News
A running log of updates, releases, publications, and milestones, organized by year.
2026¶
2026-04-17 - Visited University at Buffalo and gave a talk on open-source GeoAI
2026-04-17 - Participated in a new podcast episode at the The NDS Show - The AI Revolution in Geospatial Intelligence
2026-04-15 - Released MyST Article Template for writing journal articles with MyST Markdown and automatic PDF generation (see blog post)
2026-04-10 - Released MyST CV Template for building CV websites with MyST Markdown and Typst (see blog post)
2026-04-07 - Released MyST Website Template for building websites with MyST Markdown (see blog post)
2026-04-06 - Launched gishub.org with MyST Markdown and Typst (see blog post)
2026-03-24 - Published new book - GeoAI with Python
2026-02-03 - Released tree crown detection tutorial using the GeoAI QGIS Plugin with DeepForest pre-trained models
2026-01-28 - Released NISAR SAR data tutorial for downloading and visualizing NASA-ISRO NISAR data in QGIS
2026-01-24 - Created satellite timelapse of the 2026 US winter storm using GOES-18 and the QGIS Timelapse Plugin
2026-01-21 - Released GEE Data Catalogs Plugin v0.5 with time-series satellite imagery creation and direct download support
2026-01-18 - Released USGS LiDAR Viewer update with Entwine Point Tile support for streaming 350 TB of LiDAR data
2026-01-14 - Released USGS LiDAR web app for searching and visualizing COPC point clouds from Microsoft Planetary Computer
2026-01-13 - Selected as a UCGIS I-GUIDE Community Champion
2026-01-12 - Released maplibre-gl-lidar, a MapLibre plugin for visualizing LiDAR point clouds in the browser
2026-01-10 - Released the Maxar Open Data QGIS Plugin for accessing 14 TB of free high-resolution satellite imagery
2026-01-06 - Released the NASA Earthdata QGIS Plugin for accessing 120 petabytes of NASA data
2026-01-03 - Released the GEE Data Catalogs QGIS Plugin for accessing 80+ petabytes of Earth Engine data
2025¶
2025-12-31 - Released the Geemap QGIS Plugin for running Earth Engine Python workflows in QGIS with Jupyter Notebook integration
2025-12-30 - Released the Leafmap QGIS Plugin with layer transparency and swipe tools for comparing geospatial layers
2025-12-27 - Released the QGIS Timelapse Plugin for creating satellite timelapse animations powered by Google Earth Engine
2025-11-16 - Published new book - Spatial Data Management with DuckDB
2025-06-25 - Published new book - Introduction to GIS Programming