09/2025

📢Announcing our keynote speakers! 4 superb speakers; seriously, they rock Introducing you across this week Meet Amy Rose Currently = CTO @overturemaps.bsky.social Responsible = technical roadmap, infrastructure design, data interoperability strategy 30 years #geospatial domain = myriad solutions

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FOSS4G 2025 Auckland @foss4g.org · 11/09/2025

📢Announcing our keynote speakers! Meet Ana Belgun Co-leader of Terria Committed --> making #spatial data & digital twin tech more accessible &impactful for both tech & non-tech users Dedicated to driving open source initiatives Empowers orgs to harness full potential of spatial data

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FOSS4G 2025 Auckland @foss4g.org · 11/09/2025

📢Announcing our keynote speakers! Meet Hirini Tane Co-founder Takarangi Research Māori Strategic Capability Lead, Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki (Lincoln University) Involved = Te Potiki National Trust & Māori Maps Research = understand relationship b/n people, land & water ❤️'s listening to stories

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FOSS4G 2025 Auckland @foss4g.org · 12/09/2025

📢Announcing our keynote speakers Meet Selene Yang Latin Am queer fem, community organiser, mapmaker Co-Fndr @geochicas.bsky.social 🔎 geospatial data @openstreetmap.bsky.social --> feminist perspective 📍@wikimediafoundation.org Senior Sp, DEI Res Fellow, @digcivsoc.bsky.social , @stanford.edu ➕

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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 22/08/2025

Not in auckland, not reggae, too expensive!

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 22/08/2025

I want to find a reggae band for a conference in Auckland in November. We don't have a lot of money, and we want to dance! Does anyone know anyone? #auckland #music #livemusic

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 29/07/2025

The community vote is open for @foss4g.org and there are some amazing talks in there! Get voting, and start getting excited 😃 talks.osgeo.org/foss4g-2025/...

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Schedule, talks and talk submissions for FOSS4G 2025

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 04/07/2025

There's 2 weeks left of early bird registrations for @foss4g.org and no more extensions. We've got good registrations already and some great sponsors. And we have a great volunteer team (pic related). So, register now as you'll regret missing out on a bargain later! 2025.foss4g.org

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CNG @cloudnativegeo.org · 30/06/2025

#CNG2025 Lightning Talk Remember the days of costly satellite imagery stored on tapes? @ausp.io's presentation shows how far we've come with accessing EO data from a tedious, expensive process into a more efficient and globally accessible resource. ▶️ youtu.be/WleNwMhNWfk

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[CNG 2025] Open Data Cube is Dead. Long Live Open Data Cube – Alex Leith (Lightning Talk)

YouTube video by Cloud-Native Geospatial Forum

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 26/06/2025

This little checkbox should be checked by default on all Git repositories on @github.com Super useful not to need to clean up dead branches after a merge!

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FOSS4G 2025 Auckland @foss4g.org · 24/06/2025

4.5 DAYS until early bird registration closes. 2025.foss4g.org #earlybird #tickets #registration #osgeo #foss4g #auckland

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 18/06/2025

Are we allowed to drink 0% alcohol beer before midday 🤔

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 17/06/2025

Who wants to sponsor @foss4g.org in Auckland in November? No better time than now to commit! drive.google.com/file/d/1eD39...

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 16/06/2025

Also guess the units!

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 16/06/2025

Made my own map. Why is the Australian Atlas providing distances in miles? Also, it doesn't have my fancy roads layer in the legend. So silly. (Printing maps is very 1990s too!)

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 16/06/2025

I want to complain about maps... Exhibit 1, rare earth elements. Because the OBJECTID_1 and SHAPE__Length are very important indicators of the availability of rare earth elements.

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CNG @cloudnativegeo.org · 28/05/2025

This week we begin rolling out recordings from #CNG2025. First up: @opencholmes.bsky.social on "Towards a Global Spatial Data Ecosystem." As Chris states: "We have the tools and people we need to make a huge impact...as long as we do it together" ▶️ youtu.be/IA9ZvXOnPZ0 New videos dropping weekly!

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[CNG 2025] Towards a Global Spatial Data Ecosystem – Chris Holmes (Keynote)

YouTube video by Cloud-Native Geospatial Forum

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 28/05/2025

How many engineers who suggested the name DuckPond did you need to sack before settling on DuckLake?

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FOSS4G 2025 Auckland @foss4g.org · 20/05/2025

Intro: Committee Members 😎 Co-Chair Alex Leith! - geospatial tech - global leader = Earth observation - delivers ops data infrastructure - expertise = software dev, cloud infrastructure, program gov - founding director OSGeo Oceania + more Runs @ausp.io #committee #foss4g #osgeo

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FOSS4G 2025 Auckland @foss4g.org · 14/05/2025

A big thank you to our sponsor LINZ! 🤩 LINZ, or Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand, is the NZ Government's lead agency for geospatial info. The agency is an open data leader & frequent contributor to geospatial open-source software. Our kinda agency ✨ See: f.mtr.cool/rrxeforvoe

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 13/05/2025

I guess we could map out some alternatives

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 04/05/2025

Don’t the bad guys have red swords?

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 30/04/2025

Holy crap Bryce Canyon!

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𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚠 𝙷𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚗 @geoskeptic.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

On our way to @cloudnativegeo.org conf, @ausp.io and I met up in Vegas, hiked Zion, now swinging through Bryce canyon before heading up to Snowbird! Looking forward to a few days of #geonerding

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 29/04/2025

Holy crap Zion National Park!

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 24/04/2025

And I arrived! They let me in, which I was just a little bit worried about 😂

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 24/04/2025

I’m on my way to the @cloudnativegeo.org conference, sporting my OG cloud native geospatial hoodie from 2020! Looking forward to meeting new people and being absolutely humbled by what people are doing. Also running a workshop Thursday morning, teaching some CNG for EO.

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 23/04/2025

I accept everyone, and then remove connections with people who post stuff I don’t like! Like a blacklist rather than whitelist!

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 23/04/2025

Don’t tell me, there’s more water where it rains more? Insightful.

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 20/04/2025

Image generation is so easy. I'm a prompt engineer. Vibe rendering.

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 18/04/2025

I guess an important point to note is the Mac only has 48 GB in the first place! Loves working hard 😁

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 17/04/2025

Pretty chill kind of watercolour map of some coastal stuff

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 17/04/2025

Got a new M4 Macbook Pro and somehow I have Python chewing up 100 GB in one process and 30 GB in another and the machine is just super happy, smooth as silk. Getting a bit hot doing some kind of neural network prediction stuff, but sailing through! (Would be faster if it wasn't swapping at all...)

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 15/04/2025

I had a post on the front page once. Still kinda proud of that!

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 07/04/2025

Open source geospatial software is older than open source software! Maybe spatial is special 😂 #locate25

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 06/04/2025

Sure that's not a luck dragon?

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FOSS4G 2025 Auckland @foss4g.org · 03/04/2025

Check out the spectacular 2025 FOSS4G logo design submissions for this year's global event! 🗳️ Votes have started coming in 10 different ways to represent our gathering, all excellent All 10 are here - tinyurl.com/4m5k7rh8 Choose a fav by 13 April (closing 11:59p NZDT) #foss4g2025 #logo

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FOSS4G 2025 Auckland @foss4g.org · 01/04/2025

✉️ Our second email newsletter has gone out to subscribers! It contains lots of news: Early Bird registration is open, you can apply for a Travel Grant, the call for papers is open, and you can vote for the conference logo 👏 Missed the email - mailchi.mp/foss4g/maili... mailchi.mp/foss4g/foss4...

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Early Bird FOSS4G 2025 Registration is open!

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 31/03/2025

Are you on the @foss4g.org mailing list? If not, you just missed the most important email of the year! Registration is now open. Also the call for papers, community vote for the logo, the travel grant program and... we're excited! Check the mailout below, and subscribe! mailchi.mp/foss4g/foss4...

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WIRED @wired.com · 29/03/2025

On a 2023 earnings call, Elon Musk boasted that Tesla had bagged “over 1 million” Cybertruck reservations and that “demand is off the charts.” So why has the company still sold less than 50,000 trucks since customer deliveries began 14 months ago?

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‘Over 1 Million’ People Wanted a Cybertruck. Where Are They?

“Demand is off the charts!” Elon Musk crowed at the end of 2023, citing more than a million reservations for Tesla's polarizing polygonic pickup—so why has it still sold less than 50,000?

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 29/03/2025

Guess what's launching tomorrow?

A robot holding up a FOSS4G ticket sign. Generated by ChatGPT.

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Alex Leith @ausp.io · 28/03/2025

Felt it in Bangkok!

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