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Tom Mueller

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Deputy Director for MassGIS Geospatial Technology 4 Life.

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Seabed 2030 @seabed2030.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
📊 Mapping the world's ocean isn't only about collecting new data. Valuable bathymetric data already exist in many organisations around the world. When those datasets can be shared, processed and integrated, they help improve our collective understanding of the seafloor.
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OpenStreetMap US @osmus.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This #SOTMUS2026 session demonstrates a #Python program used to identify #urbanheatislands by utilizing #LANDSAT thermal band imagery and #OSM ways exported through #Overpass. The program calculates the land surface temperature exposure for each way. 🦩 🔗 youtu.be/En2dNw2K3SQ?... 🦩
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Using LANDSAT and OSM to Map Urban Heat Impact ~ Luke Everhart
This session covers a class project developed over the course of a semester: a Python program that takes both LANDSAT thermal band imagery and OSM ways exported via Overpass and calculates the Land…
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Qiusheng Wu @giswqs.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I’m excited to share the new GeoLibre Chrome extension. It scans the webpage you are viewing, finds supported geospatial datasets, and lets you choose multiple files to open together in GeoLibre. Try it: - Download: github.com/opengeos/Geo... - Installation guide: geolibre.app/user-guide/c...
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Qiusheng Wu @giswqs.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
GeoLibre now ships 1000+ free and open-source geospatial tools running entirely in your browser, no server, no Python, no install. - Launch GeoLibre Web: web.geolibre.app - GitHub: github.com/opengeos/Geo... - Documentation: geolibre.app - GeoLibre Rust: github.com/opengeos/geo...
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The Map Center @mapcenter.com · 15/07/2026
Congratulations to the graduating students of the Cherokee Nation who are going to be receiving copies of the Decolonial Atlas this week! Your teachers care about you so much and I hope these maps remind you that you always have a place in the world (but it may require that you make your own map).
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Qiusheng Wu @giswqs.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Planetary Mapping in the Browser with GeoLibre! Web mapping just left Earth orbit. GeoLibre, the open-source cloud-native GIS platform, now maps nine more worlds beyond Mars and the Moon: - Launch GeoLibre Web: web.geolibre.app - GitHub: github.com/opengeos/Geo... - Documentation: geolibre.app
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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
GIS 🌍 SCIENCE 🧪 Compelling, action-oriented discussions 🎤 Community 👫🏾 The #EsriUC2026 Science Symposium is July 14 in San Diego, and plenty of spots are still open. Free food and drink too! Don’t miss it! Get more detail on how to register and reserved your seat 👉 ow.ly/yxVH50Z3obm #gischat
Photo of a smiling Dawn Wright, founder and moderator, welcoming you to the event.
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Harvey J. Miller @mobileharv.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
climate.us is an effort by former staff members at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to present climate science previously housed at climate.gov, including data, reports, articles, and congressionally mandated national climate assessments.
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Climate.us Home
independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics
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QField for QGIS @qfield.org · 24/06/2026
💄 QField alert 💄 QField 4.2 now shows the currently opened project's title right in the side dashboard. Long-requested, finally here. ✨ Pairs perfectly with project cloning in QFieldCloud, one glance tells you which project you're viewing when configs look alike. 🎯
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I enjoy looking at this World Cup map before every game I watch. In which countries do the players from each national team play? The map also allows you to look at which club sends which players to the World Cup. Bayern Munich sends more players than anyone else. Source: buff.ly/ChT2caO
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QField for QGIS @qfield.org · 16/06/2026
🪸 Why we named QField 4.2 'Coral Sea'. Across the southwest Pacific, field workers map seagrass and mangroves, train new GIS specialists, and survey land cover across 10 island nations — with QField. The hardest places to reach often need reliable field data most. 🌏 #QField #GIS
QField 4.2 'Coral Sea' release splash artwork.
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Laurie Loves Data @laurelann.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The Dept of Interior claims that the algae in the reflecting pool is left over from rarely used pipes No. Painting the pool dark blue means that it absorbs heat much faster than if it were a light color. Warmer = faster algae growth That's why you don't see black swimming pools Science!
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The Map Center @mapcenter.com · 15/05/2026
Thanks to Wayne Miller at Salve Regina University for doing a little write up on The Map Center for Ocean State Stories. Bless him for slicing through all of my metaphysical bullshit to get to something worth reading. www.oceanstatestories.org/new-map-cent...
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New Map Center owner travels circuitous route to Rhode Island – Ocean State Stories
‘Strong environmental ethic’ influenced his decisions PAWTUCKET — A map of Andrew Middleton’s life would begin in New York...
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OpenTopography @opentopography.org · 12/05/2026
OT has new datasets, including lidar surveys supporting research in fire-prone SoCal regions and slot canyon studies in Arizona. New USGS 3DEP datasets in NV, OH, and OR, along with Community Dataspace datasets from China, Virginia, and Iceland are also available. opentopography.org/news/april-2...
3D Point cloud colored by intensity of sediment transport into Summer Lake in Oregon.Canopy Height Model created from a section of the Great Seal State Park, Ohio. Darker greens indicate taller trees. 3D point cloud colored by elevation of the Virginia Tech StREAM Lab. Hillshade of dam in north western China draped on Google imagery.
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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Join me for the upcoming Geo-Circle: Tue 19 May: ncge.org/event/geocir... GeoCircle: Spatial Thinking IRL – Taking Your Geography Students Outside Join us!
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Events for May 2026 – National Council for Geographic Education
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Qiusheng Wu @giswqs.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) Workshop is happening today, and I will present on using QGIS plugins for HLS data access, visualization, and analysis. The session will showcase practical workflows for exploring and analyzing HLS datasets directly within QGIS using open-source tools.
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Andy Woodruff @awoodruff.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Well folks, we are less than two months away from the publication of Boston in 50 Maps, so it's about time for me to start clogging your feeds with promotion. (You can pre-order it now! You've been able to for a while!) First: added a thing about it on my website. andywoodruff.com/posts/2026/b...
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Boston in 50 Maps - Andy Woodruff, cartographer
A book of 50+ original maps of Boston.
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Matt Ball @spatialsustain.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The Florida Seafloor Mapping Initiative deployed autonomous vessels that gathered sonar data around the clock, operated remotely from shore, with no crew aboard. A GIS pipeline automated handoffs from collection to public dashboards across 8,000 miles of coastline. www.esri.com/about/newsro...
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Guillaume Sueur @gsueur.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Completed a nice personal project consisting in daily North-America (for now…) OSM Geoparquet v2 files accessible via https and s3. Hosted at Cloudflare. See geoparquet.geomermaids.com directly access the files at parquetry.geomermaids.com Pipeline open-sourced on github, see link on the web page.
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Guillaume Sueur @gsueur.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Actually wrote a Geoparquet cookbook too because the mix between versions and options is very confusing. www.geomermaids.com/cookbook/rea...
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GeoParquet Reading Cookbook · Cloud-Native Geospatial · Geomermaids
Three parts: getting started with DuckDB (init file, HTTP range requests), common (non-spatial) queries with predicate pushdown and EXPLAIN ANALYZE, then spatial queries tricks and tips including the ...
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Tom Mueller @gisbatman.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Next PreGISP Testing Dates April 20 - 27, 2026 The Exam application period is now open and will close April 10, 2026 www.gisci.org/Want-to-be-a...
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PreGISP® (GISP-E) Exam Information
A professional geospatial certification
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Tom Mueller @gisbatman.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Gamma Sigma Theta (ГΣθ) – The National Honor Society for Geospatial Technology’s Spring Application is now online. The application is due April 12th. The Honor Society is open to Students, Faculty, Alumni, and Community members. Please visit our StoryMap. arcg.is/0Ga0jG
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GAMMA SIGMA THETA (ГΣθ)
National Honor Society for Geospatial Technology
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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Tom Mueller @gisbatman.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Very honored that the show Chronicle featured MassGIS. Chronicle has been a staple of Boston TV for as long as I can remember. - www.wcvb.com/article/mass...
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A look inside MassGIS — The data behind the Commonwealth’s ultimate map
From climate planning to 911 calls, one system helps map Massachusetts.
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Tom Mueller @gisbatman.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Gladys West - A Pioneer and Geospatial Technology Hall of Famer RIP www.npr.org/2026/01/23/n...
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Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for GPS, dies at 95
A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped to improve billions of lives — and keep us from getting lost.
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Tom Mueller @gisbatman.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The January 2026 MassGIS GISette is now available. Please check it out at www.mass.gov/info-details... The newsletter includes articles on 1) Summary of the Massachusetts Geospatial Information Coordinating Council (MaGICC) December Meeting 2) The New England 3DHP Program Grant Acceptance
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Michael Gaigg @michaelgaigg.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Follow your team map: arcg.is/0WGXzv0 #soccer #WorldCup2026 #maps #esri #ArcGISOnline #ExperienceBuilder
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Tom Mueller @gisbatman.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
The Flag Sojourn 250 project is the journey of one American flag to every U.S. state, U.S. territory, and U.S. military cemetery overseas to celebrate our country’s 250th birthday. MassGIS was honored to create a StoryMap about this project. nationalflagfoundation.org/nff-sojourn-...
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Sojourn 250 StoryMap - National Flag Foundation
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American Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
The Indigenous Mapping Collective is a global network of Indigenous mappers that provides Indigenous Peoples, Nations, and organizations with the tools and training to map their lands, share their stories, and decolonize place and space. buff.ly/8laGNaZ #GISDay #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
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Indigenous Maps - Indigenous Mapping Collective
We are now known as the Indigenous Mapping Collective.  The Indigenous Mapping Workshop is only one part of our global Indigenous Mapping Collective. Our goal has always been to give Indigenous…
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Tom Mueller @gisbatman.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Happy GIS Day from MassGIS vimeo.com/1138222948/8...
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GIS DAY 2025
This is "GIS DAY 2025" by Mass.gov on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Aleda Freeman @aledafreeman.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
MA Governor Healey has declared November 19, 2025 Geographic Information Systems Day.
Official proclamation signed by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey declaring November 19, 2025 as Geographic Information Systems Day
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Tom Mueller @gisbatman.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
MassGIS October GISette is now available mailchi.mp/15cc598debe7...
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October 2025 MassGIS GISette Newsletter
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Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team @hotosm.org · 12/08/2025
𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻! Join the 𝗛𝗢𝗧 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 and gain skills, mentorship, and opportunities to create local and global impact! 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘆: 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 – 𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬 𝗨𝗧𝗖 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘄 → Scan the QR code in the flyer or click here: bit.ly/3J8RWMJ
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Tom Mueller @gisbatman.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Please check out the July MassGIS Newsletter, the GISette. We have been busy, including the first meeting of the Massachusetts Geospatial Information Coordinating Council (MaGICC) and updates to MassMapper. mailchi.mp/8cb5a0f456d1...
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July 2025 MassGIS GISette Newsletter
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Tom Mueller @gisbatman.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
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NASA Prepares To Gut Its Landsat Capabilities
NASA Prepares To Gut Its Landsat Capabilities
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Qiusheng Wu @giswqs.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
📣 Exciting News! The full-color print edition of my book “Introduction to GIS Programming: A Practical Python Guide to Open Source Geospatial Tools” is now available on Amazon! 📘 Grab your copy: amazon.com/dp/B0FFW34LL3 Prefer digital? The PDF version is available on Leanpub: leanpub.com/gispro
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Qiusheng Wu @giswqs.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Introduction to GIS Programming: Book Release and Code Examples Walkthrough YouTube Video: youtu.be/6GwMoV4LOiU In this video, I provide a step-by-step guide on running the code examples from the book using Binder, Colab, and Docker. #geospatial #opensource #python #mapping
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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
youtu.be/N8s3yayw5t0?... Teaching with the 3D scene Walking Time to Public Transport
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Teaching with the 3D scene Walking Time to Public Transport
YouTube video by Our Earth
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State of the Map US @stateofthemapus.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Are you going to State of the Map US? Have you downloaded the conference app yet? We love the Whova app! It's a great way to check the schedule, learn more about speakers, and connect with fellow mappers at the event! 🔗 whova.com/portal/webap... #MappyMonday #StateoftheMapUS #SOTMUS #Whova
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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
My personal essay: "A Different Kind Uncertainty" speaking out on the grave implications of the destruction of US science (including for GIS users). Yea verily, these are far from normal times .... dusk.geo.orst.edu/uncertainty.... #GISchat #geogchat #geosky ⚒️ 🌊 🌍 🌎 🌏
Photograph of several people overlaying their hands in solidarity. I use this photo in the accompanying essay's section on "getting into community" as a great way to keep our spirits up, reenergize, and move forward—together!
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Women In GIS @womeningis.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Come learn from the best - Michelle Williams, Survey123 Jedi - as she takes you on a journey to master Survey123 with confidence! Complete details and registration options on our website at womeningis.org/survey123 #GISChat
Survey123 Beginner Academy with Michelle Williams, the Survey123 Jedi Master! details and registration at womeningis.org/survey123
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Civixplorer @civixplorer.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🦸 The superheroes who protect New York City.
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Tom Mueller @gisbatman.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
The May MassGIS GISette is now available. Please read about our exciting news, including the establishment of the Massachusetts Geospatial Information Coordinating Council (MaGICC). mailchi.mp/b6c2b4287908...
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May 2025 MassGIS GISette Newsletter
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State of the Map US @stateofthemapus.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Jérôme Urbain will lead a hands-on tutorial on how to download OpenStreetMap data into a PostGIS database during this #SOTMUS workshop on Thursday afternoon. Access the full schedule here: bit.ly/SOTMUS2025_s... 🎟️ bit.ly/sotmus2025tix #MappyMonday #StateoftheMapUS #OpenStreetMap #OSM #PostGIS
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Joseph Kerski @josephkerski.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
In case you missed my keynote and workshop at the New Mexico Geographic Information Council conference last week, here are all the resources: www.josephkerski.com/my-keynote-a...
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My keynote and workshops at the NMGIC GIS conference and UNM Campus - Joseph Kerski, Ph.D. GISP
Thursday: Ethics in Mapping:  Why and How:  https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/034813a3e60640428d7ffed5261facd7 Connecting surveys, maps, analysis, dashboards, and story maps:  Workshop: https://com...
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Michael Gould @mgould.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
If you are a fan of GeoAI (and GenAI for Geo), or just want to learn more, I recommend you follow my colleague Rami on LinkedIn. Great videos. He'll run a workshop for us at AGILE2025 in Dresden. www.linkedin.com/in/rami-alou...
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Tom Mueller @gisbatman.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
EXTRA! EXTRA! Check out the Special Edition of the MassGIS GISette - The Massachusetts Geospatial Strategy has been published! mailchi.mp/63b130b928ac...
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Special Edition MassGIS GISette Newsletter
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State of the Map US @stateofthemapus.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
🍎 We have a special offer for educators interested in attending #StateoftheMapUS: Use code "TEACHERS-ROCK" on the Academic & Nonprofit Admission ticket option for a special rate🔗 bit.ly/sotmus2025tix Valid on May 6 for the Academic and Nonprofit ticket. A .edu email address is required.
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Tom Mueller @gisbatman.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I was honored to receive the Outstanding Alumnus Award from the UCONN Department of Geography. I not only learned about Geog and GIS but also how to be a professional
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Tom Mueller @gisbatman.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Another great semester for GAMMA SIGMA THETA (ГΣθ), the National Honor Society for Geospatial Technology, hosted by The GeoTech Center. The final numbers for the Spring 2025 class are: 148 New Students 21 New Honorary Members 25 Academic Institutions arcg.is/0Ga0jG
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GAMMA SIGMA THETA (ГΣθ)
National Honor Society for Geospatial Technology
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