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FOSS4GNA<p>Great news! The FOSS4G North America call for presentations is now open! <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSS4GNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FOSS4GNA</span></a> will be held Nov 3-5, 2025 in Reston, VA. Submit your presentation proposal for consideration by May 15, 2025. Check out the web site to learn more: <a href="https://www.foss4gna.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">foss4gna.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/geospatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geospatial</span></a></p>
Daniel J. Dufour<p>Has anyone made a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geoparquet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geoparquet</span></a> file of the American Community Survey data?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foss4gna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss4gna</span></a></p>
Bill Dollins<p>Two people I know who came to <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/FOSS4GNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS4GNA</span></a> looking for new roles found them as a result of connections they made there. As much as I love the tech and use cases discussed there, it's the making and refreshing of connections between people that are the real payoff for me.</p>
Randal Hale (He/Him)<p>If you&#39;re in the area and want to map in OpenStreetMap <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/chattanooga" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>chattanooga</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss4gna" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foss4gna</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/osm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>osm</span></a></p>
Bill<p>". . . cities like St. Louis are in a race against time to outrun return-to-office mandates that threaten to restart the engines of the domestic extraction economy that has disproportionately pulled tech talent into the orbits of San Francisco, New York, and DC."</p><p>- <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@geobabbler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geobabbler</span></a></span>, reflecting on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foss4gna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss4gna</span></a> <a href="https://blog.geomusings.com/2024/09/13/a-foss4gna-savasana/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.geomusings.com/2024/09/13</span><span class="invisible">/a-foss4gna-savasana/</span></a></p>
Randal Hale (He/Him)<p>Taking advice from the keynote yesterday - you can find my consulting business on Tinder. I like long walks on the beach, data problems, and qgis. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss4gna" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foss4gna</span></a></p>
Randal Hale (He/Him)<p>The QGIS-US groups first meeting. Hopefully. We have a starting budget of $45 bucks. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/qgis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>qgis</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss4gna" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foss4gna</span></a></p>
Randal Hale (He/Him)<p>Earlier today - <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@hobu" class="u-url mention">@<span>hobu</span></a></span> did a whole talk on gdal fun. Do you sponsor gdal? Who are the big sponsors? <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss4gna" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foss4gna</span></a></p>
Randal Hale (He/Him)<p>Keep forgetting to post - but good stuff happening at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss4gna" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foss4gna</span></a></p>
Josh Carlson<p>Phew! Workshop is outta the way, and I get to enjoy the rest of <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/FOSS4GNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS4GNA</span></a> as a regular ol' attendee.</p><p>Getting to talk at length about something you're passionate about is both exhilarating and *exhausting*.</p><p><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/gischat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gischat</span></a></p>
wijfi<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss4gna" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foss4gna</span></a> let&#39;s go!</p>
Josh Carlson<p>Getting ready for <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/FOSS4GNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS4GNA</span></a> today! Workshop at 13:00, and the intervening hours to stroll about St. Louis trying not to rehearse everything I'm going to say.</p><p><a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/gischat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gischat</span></a></p>
Daniel J. Dufour<p>Who's going to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foss4gna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss4gna</span></a> ? Looking forward to hearing about all the innovation going on! I'm especially looking forward to learning how <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasm</span></a> is helping shift computation to the browser and driving down cost.</p>
Dan Mahr<p>Want to learn how to simulate plate tectonics with PROJ and harmonize GCP/RTK/PPK drone data to 1 cm accuracy? Of course you do! 😎 Come to my talk at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSS4GNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FOSS4GNA</span></a> in St. Louis on Weds at 10:30am. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/foss4gna" class="u-url mention">@<span>foss4gna</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@osgeo" class="u-url mention">@<span>osgeo</span></a></span></p>
Randal Hale (He/Him)<p>Just because I&#39;m spreading the word everywhere - QGIS-US Meetup at FOSS4GNA. We&#39;ll meet in Grand A at 5 on Tuesday September 10th to discuss Community, The US Group, QGIS, and whatever else we can squeeze in. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/qgis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>qgis</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/qgis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>qgis</span></a>-us <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss4gna" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foss4gna</span></a></p>
FOSS4GNA<p>If you have your eye on a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSS4GNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FOSS4GNA</span></a> workshop, but haven&#39;t registered yet, do it now! Most of them are nearly full and they may be closed by the time you arrive on-site.</p><p>Go to <a href="https://www.foss4gna.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">foss4gna.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
GRASS GIS<p>📣 GRASS GIS takes over <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSS4GNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FOSS4GNA</span></a> in St. Louis! (4/4)</p><p>GRASS GIS as Geocomputational Engine talk by Corey White <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/plottgis" class="u-url mention">@<span>plottgis</span></a></span> </p><p>Learn how to use GRASS as your geoprocessing engine either locally, on the cloud, or in HPC clusters! 🚀 </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@osgeo" class="u-url mention">@<span>osgeo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@foss4gna" class="u-url mention">@<span>foss4gna</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/ncsugeospatial" class="u-url mention">@<span>ncsugeospatial</span></a></span> <br /><a href="https://whova.com/embedded/session/yES4SgdEKaaEK0AD6y4YnM1DD3NRWjkPECkzqJQHhCY%3D/4005819/?widget=primary" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">whova.com/embedded/session/yES</span><span class="invisible">4SgdEKaaEK0AD6y4YnM1DD3NRWjkPECkzqJQHhCY%3D/4005819/?widget=primary</span></a></p>
Michele Tobias<p>One thing off my to-do list for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@foss4gna" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>foss4gna</span></a></span> - my cartography workshop materials are proofed for the lates version of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@qgis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>qgis</span></a></span> ! Now to finish the talk slides! Sigh. That's gonna take longer. <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/foss4gna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss4gna</span></a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/gischat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gischat</span></a></p>
FOSS4GNA<p>What is your favorite movie that&#39;s set in St. Louis?</p><p>Speaking of St. Louis, join us there next week for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSS4GNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FOSS4GNA</span></a></p><p>Check it out at <a href="https://www.foss4gna.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">foss4gna.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Micah Williamson<p>I've registered for <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/FOSS4GNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS4GNA</span></a> and am attending on Wednesday. It's too close not to go.</p>