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We’ve just released a new podcast episode!

In Episode 327, Rhiannan Price and Bill Greer discuss the Common Space initiative, a bold effort to democratize access to high-resolution satellite imagery.

A big thanks to our long-term partners for helping us keep Geomob open and collaborative for geo professionals and enthusiasts alike.

See you in London on May 20th for our next GeomobLON.

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We’re thrilled that **GEOLYTIX** ( https://geolytix.com/ ) and **Thunderforest** ( https://www.thunderforest.com/ ) have renewed their annual sponsorship for **Geomob London**!

Their support helps bring the geospatial community together with talks, ideas, and connections across the industry.

GeomobEDI NEW DATE: May 6, 2026

We had to reschedule Geomob Edinburgh to May 6, 2026.
All other details remain the same.

We hope you can join us on the new date!

Event details and speaker line up:
https://lnkd.in/dSynYg8J

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Geomob Berlin at UP42 on 25 February 2026. Very full venue.

8/ It was a fun and educational evening, thank you everyone!

The only negative was that we had to limit attendance due to the size of the venue. We need your help to find larger venues for future events. Please let us know if you can help!

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7/ with that the first half of the evening was done, and we moved to a nearby bar for discussion. Thank you sponsors:

OpenCage https://opencagedata.com
Mapular https://mapular.com
OGC https://www.ogc.org

for funding the drinks

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Ingo Boegemann speaking at Geomob Berlin, 25 February 2026

Drivers lose a lot of time finding parking and the correct entrance

Experienced drivers have local knowledge that can be captured and used to improve future deliveries

An example of how it works in practice

6/ Last but not least was Ingo Boegemann of Truemetrics https://www.truemetrics.io discussing the challenges of how they use driver behavior to improve last-mile delivery

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Mapping Ottoman transportation networks This will be documenting updates to my Ottoman Navigation project, with an initial focus on better mapping of the Ottoman railway and transit networks. Tramway under the Oriental Railways Company Arch: Selânik, 1911

Learn more: https://www.jaxartes.net/pages/ottoman-transit/

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Benjamin Trigona-Harany speaking at Geomob Berlin, 25 February 2026

An old Ottoman travel time map

We can use these old maps to do network analysis

Just building an Ottoman empire routing engine. Because he can.

5/ Benjamin Trigona-Harany was our next speaker and he gave a very entertaining talk about his hobby project of mapping Ottoman transportation networks. Lots of beautiful and interesting old maps in this talk.

The audience later awarded this talk the SplashMaps best speaker prize 👏👏👏

Finn Geiger speaking at Geomob Berlin, 25 February 2026

DuckDB proved too heavy for practical use

How Mapular's simpler solution compares

Key learnings from the project

4/ Third speaker of the evening was Finn Geiger from Mapular https://mapular.com describing the challenges they faced in quickly rendering massive amounts of POI data. After experimenting with DuckDB they eventually built a much simpler solution.

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Ayesha Anwar speaking at Geomob Berlin, 25 February 2026

Why SAR?

Project Overview

Mapping the flooding

3/ Our next speaker was Ayesha Anwar who spoke about flood mapping using SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) which has the benefit of detecting flooding through clouds and at night.

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Unfortunately good intentions don't always yield a great product, and he shared lessons learned with us in his talk.

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Dave Whittingham presenting at Geomob Berlin 25 February 2026

Simpler is better!

Geolocating images

Key take aways

2/ Our first speaker was a Dave Whittingham (a past best speaker winner!). Dave returned to share his story trying to build a basic, map-based travel sharing tool for a cycling trip.

The entrance to the UP42 office

A brief intro presentation about UP42

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night for a delightful Geomob Berlin.

Here's our recap of the evening.

First things first, thanks to hosts UP42 https://up42.com for sharing their office with us.

UP42 is currently hiring: https://up42.com/company/careers

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Many thanks to our friends at UP42 for hosting us tonight at Geomob Berlin. Talks start in 20 min! #geomobBER

This week, Steven Feldman and Dennis Bauszus, Principal Software Engineer at Geolytix, share an inside look at the UK’s bid to bring FOSS4G 2027 to Bristol, outlining the detailed planning required to deliver a global, 800-person open geospatial conference.

Geomob Berlin speakers 25 February 2026

Geomob Berlin 25 February 2026 sponsors

Looking forward to seeing everyone tonight (25th) at Geomob Berlin.

Huge thanks to:

UP42 https://up42.com for hosting us!

To our sponsors
- OGC https://www.ogc.org
- Mapular https://mapular.com
- OpenCage https://opencagedata.com

and of course to our five volunteer speakers.

In this week's episode of the Geomob podcast, Ed welcomes Jeremy Morley as the new co-host of the Geomob podcast. They discuss Jeremy's extensive background in geospatial sciences and much more.

Have a listen:
https://thegeomob.com/podcast/episode-325

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One schedule change announcement: We have moved the date of our April Berlin event to 🗓️ Wednesday, 22nd of April

https://thegeomob.com/post/april-22nd-2026-geomobber-details

Speaker volunteers are needed:
https://thegeomob.com/volunteer-to-speak

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This week on the podcast, Ed and Steven recap Geomob London, our biggest event yet.

Have a listen:
https://thegeomob.com/podcast/episode-323

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At the pub

Some of the Geomob regulars at the pub

discussion over beers at the pub

At the pub

8/ The evening left us with much to discuss, so we headed to the pub!

Thank you to everyone who came along, and to our sponsors for funding the drinks.

Our next London event will be on 🗓️ 20 May. Sign-up is open: https://thegeomob.com/post/may-20th-2026-geomoblon-details

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Thank you to all of our speakers. Please get in touch if you would like to volunteer to speak at a future Geomob

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Siobhan is announced as winner!

7/ All the talks were interesting, but only one could take home the coveted SplashMaps best speaker prize.

The audience voted, and the winner was ...

Siobhan Ryan with her talk "Can AI find Aotearoa?"

Well done! 👏👏👏

Alex shared how he was able to take the project from idea to reality so quickly and lessons learned.

https://www.geo100.com

Alex Wrottesley presents the Geo 100 at Geomob London - 28 Jan 2026

Alex shares the idea behind the Geo 100

How he built the Geo 100 so quickly

Lessons learned

6/ Our final #geomobLON speaker was Alex Wrottesley, taking us behind the scenes of the Geo 100 project, an effort to recognise 100 exceptional professionals, educators, innovators, and leaders who are shaping the future of theUK geospatial industry.

Jonathan Gat and Tim Rains present USE-IT Maps at Geomob London on 28 Jan 2026

Locals know the best spots

The project spans over 100 European cities, large and small

Showing off some artistic cartography

5/ Fourth speakers were Jonathan Gat and Tim Rains of USE-IT Maps, a long-running, volunteer initiative to create physical (paper) local maps for travelers.

Get involved: https://use-it.travel

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GitHub - alperdincer/Awesome-DuckDB-Spatial: A list of tools, pages, blog posts about DuckDB Spatial A list of tools, pages, blog posts about DuckDB Spatial - alperdincer/Awesome-DuckDB-Spatial

https://github.com/alperdincer/Awesome-DuckDB-Spatial

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Alper Dinçer speaking at Geomob London - 28 Jan 2026

the Data Tsunami

DuckDB performs better than existing solutions on massive volumes of data

DuckDB can work well not just for offline analysis, but for realtime services

4/ Alper Dinçer then spoke about DuckDB and how it can specifically be used for managing the "Data Tsunami" we are now facing.

The sheer volume of data, for example in analysis of things like climate, necessitates new tools and techniques

Alper curates a list of DuckDB spatial resources:

Learn more: https://consultingwhere.com/the-geospatial-leadership-certificate-glc/

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Andy Coote presenting at Geomob London - 28 Jan 2026

What is the problem?

Structure of the course

Key Takeaways

3/ Next up we heard from Andy Coote about the need for the geospatial industry to better develop the "soft skills" like management and communication skills in young talent. Specifically he and others have now developed "The Geospatial Leadership Certificate" and online training course