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Matt Forrest @forrest.nyc · 27/06/2025

Here are my top 5 geospatial Python libraries. Which would you add?

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Qiusheng Wu @giswqs.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

📣 Exciting News! I'm thrilled to announce the release of my new book: Introduction to GIS Programming: A Practical Python Guide to Open Source Geospatial Tools! ✨ What’s Included: All code examples are freely available. Access to 26 hours of free video tutorials to complement your learning.

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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

First light of thermal images from Muon Space/FireSat looking good: www.muonspace.com/press/muon-s... 🛰️🗺️

Composite of thermal, midwave, shortwave, and near infrared images of Sydney Australia showing variations in temperature.

Composite of thermal and midwave infrared images of Kilauea Volcano showing the heat signature of the camera lava flows.

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Matt Forrest @forrest.nyc · 27/06/2025

Has anyone tried out the new SQL Rooms functionality from @foursquarecom.bsky.social? Looks pretty cool I must say! sqlrooms.org

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SQLRooms

Build powerful analytics apps with DuckDB

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Matt Forrest @forrest.nyc · 27/06/2025

For years I’ve watched smart and motivated GIS professionals struggle to keep up with modern tools. Not because they’re not capable. But because the way we teach GIS hasn’t evolved with the technology.

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Matt Forrest @forrest.nyc · 29/01/2025

So I have a question - can you all help me understand the need or use cases for digital twins? Most of the ones that I see are 3D representations of a city or place, which is cool but what are they used for? And how can they create value?

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Matt Forrest @forrest.nyc · 08/01/2025

Encoded polylines and lat/lng pairs in reverse order in a STRING! Not cool NYC Open Data.

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Matt Forrest @forrest.nyc · 06/01/2025

I wonder how far we can push NYC Open Data...

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Matt Forrest @forrest.nyc · 13/12/2024

🔮 What do you think the next year will hold for geospatial? Which areas are going to grow the most? What new companies are going to emerge? Here are my top 3 (share yours as well!):

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Matt Forrest @forrest.nyc · 09/12/2024

I’ve been exploring Esri’s approach to modern GIS and found some interesting signs of progress—but also some critical gaps. Let’s dive in. 🧵

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Matt Forrest @forrest.nyc · 06/12/2024

Busy week but managed to get this video up today. Let me know what you think! youtu.be/u1hIU0AsOFc?...

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Spatial SQL Tools Explained: The Ultimate Guide

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Matt Forrest @forrest.nyc · 26/11/2024

Here is one way I might summarize the live stream.

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Matt Forrest @forrest.nyc · 26/11/2024

ICYMI: Check out my livestream today announcing the Wherobots Series A and where we are headed next: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mf6...

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BREAKING: Special Livestream Announcment!

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Robbi Bishop-Taylor 🛰️🌏 @satellitesci.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Happy #GISDay everyone! Excited to share a powerful new coastal monitoring tool available on our #opensource DEA Maps platform: you can now easily compare #DigitalEarthAU Intertidal Elevation data to map 3D coastal change across Australia over time! ⏱ 🌊 🗺️ Map app: maps.dea.ga.gov.au#share=s-pXFl...

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Mike Wulder @mikewulder.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

We use satellite data to map Canada's forests. 🛰️🌲 National maps represent forest status and trends. Peer reviewed methods & accuracy statements. #landcover #biomass #wildfire #Landsat #Sentinel2 Access open data here: opendata.nfis.org/mapserver/nf... Info/pubs: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Miko Czerkawski @mikonvergence.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

To get in the habit of posting on 🦋, this is one of the first Landsat images capturing the region around Rome (11 August 1972). Here's me looking at my current home from space, over 2 decades before I was born. Open data programmes are an extraordinary treasure.

Landsat satellite image in the red channel of the Rome area

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Iryna Dronova @irynad.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Our microclimate in San Francisco Bay Area is sensitive to the Pacific fog. You know they say the fog enters through the Golden Bay Bridge and goes right to North Berkeley? Occasionally satellite images capture this precise moment. #Landsat

Part of a Landsat satellite image showing fog entering San Francisco Bay Area

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Matt Forrest @forrest.nyc · 19/11/2024

Today I got to present with the team at #Snowflake about using their platform with #QGIS and data from #Wherobots. Here is how I did it!

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