Paul Shapley's Open Source Geospatial Blog

Here's a solution we've been waiting for. A laptop you can upgrade. Could be the start of something much more sustainable. Let's hope it gets off the ground with the current worldwide component shortages.  https://frame.work/about https://youtu.be/XFrJcjCbCA8

 I'm really excited about the 'small linux computer' in your pocket concept. This isn't a new concept of course and it's basically a raspberry pi (arm64) ' phone ' that connects to an external monitor in 'convergence' mode. It's blissfully everything the iphone isn't!   https://pine64.com/product-category/pinephone/?v=0446c16e2e66 Here  are some preview product images.

A fantastic bit of work by the Welsh Gov (DataMapWales) team with their implementation of MapStore . 

As a huge fan of 'Pine64'  https://www.pine64.org/  I was delighted to see this announcement in their recent newsletter. Owning a device which allows not only allows the most 'private' experience possible from prying governments and corporates but it also allows me to use all the linux apps I've got so used to (within the limits of an 'arm64' phone) such a refreshing approach. Hope to see much more from these guys in the future. 'Pine64' commented on the proposed new design:- "After some consideration we have opted to go with a clamshell design for the keyboard. The PinePhone is large and heavy enough to be unwieldy when held by a thin slab of plastic such as that of a slide-out keyboard. This clamshell design can, however, be folded practically flat so it is comfortably used without placing the device on a surface. The keyboard section also holds a large (probably 5000mAh) battery, which not only more-than-doubles the phone’s stand-by time but ...

I've been messing around with the 'gtrendsR' package to see how the big two 'GIS' packages are squaring up on google searches. It shows a slow but steady improvement for 'QGIS' but a 'spike' in 'ArcGIS' too in early 2020. Will try to get some more detailed 'monthly' analysis asap. Updated: 14:56 pm Tue 9th June 2020 RStudio code:- library(gtrendsR) library(tidyverse) library(ggplot2) # You only need to change "QGIS" and "ARCGIS" to alternative google 'keywords' # Assign 'QGIS' and 'ARCGIS' to 'res' res <- gtrends(c("QGIS", "ARCGIS")) # Assign 'res$interest_over_time' to 'iot' iot <- res$interest_over_time # Assign 'iot (and then) filter date' to 'iot2020' iot2020 <- iot %>%   filter(date > as.Date("2015-01-01")) # Assign 'iot2020' to 'ggplot' iot2020 %>%   ggplot() ...

This looks an interesting concept. I still use both a Nexus 4 and 5 for simplicity.   https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=fvKUgV-I8Aw Find out more:- https://www.onedevice.eu/