the christopher gs
banner
christophergs.bsky.social
the christopher gs
@christophergs.bsky.social
hail hermaeus mora and the service berry trees. my posts represent the views of all employers, everywhere.

Interests: GIS, OpenStreetMap, plants, urbanism, agriculture, Michigan.
Reposted by the christopher gs
Finally it's here: Jupyter notebooks inside QGIS. I don't know about you but I've been hoping for someone to get around to doing this for quite a while.

http://anitagraser.com/2026/01/10/notebooks-in-qgis/
anitagraser.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Reposted by the christopher gs
🌎 Today, I'm happy to release "First Basemap," a free tutorial that shares one of our most valuable recent innovations at Reuters. https://palewi.re/docs/first-basemap/
January 5, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Reposted by the christopher gs
It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Reposted by the christopher gs
January 1, 2026 at 2:05 PM
This is cool, and I'm not sure when this happened, but the default style on OpenStreetMap now shows urbanization starting at z level 7. It seems to be based on landuse=residential

Here you can see the areas of urbanization around many midwestern cities in the US. 💜🌍 #OpenStreetMap
December 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Reposted by the christopher gs
This is interesting — a recent study of mode share (the % share of transportation trips by car, transit, walking, biking etc) relative to city size and income levels in almost 800 cities in 61 countries. Interesting results. HT @davidzipper.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Reposted by the christopher gs
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Reposted by the christopher gs
Lansing Area Free Stands: neighbors helping neighbors. There's a network of folks bringing food to their neighbors. Have extra? Consider donating. Need something? Stop by and grab something. #LoveLansing
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Hell yesss we love the pawpaw (Asimina triloba), growing them in my backyard. Three cheers for the pawpaw, Michigan's wierd little tropical fruit
October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Africa considers Equal Earth projection instead of Mercator due to its Eurocentric distortions #gischat

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s size
Member states back Correct the Map campaign that urges governments and organisations to use more accurate map
www.theguardian.com
August 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Vector tiles come to OpenStreetMap! Interesting...

blog.openstreetmap.org/2025/07/22/v...
Vector Tiles are deployed on OpenStreetMap.org | OpenStreetMap Blog
blog.openstreetmap.org
July 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
bird party, not everyone was invited tho #birdsky
July 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
June 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Two million degrees in the Midwest but a bee's gotta eat (native bumblebee on crown vetch) #pollinators #bloomsky 🐝
June 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Reposted by the christopher gs
“i asked chat gpt” “i asked grok” Jeeves would kill you where you stand
June 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It's serviceberry season!!! This is not a drill #amelanchier so happy the city of Lansing has these planted in public parks
June 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I recently discovered #bloomscrolling. Here's my contribution: beautiful sweet crabapple/apple blossoms on the multiuse path near my house ♥️🌸
April 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
mason bees waking up a bit later this year! #nativebees
April 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Reposted by the christopher gs
it's paczki season...where in Lansing can you find the tastiest polish pastry? well, here are some reccs at least. (remember: the word paczki is plural! don't add an s!) get you some paczki!
#lovelansing #paczki #maps

www.lansingography.com/2025/03/wher...
March 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Pisanki is happening!
March 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Time to clean out the bird houses
March 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Life! Every year I mark the blooming of galanthus nivalis (snowdrop). Spring is coming! Phew
February 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
candela gets it #StrongerTogether
February 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM