Qiusheng Wu

Qiusheng Wu

@giswqs.bsky.social

Associate Professor @UTKnoxville | Amazon Scholar | Creator of #geemap & #leafmap | Talk about #Geospatial #GeoPython #DataViz #GIS #FOSS #EarthEngine

4,066 Followers 1,322 Following 430 Posts Joined Mar 2023
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My #YouTube channel just reached a major milestone:

60,000 subscribers
934 videos published
2.8 million total views
152,000 watch hours

Subscribe for updates on #opensource #geospatial and #GeoAI:

youtube.com/@giswqs

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Control Grid - anymap-ts Example

Web-based demo: ts.anymap.dev/examples/map...
Jupyter notebook demo: notebook.link/github/openg...
Video tutorial: youtu.be/9p8FIUij36k

#geospatial #opensource #python #jupyter #maplibre

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How to Create a Spinning Globe 🌍 with Your Own Data Layers (No Coding Required)

In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll see how to build an interactive spinning globe, overlay raster and vector data layers, and visualize datasets directly in your browser or in a Jupyter Notebook environment.

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MapLibre GL Vantor - Vanilla Example

MapLibre GL Plugin
GitHub: opengeos.org/maplibre-gl-...
Live Demo: github.com/opengeos/map...

QGIS Plugin:
GitHub: github.com/opengeos/qgi...
Plugin Page: plugins.qgis.org/plugins/vantor

Vantor Open Data Program: vantor.com/company/open...

#QGIS #SatelliteImagery #DisasterResponse #OpenSource

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Free Maxar/Vantor Satellite Imagery for Disaster Response - QGIS and MapLibre Plugins Demo

The Vantor Open Data Program provides free satellite imagery to support global disaster response and recovery efforts. These plugins make it easy to search, preview, and download imagery directly inside QGIS

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Spatial Signals | AmericaView Spatial Signals is a podcast about remote sensing, GIS, and geospatial technologies - but more importantly it’s a podcast about the people who use and apply them. This podcast is sponsored by America...

and my experiences teaching and publishing books in geospatial data science.

Listen here: americaview.podbean.com
Substack: americaview.substack.com/p/spatial-si...

#SpatialSignals #AmericaView #Geospatial #RemoteSensing #GIS #GeoAI #OpenSource

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🎙️ Spatial Signals Podcast | Episode 48: Sleep Is Highly Overrated

I recently had a great conversation with Bradley Shellito and Chris McGinty on the Spatial Signals podcast by AmericaView.

We discussed my journey into GIS, the motivation behind building open source geospatial tools,

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QGIS Plugin - GeoAI A Python package for using Artificial Intelligence (AI) with geospatial data

📘 Documentation: opengeoai.org/qgis_plugin
💻 GitHub: github.com/opengeos/geoai
📺 Full video tutorial: youtu.be/L90id_ESQME

If you find the plugin useful, please give it a thumbs-up ⭐ on the QGIS plugin page: plugins.qgis.org/plugins/geoai

#GeoAI #QGIS #GIS #RemoteSensing #Geospatial #OpenSource

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🚀 Excited to announce the release of GeoAI QGIS Plugin v1.0!

This first stable release introduces a new one-click dependency installer for Linux, macOS, and Windows. You can install and run GeoAI directly from your existing QGIS setup, without the old complex pixi workflow.

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NOAA Coastal LiDAR - Basic Example

Try the Web App: noaa-lidar.gishub.org
GitHub Repository: github.com/opengeos/map...
Full video tutorial: youtu.be/CEmFT6aEE70

NOAA Digital Coast: coast.noaa.gov/dataviewer/#...

#lidar #opensource #geosptial #mapping #noaa #opendata

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Want to easily explore and visualize LiDAR point clouds from NOAA Digital Coast?

In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll learn how to search, load, and interact with massive coastal LiDAR datasets using a powerful web app built with the maplibre-gl-lidar plugin. No complex setup required. j

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The anymap-ts Python package now supports creating choropleth maps from vector data with a few simple clicks!

Give it a try:

Web demo: ts.anymap.dev/examples/map...
Jupyter demo: notebook.link/github/openg...

GitHub: github.com/opengeos/any...
Documentation: ts.anymap.dev

#geospatial #opensource

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Introduction to GIS Programming A practical guide to geospatial programming with Python—learn spatial analysis, mapping, and cloud computing using open-source tools and real-world data.

1) Introduction to GIS Programming
Leanpub: leanpub.com/gispro/c/valentine
Book website: gispro.gishub.org

2) Spatial Data Management
Leanpub: leanpub.com/duckdb/c/valentine
Book website: duckdb.gishub.org

All code examples are freely available on the book websites.

#opensource #geospatial

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Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️

My two books are on sale on Leanpub today — 40% off.

If you want to learn modern GIS programming and large-scale geospatial analytics + visualization using open-source tools, this is a great time to grab them.

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Compute on-the-fly is not very practical at the moment.

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addControlGrid - MapLibre GL Components

Try it out:
Web demo: opengeos.org/maplibre-gl-...
Jupyter demo: notebook.link/github/openg...

GitHub: github.com/opengeos/any...
Documentation: ts.anymap.dev
Video tutorial: youtu.be/Xr_UfBI46bc

#mapping #maplibre #typescript #jupyter #python

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addControlGrid - MapLibre GL Components

It supports many popular geospatial formats, including GeoJSON, GeoParquet, FlatGeobuf, PMTiles, COG, Zarr, COPC LiDAR, and Gaussian Splat.

It also includes powerful built-in UI components such as a minimap, bookmarks, print tool, view state manager, STAC search, street view, and geometry editor

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Introducing anymap-ts: a new Python package that makes geospatial visualization easy!

Built on MapLibre + TypeScript, anymap-ts brings the same rich mapping experience to both the web and Jupyter Notebook.

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FOSS4G Asia GeoAI Presentation Democratizing GeoAI: Open-Source Tools for AI-Powered Geospatial Analysis and Visualization FOSS4G Asia 2026 Slides: https://tinyurl.com/foss4g-geoai slides Qiusheng Wu Associate Professor Department ...

Slides: tinyurl.com/foss4g-geoai
GitHub: github.com/opengeos/geoai
Documentation: opengeoai.org

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FOSS4G Asia 2026 | Keynote: Open-Source Tools for AI-Powered Geospatial Analysis and Visualization YouTube video by Geo Bharat

The recording for my keynote presentation at FOSS4G-Asia is now available. A big thank you to Ujaval Gandhi and the organizing committee for the invitation!

Title: Democratizing GeoAI: Open-Source Tools for AI-Powered Geospatial Analysis and Visualization

YouTube: youtu.be/TnO3GAmi1f0?...

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GitHub - opengeos/maplibre-gl-components: Legend, colorbar, and HTML control components for MapLibre GL JS maps Legend, colorbar, and HTML control components for MapLibre GL JS maps - opengeos/maplibre-gl-components

And yes, these features are coming to Jupyter Notebook as well.

Give it a try:
GitHub: github.com/opengeos/map...
Demo: opengeos.org/maplibre-gl-...
Video tutorial: youtu.be/GhroyYozSL4

#maplibre #geospatial #opensource #mapping #dataviz

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Cloud-Native Geospatial Visualization with MapLibre Plugin (Step-by-Step Tutorial)

I’m excited to share a new MapLibre plugin: maplibre-gl-components!

It makes it easy to visualize cloud-native geospatial formats, including COG, Zarr, PMTiles, FlatGeobuf, and GeoParquet.

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Canopy Height Estimation with GeoAI and Pretrained Models YouTube video by Open Geospatial Solutions

Video Tutorial: youtu.be/vsIRTM98qaU
Notebook Example: opengeoai.org/examples/canopy_height
Meta's Canopy Height Model: github.com/facebookresearch/HighResCanopyHeight

#GeoAI #RemoteSensing #CanopyHeight #DeepLearning #Python #OpenSource

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Canopy Height Estimation with GeoAI and Pretrained Models

Learn how to estimate canopy height from aerial and satellite imagery using pretrained deep learning models with the GeoAI Python package. This tutorial shows you how to use Meta's High-Resolution Canopy Height Model with minimal code!

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Remote Sensing of Environment | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Remote Sensing of Environment | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier Read the latest articles of Remote Sensing of Environment at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

Theme: Geospatial Foundation Models for Advancing Remote Sensing of Environment
Submission deadline: 30 June 2026

More details & submission guidelines:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

#RemoteSensing #EarthObservation #FoundationModels #GeoAI #MachineLearning

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📢 Call for Papers | Special Issue in Remote Sensing of Environment

We are excited to announce a forthcoming special issue in Remote Sensing of Environment focused on the rapidly evolving area of Geospatial Foundation Models and their transformative potential for environmental remote sensing.

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GeoAI Tutorials - YouTube 🛠️ Explore the GitHub: https://github.com/opengeos/geoai 📚 Dive into the Docs: https://opengeoai.org 🎥 YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

A YouTube playlist with 42 GeoAI tutorials: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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1 month ago

Thanks, Bonny!

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GeoAI: A Python package for integrating artificial intelligence with geospatial data analysis and visualization Wu, Q., (2026). GeoAI: A Python package for integrating artificial intelligence with geospatial data analysis and visualization. Journal of Open Source Software, 11(118), 9605, https://doi.org/10.2110...

📎 Links:
• Paper: doi.org/10.21105/jos...
• GitHub: github.com/opengeos/geoai
• Docs: opengeoai.org

A big thank you to the JOSS reviewers Kamil Raczycki, Justin Bousquin, Akhil Marupilla and editors Mengqi Zhao and Kristen Thyng for their valuable feedback throughout the review process!

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