Category: News
Open source business and built environment news, updated daily.
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OpenStreetMap UK Community Launches Street-Level Data Audit for Active Travel Zones
OpenStreetMap UK has partnered with Sustrans and Transport for Wales to launch a structured community mapping audit targeting…
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QGIS 3.38 Released With Enhanced British National Grid Support for UK Planners
The OSGeo project has released QGIS 3.38, introducing improved handling of the British National Grid (OSGB36) coordinate reference…
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Bromley Council Migrates Finance Systems to ERPNext, Saving £400k Annually
The London Borough of Bromley has completed a two-year migration from its legacy Oracle financials platform to the…
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Autodesk Rival OpenBIM Platform BlenderBIM Gains IFC4.3 Certification
The open source BlenderBIM Add-on, developed by the IfcOpenShell community, has achieved official IFC4.3 certification from buildingSMART International,…
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QGIS 3.38 Released With Enhanced 3D Terrain and Point Cloud Support
The QGIS project has released version 3.38, bringing significant improvements to 3D terrain rendering and expanded point cloud…
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OpenProject Gains Traction Among UK Architecture Practices as Substitute for Proprietary PMO Tools
A growing number of mid-sized UK architecture practices, including Haworth Tompkins and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, are reported…
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MHCLG Backs Pilot to Standardise Planning Data Using Open Source Tools
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has awarded funding to a consortium of seven English planning…
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FreeCAD 1.0 Adoption Accelerates in Civil Engineering SMEs Following Stable Release
Following the landmark 1.0 stable release of FreeCAD earlier this year, several UK-based civil engineering SMEs including Curtins…
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Norfolk County Council Deploys Nextcloud to Replace SharePoint Across Social Care Teams
Norfolk County Council has gone live with a self-hosted Nextcloud deployment to replace Microsoft SharePoint for document collaboration…
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QGIS 3.38 Brings Enhanced CityGML Support for Urban Planning Workflows
The QGIS project has released version 3.38, introducing significantly improved CityGML 2.0 and 3.0 import capabilities aimed at…