From wata909 at gmail.com Fri May 1 18:15:23 2026 From: wata909 at gmail.com (Nobusuke Iwasaki) Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 10:15:23 +0900 Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] [FOSS4G 2026 Hiroshima] Early Bird Extended to May 8th & Workshop Tickets Now Available! Message-ID: Dear OSGeo Community, We have some exciting updates regarding FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026! 1. Early Bird Registration Extended! To give everyone more time to plan their trip to Japan, we have extended the Early Bird registration deadline by one week. You can now register at the discounted rate until 23:59pm on 8th May in UTC. Note: Please check your local time to ensure you don't miss the UTC deadline! Register here: https://ti.to/osgeo-jp/foss4g-2026 2. Workshop Program & Tickets Released The Workshop Program is now live, featuring over 50 hands-on sessions covering a vast range of open-source geospatial technologies. - Dates: August 30-31, 2026. - Important: Each workshop slot requires a separate ticket. After purchasing, you MUST select your specific workshop in the attendee details to secure your spot. - Workshop List: https://2026.foss4g.org/en/program-schedule/workshops/ 3. General Session Presentations The list of accepted presentations for the General Sessions is now available online. General Sessions List: https://2026.foss4g.org/en/program-schedule/presentations/ We received a fantastic range of topics! The full detailed schedule with specific time slots will be announced in mid-May. We are working hard to make FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026 an unforgettable experience. Don't forget to grab your Early Bird tickets before May 8th! For more information, visit: https://2026.foss4g.org/ Email Campaign Archive: https://us14.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=b871212546ebe0a91f640e01f&id=3f2f2f1bf9 See you in Hiroshima! Best regards, FOSS4G 2026 Hiroshima Local Organizing Committee -- Nobusuke Iwasaki Co-chair, FOSS4G Hiroshiam 2026 Representative, OSGeo Japan Professor, Geographic Information Science Lab., Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University From jeroen.ticheler at geocat.com Fri May 8 06:38:53 2026 From: jeroen.ticheler at geocat.com (Jeroen Ticheler) Date: Fri, 08 May 2026 15:38:53 +0200 Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Assessing the impact of Large Language Models on Geospatial Open Source Software Message-ID: Dear Charter member, The recent rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) has been increasingly impacting our daily livelihoods. From personal counsel to job aids or mindless entertainment, they promise to substantially change the benefit we obtain from computers. OSGeo and its projects are no exception, to a good extent a new era seems dawning to open source in general. We read and hear anecdotal evidence of the ways in which LLMs are changing how charter members work and the general implications for open source software. To better understand the reach of LLMs and their implications the OSGeo Board of Directors is launching a survey directed at all Charter members. Whether you are a PSC member, a code contributor, a translator or a user, we wish to hear from you. The survey intends to identify how LLMs are changing the way individual members work and how they may be impacting the regular functioning of OSGeo projects. We hope the results of this survey can guide the OSGeo Board enacting new procedures, guidelines or new infrastructures, to address eventual concerns and fully harness the power of these novel tools. You will soon receive an invitation to participate.? _The survey shall be open to the 10th of May._ Warm regards, Jeroen Ticheler President of the Board of Directors of OSGeo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From even.rouault at spatialys.com Fri May 8 07:43:30 2026 From: even.rouault at spatialys.com (Even Rouault) Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 16:43:30 +0200 Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Assessing the impact of Large Language Models on Geospatial Open Source Software In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Jeroen, Thanks for that initiative! Any chance you can share the questions before the survey is open for filling ? (not sure who has been involved in its preparation. I haven't seen any public discussion on it) (small nit: I assume you meant the "survey shall be open *from* the 10th of May) Even Le 08/05/2026 ? 15:38, Jeroen Ticheler via Discuss a ?crit?: > Dear Charter member, > > The recent rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) has been increasingly > impacting our daily livelihoods. From personal counsel to job aids or > mindless entertainment, they promise to substantially change the > benefit we obtain from computers. OSGeo and its projects are no > exception, to a good extent a new era seems dawning to open source in > general. We read and hear anecdotal evidence of the ways in which LLMs > are changing how charter members work and the general implications for > open source software. > > To better understand the reach of LLMs and their implications the > OSGeo Board of Directors is launching a survey directed at all Charter > members. Whether you are a PSC member, a code contributor, a > translator or a user, we wish to hear from you. The survey intends to > identify how LLMs are changing the way individual members work and how > they may be impacting the regular functioning of OSGeo projects. > > We hope the results of this survey can guide the OSGeo Board enacting > new procedures, guidelines or new infrastructures, to address eventual > concerns and fully harness the power of these novel tools. > > You will soon receive an invitation to participate. > > /_The survey shall be open to the 10th of May._/ > > Warm regards, > > Jeroen Ticheler > President of the Board of Directors of OSGeo > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- http://www.spatialys.com My software is free, but my time generally not. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: