Category: News
Open source business and built environment news, updated daily.
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LibreOffice Deployment Expanded Across Scottish Council Shared Services
Cosla’s shared services body has extended its LibreOffice rollout to cover back-office functions in eight additional Scottish councils…
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PostgreSQL and PostGIS Power New Open Source Urban Digital Twin Platform
A consortium led by Arup and the Alan Turing Institute has released an open source urban digital twin…
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QGIS 3.38 Adopted by Bristol City Council for Spatial Planning Work
Bristol City Council has migrated its spatial planning team from Esri ArcGIS to QGIS 3.38, citing significant licensing…
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PostGIS Adoption Grows Among UK Highway Authorities for Asset Management
A survey by the Association for Public Service Excellence has found that PostGIS, the open source spatial extension…
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Homes England Pilots OpenBIM Workflow Using IFC and Blender
Homes England has announced a pilot programme adopting open BIM standards, using IFC file formats and Blender with…
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Nottingham City Council Switches Revenues System to ERPNext
Nottingham City Council has completed a phased migration of its revenues and benefits back-office functions to ERPNext, the…
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UK Planning Inspectorate Tests Open Source Appeals Case Management
The Planning Inspectorate has begun a technical evaluation of Apache OFBiz and a bespoke Open Case API layer…
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MHCLG Consults on Open Source Requirements for PropTech Planning Software
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has opened a consultation proposing that planning software procured by…
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Linux Foundation Launches Construction Industry Working Group for Open Data Standards
The Linux Foundation has established a new Construction Technology Working Group, bringing together firms including Skanska, Mace, and…
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QGIS 3.38 Released With Enhanced 3D Mapping Tools for Urban Planners
The QGIS project has released version 3.38, introducing significantly improved 3D city model visualisation and point cloud processing…