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How do cities and municipalities use climate indicators to shape their decisions?
September 3, 2026

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How do cities and municipalities use climate indicators to shape their decisions?

European cities are publishing more climate indicators than ever - as maps, dashboards and sensor networks. A look at some that end up as the basis for actual decisions, from the Netherlands and Karlsruhe to Vienna and the Stadtklimadashboard

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Detail on demand: how to design and build pop-ups for your maps
August 5, 2026

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Detail on demand: how to design and build pop-ups for your maps

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GIS Workflows: Automate & Reuse Your Spatial Analysis
July 14, 2026

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GIS Workflows: Automate & Reuse Your Spatial Analysis

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Park-Stark: Building an open-source accessible parking and navigation app for Mannheim
June 30, 2026

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Park-Stark: Building an open-source accessible parking and navigation app for Mannheim

Most navigation apps are built for an imagined "average" user, and accessibility gets bolted on afterwards. We wanted to invert that. Park-Stark is an open-source, cross-platform app for Mannheim and other parts of Baden-Württemberg, designed from the ground up around people with mobility and vision impairments —it finds wheelchair-accessible parking, fetches real-time availability from open data, and guides you there with step-by-step navigation.

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322 hectares of buildable farmland around Schwabach — found with open data
June 16, 2026

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322 hectares of buildable farmland around Schwabach — found with open data

Towns and cities want more housing without losing more farmland — and the two keep colliding. As an experiment, Gokul Gopan (GIS Analyst at Plan4Better) used only open data to map the farmland around Schwabach that looks ready for housing on paper: near transit, next to existing homes, the right size and shape. The result — 322 hectares near rail, 842 near bus — and a workflow any German municipality can reuse.

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The quiet layer: where to find, make, and host your basemaps
June 9, 2026

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The quiet layer: where to find, make, and host your basemaps

Find, make and host free basemaps for MapLibre, QGIS and tools like GOAT — open editors (Maputnik, MapTiler, Mapbox) and ready styles (OpenFreeMap, Protomaps, Stamen).

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From Data to Message: How to Design a Map-Based Dashboard for Spatial Planning
May 5, 2026

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From Data to Message: How to Design a Map-Based Dashboard for Spatial Planning

Before you build a map-based dashboard, four questions will shape everything: what's the message, who's the audience, what's it for, and how should the user move through it. A practical guide for spatial planners and analysts.

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Map-based Dashboards: The Spatial Tool Behind Better Decisions
April 14, 2026

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Map-based Dashboards: The Spatial Tool Behind Better Decisions

A map-based dashboard puts the map at the center — not in the corner. Learn what makes it different from a traditional dashboard, why 80% of spatial data demands it, and where it’s most useful in planning.

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Accessibility Analysis Methods: A Practical Guide to GOAT's 8 Tools
April 2, 2026

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Accessibility Analysis Methods: A Practical Guide to GOAT's 8 Tools

Not sure which accessibility analysis method to use in your next planning project? This guide breaks down GOAT's 8 tools — from catchment areas to 2SFCA and the Huff Model — with real-world examples to help you choose the right approach.

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GOAT 2.4.0 “Toggenburg” is here
March 9, 2026

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GOAT 2.4.0 “Toggenburg” is here

Visual Workflows, advanced spatial analysis & faster performance

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On-Demand Transport, a missing layer in Public Transport planning
February 10, 2026

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On-Demand Transport, a missing layer in Public Transport planning

On-demand transport is increasingly becoming a core element of public transport, especially where fixed routes fail to meet dispersed or time-dependent demand. This article explores how flexible services help close service gaps in underserved areas and why they need to be considered as an integral part of public transport planning.

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