Category: News
Open source business and built environment news, updated daily.
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QGIS 3.38 Released With Enhanced 3D Terrain Tools for Urban Planning
The QGIS project has released version 3.38, introducing significantly improved 3D terrain visualisation and point cloud rendering capabilities…
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Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Migrates Finance System to ERPNext
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council has completed a phased migration of its core finance and procurement functions to the…
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OpenBIM Consortium Backs IFC Standard Push for UK Infrastructure Projects
The OpenBIM Consortium has announced renewed advocacy for mandatory IFC open standard adoption across UK public infrastructure projects…
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PostgreSQL Adopted as Spatial Data Backbone for National Highways Asset Register
National Highways has confirmed that PostgreSQL with the PostGIS spatial extension will serve as the primary database backend…
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Southwark Council Trials Open Source Planning Case Management Tool ODP
Southwark Council is among the first wave of local planning authorities to begin live testing of the Open…
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Apache Superset Gains Traction Among UK Architecture Practices for Project Dashboards
A growing number of mid-sized UK architecture practices, including HawkinsBrown and Stride Treglown, are adopting Apache Superset as…
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Apache Superset Chosen by Greater Manchester Combined Authority for Infrastructure Dashboards
Greater Manchester Combined Authority has selected Apache Superset as the foundation for its new infrastructure performance dashboards, covering…
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PostGIS Becomes Default Spatial Backend in UK Planning Inspectorate’s Appeals System
The Planning Inspectorate has completed migration of its national appeals casework system to a PostGIS spatial database backend,…
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Southwark Council Adopts OpenStreetMap Workflow for Planning Applications
Southwark Council has announced a new digital planning workflow built on OpenStreetMap data and the open source Mergin…
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Autodesk Rival OpenBIM Platform BlenderBIM Gains Major UK Contractor Backing
VolkerWessels UK and Kier Group have both confirmed pilot programmes using the open source BlenderBIM Add-on, which enables…