Winning with Open Datahttps://bsky.app/profile/developmentseed.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/developmentseed.org/post/3mfovrffwv22gGroundwork 04 is our quarterly look at small, practical experiments by our team that are shaped by real questions we’re hearing across the cloud-native geospatial community. GeoAI agents. Browser-native raster rendering. STAC tooling. Transit data as GeoParquet. ds.io/groundwork0425 Feb 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:xxwgsbcmowtgsgzd465eecjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfovrffwv22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/developmentseed.org/post/3mf3imicfqc23NASA Earthdata just got a major boost. GIBS + EGIS mapping services are now integrated into the VEDA platform, giving users one place to explore and analyze Earth science data. Open standards → less duplication, more capability, truly cloud‑native workflows https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/alerts-outages/nasas-global-imagery-browse-services-earthdata-gis-mapping-services-added-veda17 Feb 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:xxwgsbcmowtgsgzd465eecjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3imicfqc23https://bsky.app/profile/developmentseed.org/post/3meyv56aoos24Sentinel data is moving to Zarr. The real question: is the ecosystem ready? We built the EOPF Sentinel Zarr Explorer with @esa.int , @eox.at & @thrivegeo.bsky.social to demonstrate cloud-native Sentinel workflows in practice: 🧵 1/216 Feb 2026 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:xxwgsbcmowtgsgzd465eecjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyv56aoos24https://bsky.app/profile/developmentseed.org/post/3mejxftxoe22dAnthony Boyd and Wille Marcel are speaking at ICTC 2026 in Lima 🇵🇪 On Feb 19, they’ll share practical ways to choose open-source geospatial tools based on real project needs, plus a lightning talk on interactive storytelling with NASA’s VEDA. Hope to see folks there. Hablamos español.10 Feb 2026 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:xxwgsbcmowtgsgzd465eecjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mejxftxoe22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/developmentseed.org/post/3me2m7hr7fs2pJoin us on Tuesday, Feb 24th, for an epic send-off for our Washington, DC office. Food, beverages, music, community & memories! RSVP: luma.com/d8leo2k904 Feb 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:xxwgsbcmowtgsgzd465eecjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2m7hr7fs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/developmentseed.org/post/3megyv4qw5s22Just published: our story working with the Vanuatu Bureau of Statistics to make climate science and satellite data practical for local decision-making. Tutorials & an interactive dashboard are open and reusable. Read more: ds.io/vanuatu09 Feb 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:xxwgsbcmowtgsgzd465eecjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3megyv4qw5s22https://bsky.app/profile/developmentseed.org/post/3me7mbm33sk2bWhat does “cloud‑friendly” Earth data mean? In this @thrivegeo.bsky.social interview, @yayyyimee.bsky.social breaks it down — from NASA’s cloud migration to why geospatial needs its own “Amazon fulfillment center” moment. Great listen! https://scenefromabove.podbean.com/e/scene-from-above-%E2%80%94-season-15-episode-4-what-cloud-friendly-really-means-for-earth-observation/06 Feb 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:xxwgsbcmowtgsgzd465eecjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3me7mbm33sk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/developmentseed.org/post/3me2m7hr7fs2pJoin us on Tuesday, Feb 24th, for an epic send-off for our Washington, DC office. Food, beverages, music, community & memories! RSVP: luma.com/d8leo2k904 Feb 2026 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:xxwgsbcmowtgsgzd465eecjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2m7hr7fs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/developmentseed.org/post/3mdwrtaunma2b🏔️ Snowpack futures The VEDA Dashboard shows how climate change could reshape Western U.S. “water towers.” Explore + share your ideas for resilience. 👉 https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/dashboard/stories/eis-snow-projections03 Feb 2026 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:xxwgsbcmowtgsgzd465eecjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdwrtaunma2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/developmentseed.org/post/3mdvkeckgss2sWei Ji Leong, PhD is presenting a poster at CliC OSC 2026 in Wellington on building capacity in Vanuatu for climate change monitoring and disaster preparedness. 📌 Poster sessions: Feb 10–11 clic2026.com02 Feb 2026 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:xxwgsbcmowtgsgzd465eecjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvkeckgss2shttps://bsky.app/profile/developmentseed.org/post/3mdgm2v2xws26❄️ Blizzards aren’t just snowstorms. They disrupt travel, strain power grids, damage crops, and cost billions. A VEDA Dashboard Story digs into the science + impacts of these extreme winter events. Read here 👉 https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/dashboard/stories/blizzards27 Jan 2026 20:31 +0000at://did:plc:xxwgsbcmowtgsgzd465eecjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdgm2v2xws26https://bsky.app/profile/developmentseed.org/post/3mczpjke6zk27Earth observation data is everywhere. Getting it in time is still the hard part. EO Predictor is a map-first tool that estimates where satellite observations are likely to happen over the next 48 hours—useful for disaster response & other time-sensitive work. https://developmentseed.org/blog/2026-01-21-eo-predictor/22 Jan 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:xxwgsbcmowtgsgzd465eecjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczpjke6zk27https://bsky.app/profile/developmentseed.org/post/3m52eksao2c2hWe’re heading to Auckland 🇳🇿 for @foss4g2025.bsky.social to talk Rust 🦀 + open geospatial. Catch our team showing how modern tools make geospatial faster and more interoperable. Find us for zines + join the GeoRust sprint. Get the deets: https://developmentseed.org/blog/2025-10-28-see-you-at-foss4g-2025/ #foss4g #osgeo07 Nov 2025 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:xxwgsbcmowtgsgzd465eecjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52eksao2c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/developmentseed.org/post/3m4y7jtv6yk2aWe took Canada’s Spatial Access Measures dataset (big, clunky CSVs) → turned it into a single GeoParquet file. Add DuckDB-WASM + deck.gl & you get - instant queries - smooth maps - no backend Public data, but actually usable. https://developmentseed.org/blog/2025-10-08-spatial-access-lab/ @saadiqmohiuddin.bsky.social06 Nov 2025 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:xxwgsbcmowtgsgzd465eecjv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4y7jtv6yk2a