Category: News
Open source business and built environment news, updated daily.
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QGIS 3.36 Adopted by Gloucestershire County Council for Highway Asset Management
Gloucestershire County Council has completed its migration from a proprietary GIS platform to QGIS 3.36, cutting annual licensing…
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OpenStreetMap Data Powers New NHS Estates Planning Tool Across England
NHS Property Services has launched an internal estates planning dashboard built on OpenStreetMap and the PostGIS spatial database,…
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Homes England Pilots Open Source BIM Tools to Streamline Housing Delivery Reviews
Homes England has begun a six-month pilot using OpenBIM toolchain components including IfcOpenShell and BlenderBIM to review planning…
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LimeSurvey Replaces Microsoft Forms Across Bristol City Council Consultations
Bristol City Council has deployed a self-hosted instance of LimeSurvey to manage public consultation exercises following concerns about…
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OpenStreetMap Foundation Partners with Ordnance Survey on Urban Digital Twins
The OpenStreetMap Foundation has announced a collaborative research initiative with Ordnance Survey to explore the use of community-sourced…
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Wolverhampton City Council Adopts OpenProject to Replace Microsoft Project Licences
Wolverhampton City Council has completed a full rollout of OpenProject, the open source project management platform, across its…
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FreeCAD 1.0 Adoption Grows Among Small UK Architecture Practices
Following the landmark release of FreeCAD 1.0, adoption among small and independent architecture practices in the UK is…
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MHCLG Issues Guidance Recommending Open Standards for Digital Planning Portals
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published new technical guidance recommending that local planning authorities…
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Nextcloud Deployment at Hampshire County Council Wins Local Government Tech Award
Hampshire County Council has been recognised at the LocalGovTech Awards for its large-scale deployment of Nextcloud as a…
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QGIS 3.38 Rolls Out Improved CRS Handling for UK Planning Authorities
The QGIS project has released version 3.38, introducing significantly improved coordinate reference system handling that benefits UK local…