Tag: news
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OSGeo Launches Dedicated Working Group for Urban Digital Twin Standards
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation has announced a new working group focused on defining interoperability standards for open…
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QGIS Adopted by Surrey County Council for Infrastructure Asset Management
Surrey County Council has completed a full migration from Esri ArcGIS to QGIS 3.36 for its highways and…
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OpenStreetMap Data Powers New National Planning Policy Framework Consultation Tool
The Planning Inspectorate has launched a public consultation mapping tool built on OpenStreetMap and the open source Maplibre…
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Autodesk Rival OpenBIM Platform BlenderBIM Gains Traction Among UK Architects
BlenderBIM, the open source IFC-native BIM authoring tool built on Blender, is seeing growing adoption among small and…
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NHS Shared Business Services Evaluates ERPNext to Replace Ageing Oracle Financials
NHS Shared Business Services is understood to be conducting a formal evaluation of ERPNext, the open source enterprise…
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QGIS 3.38 Released with Enhanced 3D Terrain and BIM Integration Tools
The QGIS project has released version 3.38, introducing improved 3D terrain rendering and experimental support for IFC file…
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Southwark Council Adopts OpenStreetMap-Based Stack for Public Planning Portal
Southwark Council has migrated its public-facing planning map portal to a fully open source stack built on OpenStreetMap…
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UK Government Backs Open Source Digital Planning Tools in DLUHC Consultation Response
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has signalled strong support for open source planning software in…
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Autodesk Rival FreeCAD 1.0 Gains Traction Among UK Architecture Practices
Following the landmark 1.0 release of FreeCAD, several mid-sized UK architecture practices including Stride Treglown and Levitt Bernstein…
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Homes England Trials Open Source ODK Data Collection for Estate Regeneration Surveys
Homes England has piloted the open source ODK Collect platform for community survey data collection across three estate…