Qiusheng Wu
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Qiusheng Wu
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Associate Professor @UTKnoxville | Amazon Scholar | Creator of #geemap & #leafmap | Talk about #Geospatial #GeoPython #DataViz #GIS #FOSS #EarthEngine
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📣 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
🎁 A New Year’s gift to the geospatial community: a brand-new QGIS plugin that unlocks access to 80+ petabytes of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with zero coding required.
January 3, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Exciting News to Wrap Up 2025!

I’m thrilled to announce the release of the QGIS Geemap Plugin, which allows you to run Google Earth Engine and Jupyter Notebooks directly within QGIS!

GitHub Repo: github.com/opengeos/qgi...
Video Tutorial: youtu.be/QHFp0v579Hc
December 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Compare Layers Visually in QGIS — New Leafmap Plugin Demo!

Whether you're working with raster or vector data, this tool brings interactive transparency controls and a layer swipe feature right into your QGIS environment.
December 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Both the Timelapse and Notebook plugins are now available in the official QGIS plugin repository! You can install them easily by searching them in the QGIS Plugin Manager.

Timelapse plugin:
QGIS: plugins.qgis.org/plugins/time...
GitHub: github.com/opengeos/qgi...
December 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The QGIS Notebook Plugin v0.2.0 is now available! 🎉

New features:

🌟 Light theme for a fresh look
✂️ Clear outputs for selected cells
➕ Insert code snippets directly into your notebooks
December 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Reposted by Qiusheng Wu
Giving
@giswqs.bsky.social new timelapse plugin a go. This is much faster than the code I had been working through for each project. Try it out: Plugin page:
qgis.gishub.orggithub:
github.com/opengeos/qgi... tutorial: youtu.be/D_nkIL1JVU8 #QGIS #geospatial #python #EarthEngine
December 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
🚀 The QGIS Timelapse Plugin v0.2.0 has been released! 🎉 You can now overlay vector datasets (like administrative boundaries and roads) on your satellite imagery. 🌍✨
December 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🚀 Watch the Earth Change: New QGIS Plugin Creates Satellite Timelapse Animations in Seconds 🌍

A QGIS plugin for creating timelapse animations from satellite and aerial imagery using Google Earth Engine. Supports NAIP, Landsat, Sentinel-2, Sentinel-1, MODIS NDVI, and GOES weather satellite imagery.
December 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🚀 Run Jupyter Notebooks Directly Inside QGIS! | QGIS Notebook Plugin Tutorial

Want to combine the power of QGIS with the flexibility of Jupyter Notebooks? In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll learn how to install and use the QGIS Notebook Plugin to run Jupyter Notebooks inside the QGIS interface.
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Reposted by Qiusheng Wu
🎥 Just released a new video exploring the #QGIS #GeoAI plugin, a powerful way to bring #AI into everyday mapping workflows. Watch here: youtu.be/PMEZaW71YSA

Thanks to @giswqs.bsky.social for his brilliant work and clear documentation!
Review of the QGIS GeoAI plugin
YouTube video by Hans van der Kwast
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December 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🚀 Installing the GeoAI QGIS Plugin—Easiest Method

📺 Video tutorial: youtu.be/TJmZQXJK-IU
🔗 Plugin Page: plugins.qgis.org/plugins/geoai
📖 Installation Guide: opengeoai.org/qgis_plugin

If you find the plugin useful, please consider giving it a 👍 on the official QGIS plugin page.
December 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The recording of the GeoAI workshop at the #AGU25 is now available.

Notebook: agu2025.workshops.geojupyter.org/modules/inte...
Video: youtu.be/OW26XShiqeI

#geospatial #GeoAI #Python #Jupyter
December 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🌟 The GeoAI QGIS Plugin v0.3.0 has officially been released! It has transitioned from an experimental phase to become a fully-fledged official plugin!

The smoothify package has been integrated into the GeoAI package to enhance AI-derived natural features, such as water bodies.
December 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The recording of the leafmap workshop at #AGU25 is now available.

Video: youtu.be/XO_6OIA6ars
Notebook: agu2025.workshops.geojupyter.org/modules/inte...

#geospatial #leafmap #jupyter #python #datascience
December 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Open Geospatial Workshop happening at #AGU25 in Room 333 today! I will be teaching interactive mapping and GeoAI from 9:45-11:45 AM.

Registration is required is to attend, but I heard that they will be checking badges at the entrance until 9:30 AM.
December 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The GeoAI Plugin is now officially available in the official QGIS Plugin Repository! 🎉

With just a few clicks, you can integrate the power of AI-driven spatial analysis right into your QGIS workflow.

Important: For a smooth installation, make sure you install QGIS via conda-forge.
GeoAI - GeoAI plugin for QGIS providing AI-powered geospatial analysis including Moondream vision-language model for image captioning, querying, object detection, and semantic segmentation model train...
plugins.qgis.org
December 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I’ve created a custom QGIS plugin repository where I share the QGIS plugins I develop. This allows you to install and test the latest plugin versions early, before they are released to the official QGIS Plugin Repository.

🔗 Explore the repository: qgis.gishub.org

#QGIS #Geospatial #OpenSource
December 14, 2025 at 3:59 AM
After releasing the GeoAI QGIS Plugin, many users were excited to try it, but some ran into challenges installing PyTorch and SAM 3 on Windows.

To make the setup process smooth and frustration-free, I’ve put together:
December 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🚀 The GeoAI QGIS Plugin is here 🔥

You can run Moondream vision-language models, object detection, image segmentation (SAM 3), and even train your own geospatial segmentation model end-to-end.
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🚀 Introducing the HyperCoast QGIS Plugin: Hyperspectral Data Visualization Made Easy

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to install and use the HyperCost QGIS plugin to open, inspect, and analyze hyperspectral datasets.
December 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Sneak peek of the GeoAI QGIS plugin! It supports Moondream AI vision language models, pytorch segmentation models, and many more. Training deep learning models in QGIS without writing a single line of code!

Stay tuned for more demos and tutorials!

GitHub: github.com/opengeos/geo...
December 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The GeoAI Python package now supports interactive segmentation of remote sensing imagery with the Moondream AI Vision Language Models (VLMs), which provides powerful and efficient visual reasoning. A great alternative to Meta's SAM 3.
December 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Four of my open-source geospatial projects have collectively surpassed 13K GitHub stars ✨ . Thank you to everyone who has used, contributed to, or shared these tools.

If any of these projects have been helpful in your work, consider giving them a ⭐ on GitHub:
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🚀 I am very excited to release the SamGeoQGIS plugin for geospatial image segmentation, powered by Meta’s Segment Anything Model (SAM 3)

In this full tutorial, I’ll walk you through how to install, configure, and start segmenting satellite imagery in QGIS without writing a single line of code!
December 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Sneak peek of the SamGeo QGIS plugin! It is going to be epic 🚀

Stay tuned for more demos and tutorials!

GitHub: github.com/opengeos/seg...

#qgis #samgeo #SAM3 #opensource #geospatail
December 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM