E245 - Reflections from FOSS4G 2025

Reflections from the FOSS4G 2025 conference 

 

Processing, Analysis, and Infrastructure (FOSS4G is Critical Infrastructure)

The high volume of talks on extracting meaning from geospatial data—including Python workflows, data pipelines, and automation at scale—reinforced the idea that FOSS4G represents critical infrastructure.

AI Dominance: AI took up a lot of space at the conference. I was particularly interested in practical, near-term impact talks like AI assisted coding and how AI large language models can enhance geospatial workflows in QGIS. Typically, AI discussions focus on big data and earth observation, but these topics touch...