Category: News
Open source business and built environment news, updated daily.
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MHCLG Backs Open Digital Planning Project With PostgreSQL and PostGIS at Its Core
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has confirmed continued funding for the Open Digital Planning project,…
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QGIS 3.38 Released With Enhanced Urban Planning Tools and UK Ordnance Survey Integration
The QGIS project has released version 3.38, introducing improved topology validation tools and a streamlined connector for Ordnance…
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Homes England Pilots OpenBIM Workflows Using Blender and IFC Standards
Homes England has launched a pilot programme exploring open-source BIM workflows, combining Blender with the BlenderBIM Add-on and…
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Bristol City Council Deploys OpenProject for Capital Infrastructure Programme Management
Bristol City Council has gone live with OpenProject to manage its £340 million capital infrastructure programme, covering highways,…
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UK Planning Inspectorate Pilots Open Source Digital Appeals Platform Built on Camunda
The Planning Inspectorate is piloting a new digital case management system for planning appeals, built on the open…
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Autodesk Rival OpenBIM Platform BlenderBIM Gains Traction Among UK SME Contractors
BlenderBIM, the open source IFC-native BIM authoring tool built on Blender, is seeing growing adoption among small and…
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PostGIS 3.5 Release Adds Native Support for 3D City Model Queries
The PostGIS project has released version 3.5, introducing native support for CityGML-aligned 3D geometry queries, a feature long…
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Nottingham City Council Switches Finance Systems to ERPNext Amid Budget Pressures
Nottingham City Council has completed a phased migration to ERPNext for its core finance and procurement functions, following…
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OpenStreetMap Data Powers New Digital Street Gazetteer Tool for Welsh Councils
The Welsh Local Government Association has launched a shared digital street gazetteer service built on OpenStreetMap and PostGIS,…
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MHCLG Pilots OpenPlanningData Standard Built on Open Source Stack
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has begun a six-month pilot of a new OpenPlanningData standard,…