#swissgis — Public Fediverse posts

Sentinel-2: swissEO S2-SR update: swisstopo’s #swissEO S2-SR product just got a major upgrade: Version 200 delivers full 13-band #Sentinel2 coverage as individual #COGs, latency cut to under a day, #STAC-accessible orbit forecasts, and a new AI-based cloud and terrain shadow mask...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/09/12-sentinel-2-swisseo-s2-sr-update/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Cloud-native in Switzerland: Switzerland’s #CNG community is gathering on 29 October at Meta’s offices in Zurich for talks and demos, while a KGK-CGC workshop already dug into practical experience with #CloudNativeGeospatial data formats. Slides and a curated list of resources...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/09/12-cloud-native-in-switzerland/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Portolan: Publishing geodata without a server: #Portolan turns geodata publishing into a file upload – no servers, no databases, no maintenance. Nico Rohrbach built a first pilot with Swiss environmental data from the #FOEN: open, machine-readable, and #AIready in days. #cloudnative #STAC...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/09/05-portolan-publishing-geodata-without-a-server/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

GeoPandas: Canonical paper: #GeoPandas finally has its #canonicalpaper, two years after the 1.0 release it was meant to accompany. Martin Fleischmann and seven co-authors lay out the library’s history, core components, and #openscience roadmap in a #openaccess article at...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/08/20-geopandas-canonical-paper/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Via Helvetica hiking planner: Via Helvetica by Philippe De Pol is a new, free web app for planning hikes in Switzerland along the official trail network, on #swisstopo basemaps and using federal #geodata, with #GPX import and export and an easy handoff to the swisstopo mobile...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/08/21-via-helvetica-hiking-planner/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Via Helvetica hiking planner: Via Helvetica by Philippe De Pol is a new, free web app for planning hikes in Switzerland along the official trail network, on #swisstopo basemaps and using federal #geodata, with #GPX import and export and an easy handoff to the swisstopo mobile...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/08/21-via-helvetica-hiking-planner/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

GeoPandas: Canonical paper: #GeoPandas finally has its #canonicalpaper, two years after the 1.0 release it was meant to accompany. Martin Fleischmann and seven co-authors lay out the library’s history, core components, and #openscience roadmap in a #openaccess article at...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/08/20-geopandas-canonical-paper/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

MCP server for Swiss federal geodata: Hayal Oezkan’s swisstopo-mcp gives #AI #agents access to Swiss federal #geodata through 20 tools spanning the #Swisstopo REST API, the federal #STAC catalog, the #ÖREB/#RDPPF cadastre, and #OSM. This is currently the bridge between the Model...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/08/15-mcp-server-for-swiss-federal-geodata/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

ArcGIS Flight Simulator: Cédric Despierre Corporon built a browser-based #FlightSimulator on the #ArcGIS Maps SDK for #JavaScript, streaming Swiss terrain and buildings from #swisstopo alongside global #OSM data. While obviously not a full flight sim, this is a genuinely...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/07/27-arcgis-flight-simulator/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Geoinformation chatbot for the canton of Berne: The canton of Berne has launched a #chatbot on their geoinformation portal that lets users ask questions about available cantonal #geodata and its #metadata in natural language — in German, French, English, and more. It is not (yet?) a ‘talk to the...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/05/08-geoinformation-chatbot-for-the-canton-of-berne/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

City2Graph: Easy graph generation in Python: #City2Graph is an open-source #Python package that turns geospatial data into #graph structures for #NetworkAnalysis and Graph Neural Networks, with seamless integration into tools like #GeoPandas, #NetworkX, and #PyTorch Geometric. It supports...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/04/18-city2graph-easy-graph-generation-in-python/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

City2Graph: Easy graph generation in Python: #City2Graph is an open-source #Python package that turns geospatial data into #graph structures for #NetworkAnalysis and Graph Neural Networks, with seamless integration into tools like #GeoPandas, #NetworkX, and #PyTorch Geometric. It supports...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/04/18-city2graph-easy-graph-generation-in-python/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Call for CNG mentors and mentees: The Cloud-Native Geospatial (#CNG) #Mentorship Program pairs geospatial professionals for six months of one-on-one career, technical, or project-focused guidance. With applications open until end of April and running from May to October, the...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/04/12-call-for-cng-mentors-and-mentees/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Terraink: Terraink is a free, open-source web app for creating artistic #cartographic posters from #OpenStreetMap data, with an impressive breadth of customisation options for themes, layouts, fonts, and layers. Recommended for anyone looking to create unique...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/04/11-terraink/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Geoinformation circles in Geneva: Geneva’s #SITG is experimenting with an open community model: thematic #geoinformation circles that anyone can propose, join, and self-organize. Already, participants range from the WHO and France’s national mapping agency to university researchers...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/03/21-geoinformation-circles-in-geneva/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Geoinformation job market: A new report commissioned by swisstopo analyses the #workforce situation in Switzerland’s #geoinformation sector and finds a field that’s largely stable while the overall higher education grows. With an unemployment rate of just 0.8% in 2024, the...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/02/23-geoinformation-job-market/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

New geoinformation strategy: The Canton of Bern has released its updated #Geoinformation Strategy for 2026–2030, setting a focus on customer-oriented services, long-term capacity building, and stronger cooperation across authorities. New topics include #AI, #NoCode / #LowCode environments, natural-language applications, #DigitalTwin-s, and #opensource, among many others.
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2026/01/26-geoinformation-strategy-of-the-canton-of-bern/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Deep dive on pruning: Dewey Dunnington’s latest blog post dives deep into how pruning, the selective reading of relevant data, makes #GeoParquet blazing fast in both local and #cloudnative contexts. Featuring hands-on comparisons across #SedonaDB, #DuckDB, #GeoPandas,...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/12/16-deep-dive-on-pruning/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

#viewinline: A new no-fuss way to visualize your vector data and rasters right in the #terminal: viewinline is a lightweight #Python utility by @Keiko_geo that renders #GeoTIFF-s, #GeoPackage-s, #GeoJSON-s, and #Shapefile-s instantly in #iterm2 (and other compatible terminals).
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/11/04-viewinline/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Geo Cloud Converter: Maphub.co launches #GeoCloudConverter, a browser-based #WASM tool that transforms common geospatial file types — #GeoJSON, #Shapefile, #KML, #GPX, CSV, #GeoPackage, or #GeoTIFF – into modern, #cloudnative formats like #GeoParquet, #FlatGeobuf,...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/10/28-geo-cloud-converter/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Swisstopo Historic podcast: Under the moniker “swisstopo historic”, #swisstopo produces a #podcast about the history of #cartography and #geoinformation, now in its fourth season with themes ranging from water on maps to national boundaries. Alongside the podcast, they also...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/07/01-swisstopo-historic-podcast/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Colloquium: State of SGS implementation: The Swiss #Geoinformation Strategy (#SGS), launched in 2020, aims to make reliable, detailed, and up-to-date geoinformation easily accessible and interconnected across #Switzerland. On May 2, #Swisstopo will host a colloquium to review the progress...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/04-26-colloquium-state-of-sgs-implementation/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS