Category: News
Open source business and built environment news, updated daily.
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OSGeo Foundation Launches UK Chapter to Support Public Sector Geospatial Projects
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation has formally established a UK national chapter, OSGeo:UK, with founding members drawn from…
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QGIS 3.38 Release Brings Enhanced CRS Handling for UK Ordnance Survey Data
The QGIS project has released version 3.38, introducing improved coordinate reference system handling that simplifies working with Ordnance…
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Common Place Adopts PostGIS Backend for Bristol Planning Engagement Platform
Planning engagement platform Commonplace has announced a migration to a PostGIS-backed spatial database infrastructure to support its work…
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Argyll and Bute Council Replaces Northgate Revenues System with Open Source Stack
Argyll and Bute Council has completed a phased migration away from Northgate’s proprietary revenues and benefits platform, deploying…
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Autodesk Competitor OpenBIM Alliance Releases IFC Validator Tool Under Apache Licence
The OpenBIM Alliance has published a new IFC file validation tool under the Apache 2.0 licence, designed to…
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Apache Flink Powers Real-Time Infrastructure Monitoring at Thames Water
Thames Water has deployed Apache Flink as the core stream-processing engine for its new real-time infrastructure monitoring platform,…
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MHCLG Pilots Open Source Planning Data Platform Using FoundationDB and Datasette
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has begun a pilot of an open source planning data…
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OpenStreetMap Data Adopted by Planning Inspectorate for Appeal Case Mapping
The Planning Inspectorate has begun incorporating OpenStreetMap data into its digital case management platform to support the visualisation…
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Blender Gains Traction Among UK Architectural Practices as BIM Visualisation Tool
A growing number of small and mid-sized UK architectural practices are adopting Blender as a cost-free alternative to…
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PostgreSQL and PostGIS Power New National Street Works Data Infrastructure
Street Manager, the UK government’s platform for coordinating roadworks permits, has expanded its backend data infrastructure using PostgreSQL…