Development Seed's stac-zap prototype uses AI to enable free-text searching across STAC catalogues.

Earth Genome's new AI feature Search for Stuff lets conservationists quickly build reference layers using plain language.

Compare Map Projections: Out of more than 300 projection images, choose two to compare them directly to each other.

Mapbox now displays detailed road markings like lane boundaries and turn arrows in its maps, matching a key feature of Apple Maps, though coverage is incomplete across its supported cities.

deck.gl-raster enables GPU-accelerated Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) and [Zarr] visualization in [deck.gl].

TriMet publishes eight geospatial datasets as plain files. Mirroring them into a Portolan catalog, with a custom-themed browser, took about three hours of work on a plane.

Hello Rabblers! Melbourne Georabble is excited to be collaborating with LOCATE26 for our upcoming rabble at 5:00 pm on November 24th at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Center! We’re current…

Overture Maps released schema v2.0.0 as a Python library with Pydantic models that serve as the single source of truth for generating JSON Schema, validation tools, and documentation.

Zarr-python is becoming an umbrella project consolidating previously separate Zarr-related Python packages like zarr-metadata and zarr-indexing, which will be released independently while reducing code duplication.

Ben Joffe demonstrates a method for creating interactive maps that smoothly transition between equal-area and conformal projections based on zoom level using a simple, visually-tuned formula.

Generative AI tools could streamline tedious cartographic tasks like label checking and data extraction while preserving mapmakers' creative control and allowing error verification.

Chris Holmes created Portolan to make foundational geospatial data accessible to AI by using simple Markdown and JSON files instead of complex infrastructure that previous SDI initiatives failed to provide.

Layercake's new interactive data explorer lets users query OpenStreetMap thematic layers, filter by OSM tags, and export in multiple formats directly in-browser using DuckDB WebAssembly.

Google's Maps study shows that rerouting traffic reduces congestion citywide, but critics argue it merely redistributes vehicles rather than reducing car dependency needed for real emissions cuts.

FOSS4G stands for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial, a conference hosted in partnership with OSGeo.

While mainstream #webmaps still route #pedestrians around the edges of open spaces, #OpenStreetMap engines like #OSRM and #Valhalla make the leap to true area #routing across squares and other open spaces. This shift beyond line-based paths brings digital #navigation much closer to real-world human movement and urban #walkability.

Apple has begun rolling out ads to its Maps app, displaying them in search suggestions and results with a blue "Ad" badge, though critics question their relevance and value.

IntroductionSetting up a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) as a data publisher has traditionally meant significant work and cost: • Loading data into spatial databases (SQL Server, Oracle, PostGIS)…

Ian has been a member of our community from the very beginning, as an original voting member who gathered in Chicago in February 2006 to establish OSGeo. He also is a co-founder of GeoTools, the Java library that is the … Continued

Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland

Portolan simplifies geospatial data publishing with opinionated STAC conventions, cloud-native formats, and tools for creating, validating, and discovering datasets online.

How I added DuckDB and GeoParquet tile serving to Martin during Google Summer of Code 2026.

MapQuest's app downloads surged to top positions after the company refused to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America, unlike Google, gaining hundreds of thousands of new users.

New geoparquet-io 1.4: Curved geometry support, STR sorting, and grid/boundary aggregations over A5, H3, or admin areas.

Replacing Mapbox with MapLibre in an update

Google improved Pixel Watch 5 GPS accuracy using Google Maps 3D building data and AI, but provided minimal technical details and no statistical evidence supporting performance claims.

SparkGeo built a cost-effective serverless vector tile server on AWS Lambda using SQLite and SpatiaLite instead of traditional PostGIS, bundling the database file in a Docker image.

The geojson.io GeoJSON editor received a major architectural overhaul based on Placemark Play, adding features like multiselect, bulk editing, undo/redo, and style editing for serious spatial data work.

JupyterGIS is a new JupyterLab extension enabling collaborative web-based GIS workflows with Python API support, geospatial data format compatibility, and advanced visualization features.

Zarrista, a new Rust-based Python library, offers 1.9–2.7× performance improvements over Zarr-Python and is being integrated as a native backend into Zarr-Python for ecosystem-wide benefits.

A low-level Zarr API for Python, powered from Rust by zarrs.

This package is an implementation of the geoviz javascript library. can be used to create a wide range of interactive, zoomable vector maps, taking advantage of d3’s many features: proportional symbols, pictograms, typologies, choropleth maps, spikes, tiles, Dorling cartograms, etc. It can also be used to create pretty static vectorial maps in SVG format, suitable for editorial cartography.

Hagen and Loeffler demonstrate how to visualize NetCDF data on web maps dynamically using VirtualiZarr, Icechunk, and zarr-layer without precompiling tiles.

We are releasing version 1.3.1 of ohsome-planet under the codename "Baarle-Hertog". This tool is designed to facilitate the transformation of raw OpenStreetMap (OSM) history data into the GeoParquet format, making it more accessible for spatial data analysis.

Google added AI-powered features to Maps allowing users to order food and book hotels through conversational queries, but the practicality remains questionable for everyday use.

MAAP's STAC Collection discovery tool enables true discovery of geospatial data sources through a simple API layer that routes searches across multiple STAC catalogues and returns combined results.

Silicon Valley's panic-driven rush to add generative AI to every product, regardless of necessity or suitability, risks causing real harm before this trend eventually fades like others before it.

MapLibreGL released a major update with sixteen breaking changes, switching to ESM-only distribution, removing WebGL1 support, and updating TypeScript to ES2022 for better performance.