Hacker News with Generative AI: Geospatial Data

DuckDB is probably the most important geospatial software of the last decade (dbreunig.com)
What happens when you embed geospatial capabilities in generalist data tools? More people engaging with geo data.

Geospatial Data, Software, Databases, Data Analysis

491 points by dbreunig 20 days ago | 165 comments

Benefits of Apache Iceberg for geospatial data analysis (wherobots.com)
Apache Iceberg v3 supports the geometry type which allows the geospatial community to take advantage of amazing Iceberg features like reliable transactions, DML operations (deletes & upserts), time travel, versioned data, schema enforcement, schema evolution, and much more.

Geospatial Data, Apache Iceberg, Data Analysis

16 points by MrPowers 41 days ago | 1 comments

Serving Vector Tiles, Fast (spatialists.ch)
Want to serve #VectorTiles to your users? Fabian Rechsteiner’s benchmark pits six open-source servers (#BBOX, #ldproxy, #Martin, #pg_tileserv, #Tegola, #TiPg) against each other, revealing stark speed differences.

Vector Tiles, Benchmarking, Open Source, Geospatial Data

103 points by altilunium 48 days ago | 17 comments

H3: For indexing geographies into a hexagonal grid, by Uber (h3geo.org)
H3 is a discrete global grid system for indexing geographies into a hexagonal grid, developed at Uber.

Geospatial Data, Hexagonal Grid, Uber, Mapping, Software

130 points by wiradikusuma 76 days ago | 45 comments

Apache Iceberg now supports geospatial data types natively (wherobots.com)
Geospatial solutions were thought of as “special”, because what modernized the data ecosystem of today, left geospatial data mostly behind. This changes today. Thanks to the efforts of the Apache Iceberg and Parquet communities, we are excited to share that both Iceberg and Parquet now support geometry and geography (collectively the GEO) data types.

Geospatial Data, Apache Iceberg, Open Source, Data Management, Parquet

104 points by Mosarwat 101 days ago | 21 comments

QGIS Recognized as Digital Public Good (qgis.org)
We are thrilled to announce that QGIS has been officially recognized as a Digital Public Good (DPG) by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA)! This recognition underscores our commitment to open-source geospatial solutions that contribute to the advancement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Open Source, Geospatial Data, Sustainable Development

12 points by bluebirdfirewin 104 days ago | 0 comments

Cesium for Unreal – Bring the Real World to Unreal Engine (cesium.com)
Built on open standards and APIs, Cesium for Unreal combines the 3D geospatial capability of Cesium with the high-fidelity rendering power of Unreal Engine, unlocking the 3D geospatial ecosystem for game engines.

3D Modeling, Game Development, Unreal Engine, Geospatial Data

158 points by doodlesdev 143 days ago | 56 comments

A journey of optimization of cloud-based geospatial data processing (terrafloww.com)
The rapid growth of Earth observation data in cloud storage, which will continue to grow exponentially, powered by falling rocket launch prices by companies like SpaceX, has pushed us to think of how we access and analyze satellite imagery.

Cloud Computing, Geospatial Data, Optimization, Satellite Imagery

28 points by BrainBuzzer 161 days ago | 13 comments

Foursquare Open Source (foursquare.com)
We believe that easy, democratized access to high-quality data and tools drives innovation and the success of the entire geospatial community. We’ve built revolutionary location technology and products to improve how businesses extract value from geospatial data, now we want to empower you with the data and tools to do the same.

Open Source, Geospatial Data, Location Technology, Business

16 points by kripy 184 days ago | 0 comments

Foursquare Open Source Places: A new foundational dataset (simonwillison.net)
Foursquare Open Source Places: A new foundational dataset for the geospatial community (via) I did not expect this!

Open Source, Geospatial Data, Datasets, Foursquare, Location Data

154 points by po 184 days ago | 28 comments

Foursquare Open Source Places: Foundational dataset for the geospatial community (foursquare.com)
In an effort to change that dynamic, we are announcing today the general availability of a foundational open data set, Foursquare Open Source Places (“FSQ OS Places”).

Open Source, Geospatial Data, Data Sets, Community

7 points by pr337h4m 184 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: OpenFreeMap – Free OpenStreetMap Vector Tile Hosting (openfreemap.org)
OpenFreeMap provides free map hosting so you can display custom maps on your website and apps.

Mapping, Open Source, Web Development, Geospatial Data

14 points by hyperknot 246 days ago | 2 comments

Revisiting Overture's Global Geospatial Datasets (marksblogg.com)
Since November, Overture Maps has been publishing global, open geospatial datasets every month. They've also expanded the topics they cover from building footprints and road networks to address lists and AI-generated land use data.