New post by David O’Sullivan:

“Raster really is faster (and vaster), but vector just seems more corrector.”

Part 1A of a series revisiting ideas from Geographic Information Analysis: fractals, raster vs vector, and R code.

👉 https://dosull.github.io/posts/2025-08-31-gia-chapter-1A/

#Geospatial #RStats #RSpatial #GISchat

New post by David O’Sullivan:

“Raster really is faster (and vaster), but vector just seems more corrector.”

Part 1A of a series revisiting ideas from Geographic Information Analysis: fractals, raster vs vector, and R code.

👉 https://dosull.github.io/posts/2025-08-31-gia-chapter-1A/

#Geospatial #RStats #RSpatial #GISchat

The @mapbender team is happy to announce the #Mapbender bugfix release version 4.2.1 at 2025-09-04! 🗺️

Read more at: 👇🏻
https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapbender_users/2025-September/006528.html
&
https://mapbender.org

See also the Visual changelog for the major release 4.2.0 (EN): 🔍
https://mapbender.org/aktuelles/details/mapbender-version-420-released/
#FOSSGIS #GIS #WebGIS #FOSS4G #OSGeo #GeoSpatial

Dependencies and reverse dependencies: Python vs. R: Julie Tibshirani reflects on how the #R ecosystem uniquely manages dependencies through reverse dependency checks on #CRAN. R’s approach comes at a cost to developers, but also fosters a culture of empathy and responsibility among package...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/09/26-dependencies-and-reverse-dependencies-python-vs-r/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Dependencies and reverse dependencies: Python vs. R: Julie Tibshirani reflects on how the #R ecosystem uniquely manages dependencies through reverse dependency checks on #CRAN. R’s approach comes at a cost to developers, but also fosters a culture of empathy and responsibility among package...
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/09/26-dependencies-and-reverse-dependencies-python-vs-r/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS