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Towards gvSIG Desktop 2.5.1
After publishing a version with big changes, as usual, we release an update, in which we put the final touches to the previous version, fixing the most relevant errors that may have appeared and addin…
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Total Open Station 0.5
Total Open Station 0.5 is here! This release is the result of a short and intense development cycle. The application is now based on Python 3, which means an improved handling of data transfers …
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Getting started with PySpark & GeoPandas on Databricks
Over the last years, many data analysis platforms have added spatial support to their portfolio. Just two days ago, Databricks have published an extensive post on spatial analysis. I took their post a…
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Why is the QGIS docs team is struggling?
The QGIS documentation team is struggling and needs help. This has been known for a while. The much harder question is “How do we help a mostly volunteer community?”.Reading time: 20 minutesSummaryMan…
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Remarks on SVN-trac to GitHub migration
GRASS GIS is an open source geoinformation system which is developed by a globally distributed team of developers. Besides the source code developers also message translators, people who write documen…
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GeoServer 2.16.1 released
We are pleased to announce the release of GeoServer 2.16.1 with downloads (war|zip), documentation (html|pdf) and extensions. This is a stable release recommended for production systems. Note: O…
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Making the MySQL FDO provider ... geospatially useful
For the longest time, the MySQL FDO provider was of limited utility, though not to the fault of the provider itself. The last time this provider saw serious development, the latest version of MySQL wa…
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QGIS Server is ready for the new OGC API for Features protocol.
The new OGC API for Features (OAPIF) (also formerly known as WFS3) is one of the first protocols of the new generation of OGC web services and we are happy to announce that QGIS Server is ready to ser…
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GeoTools 22.1 Released
The GeoTools team is pleased to announce the release of GeoTools 22.1: geotools-22.1-bin.zip geotools-22.1-doc.zip geotools-22.1-userguide.zip geotools-22.1-project.zip maven repository GeoTool…
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Variable-distance buffering in JTS
The operation of buffering a geometry is a core geospatial concept. Standard buffers are computed using a fixed distance around the input geometry. JTS has provided a buffer implementation since its …
