In May and June 2019, Spatialised teamed up with 2Pi Software to deliver a new image processing service to the Australian Capital Territory government Emergency Services Agency (ACT ESA). The client problem was delivering web map tiles to an air-gapped Emergency Management System (EMS), coupled with a burgeoning city. The ACT government responded to the…
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Sponsoring FOSS4G SotM Oceania
Spatialised has become a bronze sponsor of FOSS4G SotM Oceania for 2019. This small contribution was a big step in terms of spending on any form of marketing/support budget we have – in the past year Spatialised is solvent but not into clear air cashflow-wise yet. The marketing budget is completely exhausted now after spending…
FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018
In late November 2018 the inaugural FOSS4G SotM Oceania conference took place – as one of the organisers it is still completely surreal that it was real, and we made it happen! To me, it feels now as if a few enthusiastic people had a conversation about a year ago, someone waved a magic wand,…
FOSS4G 2018: wait, what?
In late August I went to FOSS4G2018, held in conjunction with the HOTOSM summit in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. I’ve been privileged to attend three of these events in a row now, and this one is incredibly difficult to wrap up neatly and put a bow around. Why is this so? Phew. The first question is…
A geospatial tinkerer’s feast: FOSS4G 2017
Between 11 and 19 August 2017 I was in Boston (USA) for the OSGeo foundation’s FOSS4G conference. To write a one sentence summary of the event? It’s like a cornucopia of open source geospatial ideas, applications and inspirations! Variously the event has been compared to disneyland, summer camp, and a few other things. It’s my…