From nick at nickbearman.com Thu Oct 9 07:53:17 2025 From: nick at nickbearman.com (Nick Bearman) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 15:53:17 +0100 Subject: [OSGeo-UK] October GIS Training from Dr Nick Bearman: Turn Your Research Questions Spatial Message-ID: <8c0f2fdc-940b-44bd-b8ae-a4fbc27b0e48@nickbearman.com> Hello, Do you ever find yourself wondering about the where behind your research data? This October, I'm running two GIS courses specifically designed for social science researchers, in partnership with InStats. These aren't generic GIS courses ? they're built around the questions you actually need to answer and the data you actually work with, with an opportunity to ask me specifically about your work. Introduction to QGIS & Spatial Data You'll learn to: - Create your first maps from research data - Understand when and why spatial analysis adds value - Build confidence with QGIS (the leading open-source GIS platform) - Turn location-based data into compelling visualizations Advanced GIS: Spatial Analysis You'll master: - Advanced spatial analysis techniques - Robust research approaches to spatial data - Research-grade modelling and hypothesis testing - Integration with your existing analytical workflow Why These Courses Work Differently ? Practical outcomes: You'll leave with skills you can immediately apply to your own projects ? Supportive environment: Small cohorts, plenty of Q&A time, no assumption that you're already technical ? Open source tools: Learn QGIS ? free, powerful, and used by researchers worldwide ?I love having a workbook to go through, it?s how I learn best. Also, perfect balance between presentation and practical work.? Harriet Ann Patrick, PhD Researcher, University of Sheffield Not sure? Check out the FREE 1 hour seminar I have done with InStats on "What is GIS?" https://instats.org/seminar/what-is-gis-free-seminar "This short, but free seminar was quite good to get a general overview of GIS. It was a good introduction to see how GIS could be useful to your research and what courses and resources might be useful to acquire GIS-related skills that you can use for your own projects." Lukas S (University of Bologna) More details: https://instats.org/seminar/introduction-to-qgis-and-spatial-data Tue 21st and Wed 22nd Oct 2025, 1pm - 4pm (UK/London), online, InStats https://instats.org/seminar/advanced-qgis-spatial-analysis Tue 28th and Wed 29th Oct 2025, 1pm - 4pm (UK/London), online, InStats https://nickbearman.github.io/training-courses.html Any questions about whether the course is for you? Please email me and I'm happy to help you choose the right starting point. Looking forward to helping you in your GIS journey. Best wishes, Nick. -- Nick Bearman +44 (0) 7717745715 nick at nickbearman.com Please let me know if I can make any adjustments related to disability or neurodivergence to improve how we interact. Due to my own life/work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. Please do not feel any pressure to respond outside of your own working pattern. From contact at jsonsingh.com Fri Oct 17 05:36:17 2025 From: contact at jsonsingh.com (contact at jsonsingh.com) Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 13:36:17 +0100 Subject: [OSGeo-UK] Looking for work - Frontend Developer Message-ID: <176070461623.6.13223170179582527416.958377617@jsonsingh.com> Hello everyone, One of my friend is looking for part-time work in the frontend space. 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URL: From nick at nickbearman.com Thu Oct 30 07:43:04 2025 From: nick at nickbearman.com (Nick Bearman) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:43:04 +0000 Subject: [OSGeo-UK] November GIS Training from Dr Nick Bearman: Turn Your Research Questions Spatial In-Reply-To: <8c0f2fdc-940b-44bd-b8ae-a4fbc27b0e48@nickbearman.com> References: <8c0f2fdc-940b-44bd-b8ae-a4fbc27b0e48@nickbearman.com> Message-ID: <9d020895-457b-4654-bb6a-738ada8b53c0@nickbearman.com> Hello, Do you ever find yourself wondering about the where behind your research data? This November, I'm running three GIS courses specifically designed for social science researchers, in partnership with InStats. These aren't generic GIS courses ? they're built around the questions you actually need to answer and the data you actually work with, with an opportunity to ask me specifically about your work. Introduction to Spatial Data and R as a GIS You'll learn to: - Create your first maps from research data - Understand when and why spatial analysis adds value - Using spatial libraries such as `sf` to manage spatial data objects - Basic data cleaning and transformation techniques for spatial & non-spatial datasets Advanced R for Spatial Analysis You'll cover: - Advanced spatial analysis techniques - Robust research approaches to spatial data - Research-grade modelling and hypothesis testing - Integration with your existing analytical workflow Spatial Statistics in R You'll master: - Introduction to the fundamentals of Spatial Statistics - Hands-on practice with GeoDa and R for spatial data analysis - Calculating Moran?s I using R - Understanding clustering measures and their applications Why These Courses Work Differently ? Practical outcomes: You'll leave with skills you can immediately apply to your own projects ? Supportive environment: Small cohorts, plenty of Q&A time, no assumption that you're already technical ? Open source tools: Learn R & RStudio ? free, powerful, and used by researchers worldwide ?Nice balance of theory and practice. Also useful to learn what to look for if things go wrong. Content was flexible to include what might be useful for our work.? Vickie, Analyst, Public Health Wales "Clear & exceptionally well-paced, with lots of opportunities to delve into the excellent support materials." Russell F (DSRA) Not sure? Check out the FREE 1 hour seminar I have done with InStats on "What is GIS?" https://instats.org/seminar/what-is-gis-free-seminar "This short, but free seminar was quite good to get a general overview of GIS. It was a good introduction to see how GIS could be useful to your research and what courses and resources might be useful to acquire GIS-related skills that you can use for your own projects." Lukas S (University of Bologna) More details: https://instats.org/seminar/introduction-to-spatial-data-and-r-as-a-1 Tue 11th and Wed 12th Nov 2025, 1pm - 4pm (UK/London), online, InStats https://instats.org/seminar/advanced-r-for-spatial-analysis Tue 25th and Wed 26th Nov 2025, 1pm - 4pm (UK/London), online, InStats https://instats.org/seminar/spatial-statistics-in-r Tue 2nd Dec 2025, 1pm - 4pm (UK/London), online, InStats https://nickbearman.com/training-courses Any questions about whether the course is for you? Please email me and I'm happy to help you choose the right starting point. Looking forward to helping you in your GIS journey. Best wishes, Nick. -- Nick Bearman +44 (0) 7717745715 nick at nickbearman.com Please let me know if I can make any adjustments related to disability or neurodivergence to improve how we interact. Due to my own life/work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. Please do not feel any pressure to respond outside of your own working pattern. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nick at nickbearman.com Thu Oct 30 08:19:39 2025 From: nick at nickbearman.com (Nick Bearman) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:19:39 +0000 Subject: [OSGeo-UK] GoFundGeo Launched! In-Reply-To: <1f8725bd-4d80-417b-9f2d-d7ce03dba792@nickbearman.com> References: <1f8725bd-4d80-417b-9f2d-d7ce03dba792@nickbearman.com> Message-ID: <4c667cae-4b33-4534-b1c3-19c2128781ca@nickbearman.com> Every year around November we use surplus funds from FOSS4G:UK conferences (and other funds) to support Open Source Geospatial software projects that will have an impact in the UK. We usually have around ?5000 to support a variety of projects, and have done previously each year since 2022. For more details of the projects we have supported, please see https://uk.osgeo.org/gofundgeo.html. This year we have a budget of ?6,000 and will be making the decision about which projects we support in early December. Come along and have your say! We are looking to use this money to fund relevant projects in the range of ?500 - ?1000 each that will benefit UK users. We would like to hear from you - what project(s) do you think we should fund? We are making this as simple a process as possible, so please submit your ideas to osgeouk at gmail.com by Sun 30th Nov 2025. We will need a short paragraph that covers what is being funded, why it is useful, who will do it and how much you are applying for. We will share these to the email list around Tue 2nd Dec, for discussion at our meeting in early December. We have funding guidelines (https://uk.osgeo.org/fundingguidelines.html) and briefly we only fund open source projects, our preference is to support discrete pieces of work, or to meet specific sponsorship levels, and we are focused on items that will benefit the UK community. We will discuss the submissions at our meeting in early December, and decide which ones to fund. We are hopeful again to get support from the RGS-IBG GIScience Research Group who have previously provided funding of ?250 to support GoFundGeo projects. If your organisation is interested in supporting GoFundGeo with a donation, please email osgeouk at gmail.com. If you have any questions, or need any more information please see the website https://uk.osgeo.org/gofundgeo.html or email osgeouk at gmail.com. Best wishes, Nick. Nick Bearman OSGeo:UK Chair -- Nick Bearman +44 (0) 7717745715 nick at nickbearman.com Please let me know if I can make any adjustments related to disability or neurodivergence to improve how we interact. Due to my own life/work balance, you may get emails from me outside of normal working hours. 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