If you are coming to EuroPython to Prague and want to have a chat about spatial data and anything related, let me know! And if you just want to see me speak, I will be talking about GeoPandas 1.0 tomorrow at 2pm.

We are currently looking for thematic session proposals for the 5th Spatial Data Science Symposium. Details at the link. #SDSS2024 sdss2024.spatial-data-science.net

"Introducting Mamba 2.0", by Antoine Prouvost (@[email protected]), Johan Mabille (Johan Mabille), Joel Lamotte (Klaim), and Hind Montassif. 📢Check out our blog post about the upcoming release of Mamba, and test the release candidate! medium.com/@QuantStack/in…

There are still some spots left but don't hesitate much if you'd like to join!

Vector data cubes are a fantastically useful data structure. In this blog post Emma Marshall explains how they can massively simplify workflows involving zonal aggregation of timeseries data. Check it out!

What started as my curiosity whether this is actually possible turned out into a nifty little package over time!

the new PySAL is out today! This release introduces the new Graph class and includes a *ton* of new stuff all across the metapackage github.com/pysal/pysal/re…

What do existing #walkability indices miss, and why? Have a look at our freshly published literature review 🤓 mdpi.com/2902080 #mdpisustainability via Sustainability

Some personal news: I'm looking for a job! tomaugspurger.net/posts/leaving-… Some of my (very talented) former teammates are also looking for a job, so reach out if you're hiring!

#TutorialTuesday The Xarray ecosystem now supports data cubes with vector geometries as coordinate locations. Learn how to leverage vector data cubes for #geospatial analysis. earthmover.io/blog/vector-da…

Register share.hsforms.com/1RhgPxXa8Qraj2… for our webinar, Vector Data in Xarray and zarr_dev on Tuesday, August 27th at 12 PM EST. Come learn how Xvec allows us to build vector data cubes that reflect the multidimensional nature of real-world datasets.

Hot take 🧵 on the Anaconda academic licensing fiasco... Anaconda provides a huge amount of value to large, well-funded academic research institutions who are absolutely fine with paying big license fees to Mathworks, Intel, etc. for software. 1/

Apply to our PhD opening in urban data science and geospatial technologies in our research group in Singapore! ✅ Submit an application directly to our NUS College of Design & Engineering here: cde.nus.edu.sg/graduate/gradu…

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