Tom Armitage

World Cultural Heritage sites are under climate stress and no emissions mitigation pathways can uniformly protect them - Communications Earth & Environment Approximately eighty percent of World Cultural Heritage sites already experience heat and moisture disturbances, and nearly nineteen percent of sites have stone or wood materials affected by the chang...

🏛️ Heritage in the hot seat

80% of UNESCO World Heritage sites already face damaging heat and moisture. Even the best climate plans cannot protect them all. Local solutions are now urgent.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

#ClimateCrisis 🧪 #SciComm

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There are a lot of things happening behind the scenes for the @foss4gna.bsky.social conference that I can't tell you about yet... BUT it looks like I'm gonna get an hour-long slot (two talk slots) to do a mini version of my Hand Drawn Maps workshop (no workshop fee). Come draw maps with me! #gischat

What a conference! #FOSS4GEurope2025 was a great success for everyone involved. We were proud silver sponsors and used the experience to reconnect with our #FOSS4G roots and introduce some of our newest team members to the community. Find out what we got up to in #Mostar: maptiler.link/4lV8Blg

The World in a Bag Barry spotted this in a thrift shop and shockingly, managed to resist buying. He said "Anyone want a giant mappy bag for idk, laundry, or their map collection? Local charity shop find. Didn't buy. Resisting temptation"

The World in a Bag

Barry spotted this in a thrift shop and shockingly, managed to resist buying. He said "Anyone want a giant mappy bag for idk, laundry, or their map collection? Local charity shop find. Didn't buy. Resisting temptation"

Incoming! We have a named storm in August for the 3rd year in a row

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We welcome @maptiler.bsky.social as one of our Bronze tier sponsors for #FOSS4GUK 2025. As well as supporting Leeds they support #FOSS4GEurope and global #FOSS4G events in the past. 🦉 🌍 🙏 ‪

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Swiss cartography for your maps! Our expert cartographers drew on their #Swiss heritage for the landscape map style and added Eduard Imhof-inspired hand-drawn hill shading. Now you can use it for your websites and apps! Find out more at: maptiler.link/4kNMsEz maptiler.link/3FIZjZR

We're supporting the @openstreetmap.bsky.social community by providing a new map layer for their website.

Thanks to #VectorTiles technology, you can now read map labels in your own language, no matter what part of the world you are looking at!
www.openstreetmap.org#map=9/46.780...

#WebMapping

Hey #GISChat, who's going to @uk.osgeo.org's #FOSS4GUK in Leeds in October? Trying to decide whether to go.

🚨 There's still time! 🚨 Register now for tomorrow's webinar on offline map searching: maptiler.link/4ltEWix

A face to face single location #foss4guk this year. Go on, you know you want to

Original post: fosstodon.org/@osgeouk/114...

I'll be there! Would be great to meet in person.

The Call for Talks & Workshops for #FOSS4GUK is now closed ✋

We have received many great proposals - thank you everyone.

We aim to provide you with an individual response as soon as possible, so everyone who is presenting can purchase an early bird ticket. 🐦🎟️

uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2025...

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As expected, this was a delightful conversation with Anna!
The episode will be published at the start of September when the distractions of July/August pass.

After a few month's gap to help my focus on the juggling act of keeping business ticking over during a move across the sea, next week I will be resuming 'Explore Explain' episode recordings. My next guest is the magnificent Anna Lombardi, and we'll be exploring this vast piece of visual excellence 👇

#FOSS4GAsia 2026 — Asia’s biggest open-source GIS event — is happening in Nashik, India January 2026!

🎥 Watch the full announcement video: https://youtu.be/26RLDHdoR0Y

#GISChat #OSGEO #FOSS4G #Asia #India

DON’T FORGET! The "Location Searching and Reverse Geocoding for Offline Maps” webinar is less than a week away! Sign up here: maptiler.link/4ltEWix
#Geocoding #Maps

Thank you #FOSS4GEurope and beautiful #Mostar, it has been an incredible event! So many great talks, people met, coffees drunk, and stickers given away! Thanks again to everyone who helped organize the conference, gave a talk, or stopped by our stand to see us!

#FOSS4G #foss4ge2025

First sign of storms brewing over northern France which will drift northwards across SE England later tonight. @metoffice.gov.uk Amber warning in force for risk of flash flooding. Month's worth of rain in a couple of hours falling on hard-baked ground not a good combination.

🍔 Obesity rise not due to laziness

A global study found people in wealthier countries actually burn more energy but still gain more weight. The main culprit? What they eat, not how active they are.

🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

#SciComm #Obesity #PublicHealth 🧪

Don’t forget to drop in on the MapTiler stand before you leave FOSS4G Europe today. It's your last chance to speak to the team at the event and pick up any swag!
#FOSS4G #FOSS4GEurope #foss4ge2025

It’s nearly lunchtime at FOSS4G Europe, make sure you drop by our stand and say hello. We have experts in cartography, spatial data, web mapping, geocoding, JavaScript, and more!

#FOSS4G #FOSS4GEurope #foss4ge2025 #WebMapping #SpatialData

Just got your coffee at FOSS4G Europe? Head over to the MapTiler stand for a chat about the latest offerings for online and on-prem mapping solutions.

#FOSS4G #FOSS4GEurope #foss4ge2025