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Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 11h

@underdarkGIS Basically - got confused over naming and was convinced he had the wrong layer in postgis. I kept pointing out "But you need the one on the server". He was convinced he didn't. This morning I had to reassure him it is right. Please leave it alone.

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QGIS @qgis.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Update on QGIS 4.0 Release Schedule and LTR Plans

Following the earlier announcement that QGIS is moving to Qt 6 and launching QGIS 4.0, we want to share an important update about the QGIS 4.x roadmap. After extensive discussion on the developer mailing list, the QGIS community has agreed to […]

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Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 15h

Spent 4 hours yesterday trying to convince a client to not delete an important data layer they needed. They only thing that stopped them was he wasn't familiar enough with PostGIS to do it. Two hours into it I almost decided to just let him go at it.....but I'd have to fix it.

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Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 6d

FOSS4GNA is coming in November 2025

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 […]

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Liam Proven @lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 7d

The great Dr Jane Goodall, ethologist and campaigner for great apes and much else, has died at the age of 91.

She loved this _Far Side_ cartoon, and wrote a forward for a later Gary Larson collection.

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Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 7d

Eventually I'll get caught up - Geohipster's September map - https://www.geohipster.com/2025/10/01/maps-and-mappers-of-the-2025-calendar-jan-paul-meine-september/ #geohipster #cartography

Maps and Mappers of the 2025 Calendar – Jan-Paul Meine – September - GeoHipster

Tell Us About Yourself Hi, I’m Jan Paul Miene. I’m currently completing my Master’s degree in Geodata Technology at the Technical University of Würzburg/Schweinfurt in Germany. My background is in geovisualisation, and I’ve always been fascinated by the intersection of data, geography, and design. What I enjoy most about cartography is that maps have the […]

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Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 8d

And on Friday I'm off the Georgia Geospatial Board. That's step 1 to simplifying my life.

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Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 12d

@midendian Hah. How's life going out in the land of SF.

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Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 12d

Had to go get my blood thinner checked - some dude was out in the parking lot have a complete meltdown and running up and down the aisles of the parking lot. Screaming at someone who drove off and left him. People are exhausting.

Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 12d

Person: "Gimme a shout and we'll get together"
"Phone call" - goes to voicemail.
"Texts" - Unanswered
"Send message through some other random platform" - Silence
Person: "Hey I never hear from you!"

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Keith Jenkins @kgjenkins.mapstodon.space.ap.brid.gy · 15d

Has anyone looked at this new dataset "GlobalBuildingAtlas" that reportedly has 2.75 billion building outlines?
https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1782307

There is a bit about it here:
https://tech.marksblogg.com/building-footprints-gba.html

mediaTUM - Medien- und Publikationsserver

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Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 15d

Jenelle Shanks graces the pages of Geohipster with discussions of Geomagnetic storms, Pie, and GPS - https://www.geohipster.com/2025/09/23/i-didnt-set-out-seeking-to-get-into-the-geospatial-field-it-sort-of-found-me/ #gps #geohipster #geomagneticstorm

I didn’t set out seeking to get into the geospatial field, it sort of found me. - GeoHipster

anelle holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Geography and a Masters of Science degree in Geoinformatics.

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Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 16d

I've committed to three more talks this year. I'm scaling back after that.

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Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 16d

After speaking twice at the Georgia Geospatial Conference last week - burnout. I really wonder if all this traveling to conferences and talking and whatnot is worth the headache anymore. Of course it is advertising...but it's getting to be more exhausting each year.

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Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 16d

Finally got the latest Geohipster Interview done. Man that took about a month longer than I wanted. Publishing happens tomorrow.

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Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 19d

@sarae I've really enjoyed fedora with the gnome desktop. I've used mint and Ubuntu also. Good luck!

Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 26d

It warms my newly rebuilt heart to see the QGIS-US group gaining some traction. Slowly. Anyway - VPAT info is up on the website: https://www.qgis-us.org/2025/09/12/vpat/ #vpat #paperwork #qgis

VPAT | QGIS US

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Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 27d

So if everything works - I finally have a VPAT for QGIS for the federal/Gov't side of the house.

Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 29d

Two painful conversations with clients yesterday. One is probably 3 months behind on paying me. Which has happened before but this time is different. Quote of the day "People seem to be not paying their bills" to which I said "Yeah it's almost like the economy isn't doing well for some odd reason".

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Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 29d

QGIS-US User Group

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 […]

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Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Sep 5

@kgjenkins I got hung up on "who's whom"

Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Sep 5

All those years of hard work have finally paid off - some random person on Linkedin wants me to be in "Who's Who in America". Sorry - I'm holding out for "Whos Who in the world".....Maybe "Whos Who in the Univerese".

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Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Sep 2

Going to a conference tomorrow. Its shaping up to be a cluster. I'm really getting tired of conferences.

Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Aug 29

Wednesday found me helping a local park map their trail. The fun part was we walked 2 miles non-stop and I kept up. I only made us stop once or twice for about a minute.

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Randal Hale (He/Him) @rjhale1971.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Aug 27

@tomchadwin because I'm too lazy to even look up some of the Cities you've mentioned...Greece? I just saw your pics.

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