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Simon Nitz
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Co-Chair FOSS4G 2025
Geospatial Lead at Whanganui District Council New Zealand.
https://geospatial.whanganui.govt.nz
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We've just launched the new #foss4g2025 Auckland website! 2025.foss4g.org. Early bird tickets still available and CfP closing soon, so get in quick. Sales & submissions are going strong so get in quick, it's going to be a fun one. #gischat #osgeo
FOSS4G Auckland 2025
FOSS4G stands for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial, a conference hosted in partnership with OSGeo.
2025.foss4g.org
July 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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📢 Logo comp winner = Rua Puka🌟  

"Waves and Patterns" is now official FOSS4G 2025 logo

The designer:

Rua Puka:
- GIS Specialist
- in PNG
- working w/ EU-funded STREIT Programme
- focus on mapping & spatial data to support rural development

Rua's inspiration: https://bit.ly/45aLnlQ
June 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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✨ Welcome to QFieldCloud, Silver Sponsor of FOSS4G 2025!

World leader in geospatial data management on-the-go. Also a Digital Public Good that advances SDGs. Connect now & meet them at the conference: @qfield.bsky.social

Thank you for the support 🤩 #foss4g #foss4g2025 #qfield #opengisch
April 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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What would you like to share with the Geospatial community this Nov?

Your latest big research project? An inspiring lightning talk? A workshop?
We're all about a vibrant hub of discussion & debate.

Send us your ideas: https://f.mtr.cool/yaegnizbzz

#foss4g2025 #gischat
April 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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✉️ Our second email newsletter has gone out to subscribers! It contains lots of news: Early Bird registration is open, you can apply for a Travel Grant, the call for papers is open, and you can vote for the conference logo 👏 Missed the email - mailchi.mp/foss4g/maili...

mailchi.mp/foss4g/foss4...
Early Bird FOSS4G 2025 Registration is open!
mailchi.mp
April 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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We are on board!
The @foss4g.org 2025 conference website is live!

And I'm leading sponsorship, so if you'd like your company's logo up there on that website showcasing your support for the open geospatial community, then please get in touch!

Check it out: 2025.foss4g.org
March 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Hey! There's a FOSS4G 2025 mailing list to sign up to: mailchi.mp/foss4g/maili...

And the logo competition is live: 2025.foss4g.org/logo-competi...! Win a conference registration + more!

#gischat #foss4g #osgeo
FOSS4G Mailing List Landing Page
mailchi.mp
February 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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We are proud to be Gold Sponsor of the Global FOSS4G 2024 conference in Belém - Brasil!
The mission of OSGeo matches 100% with what we stand for: develop and promote the best free and open source software for geospatial.
November 27, 2024 at 3:31 PM
The Greg, Lani and Simon show at pgrsc.org
November 27, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Greg Lauer and myself representing OSGeo Oceania and FOSS4G 2025 Auckland at PGRSC.org conference in Suva Fiji
November 26, 2024 at 9:50 PM
I'll be in Suva Fiji next week at the "2024 Pacific Islands GIS & RS User Conference" running a workshop on "Creating Models using QGIS Model Designer" and doing a couple of presentations.
Very much looking forward to catching up with the fantastic PGRSC community 😁
pgrsc.org/pacific-gis-...
Pacific Islands GIS & RS User Conference – PGRSC
pgrsc.org
November 19, 2024 at 8:07 PM
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We're running one more Cloud Native Geospatial workshop this year, this will be the fourth time we've run it.

I'm super excited to be attending FOSS4G 2024 in Belem in just a couple of weeks!

www.canva.com/design/DAGW3...?
November 19, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Completed refresh of our Geospatial Portal at Whanganui District Council NZ geospatial.whanganui.govt.nz
Whanganui GeoSpatial
geospatial.whanganui.govt.nz
November 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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Just released a new version of our QGIS Kart Plugin - now with Processing extensions so you can start building workflows on top of your versioned Kart repositories. plugins.qgis.org/plugins/kart/
November 19, 2024 at 12:00 AM