I've been trying to write more as I get into this "New Life" thing since January. I'm not a developer. There was a time I did give it a go and it wasn't my thing. I can write small programs that scratch an itch but they aren't for mass consumption. I have found a large amount of happiness in SQL and GDAL as of late and PyQGIS....but the PyQGIS blog post is another post for another time.

I said last year I was going to cut back on conferences and forgot about that in the lead up to January. So far this year there's been three conferences I've attended. I've got another 2 plus one speaking engagement and then I'm done for a bit. Of course that leaves me wondering about next year. My typical conference experience is: …

It made me sad. I'm working on a project involving 911 data and it's made me do quite a bit of thinking. The short story on this is it's not in Tennessee. I'm taking data in it's raw form and shoving it into that state's NG911 format. So I have about half of it "pre-written" with existing scripts. I was lucky in Tennessee as the Standard was written around a database and left the user to "fix" the data by whatever means you wanted.

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I realize as I type this I should have said something sooner. So I'll be in Reston November 3-5th 2025 talking, hanging out, and annoying people at FOSS4GNA 2025. If you're at the conference track me down. If you're in the area and you're interested in QGIS track me down. This one hits a bit different because at the last one in 2024 I did my best to die during it.

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Eric Theise manipulates projected digital maps while Ed Osborn wrangles live electronics & saturated field recordings.

Cartographer Andrew Middleton presented "How Maps Lie" at Dickinson Memorial Library, discussing the different shapes maps can take and how they distill perspectives, while encouraging the audience to...

Sometimes things happen at a slow burn. One thing I've been trying to do in what spare tim eI have is resurrect the QGIS-US group. It's starting. I've reached the point now where emails/virtual hangouts are about to start happening. So I made a google form and in general I'm just trying to figure out "who" and "where". So if you're interested in a QGIS US Users group add your name to the list and we will attempt to get things rolling. I'm not sharing your info with anyone - this is more for me to gauge on how to proceed. Loading…

Joseph Elfelt is a software developer in the geo world as a result of a life-long interest in maps and self-teaching.

Linkedin Tells me I've been doing this for 19 years and it's really more like 14 or 15 plus some change. Anyway - it made me think.

It’s been a while since I’ve had the chance to play with a new version of QGIS. The stars have aligned so I’m digging through the changelog and testing some things out. Not that I’ve been super attent...

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The big goal with the TN 911 project is to eliminate steps and still enter good data. I’d like to fill out as much of the database as I could with minimal work from the person putting in data. Hence I...

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