Richard Zeng

Geospatial data processing, tools development, desktop and web-based.

[Andrew Ng @AndrewYNg]

The most important skills in Building and Deploying AI Applications. https://t.co/IyWIKLIzeM

[AI at Meta @AIatMeta]

We’re announcing Canopy Height Maps v2 (CHMv2), an open source model for high-resolution global forest canopy mapping, developed in partnership with the @WorldResources.

CHMv2 leverages our DINOv3 Sat-L vision model, specifically optimized for satellite imagery, to deliver substantial improvements in accuracy, detail, and global consistency.

🔗 Learn more: https://t.co/qhpRUA2iBR

[GitHub @github]

Engineers at GitHub spent a year testing Copilot coding agent to find the best workflow. Now they have an easy-to-remember acronym: WRAP.

W – Write effective issues
R – Refine your instructions
A – Atomic tasks
P – Pair with the coding agent

Here's how to WRAP up your backlog. ⬇️
https://t.co/6pllDHq26X

[Richard Zeng @RichardQZeng]

@marco_dewey @simplifyinAI VS Code is evolving.

[Kyle Brittain @BadWeatherKyle]

And then the sun came out...

Absolutely stunning rime ice around Calgary, Alberta this afternoon! #yyc

[LlamaIndex 🦙 @llama_index]

We're listening 👂LlamaSheets is in beta and we want your feedback

Spreadsheets in the wild are messy—merged cells, broken layouts, headers spanning multiple rows. LlamaSheets (now in beta) extracts regions and tables from these files and outputs clean Parquet files you can actually use.
What it does:

· Identifies and isolates regions in your spreadsheet
· Extracts them as Parquet files (load directly into pandas/polars/DuckDB)
· Generates cell-level metadata (40+ features: formatting, position, data types)
· Creates titles and descriptions for sheets and regions

Built for the spreadsheets nobody wants to deal with manually.

We need your feedback. While in beta and actively improving based on real-world use cases. Try it out and let us know what works, what doesn't, and what you need.
Get started here: https://t.co/lk1reA8Yl0

[Richard Zeng @RichardQZeng]

@sqs solid sentiment, spicy delivery.

[Quinn Slack @sqs]

What has @ivanleomk learned from 2200+ coding agent sessions? https://t.co/uz1HA3L2J2

How does @tsenart use Amp for a big migration on Vegeta, his OSS project? https://t.co/3XRzpfV3QB

How does @mitchellh use a coding agent to build Ghostty? https://t.co/Ga8lmZg3LT

What does @thorstenball actually type in? https://t.co/vRPLVYASAu

How does @nicolaygerold actually use /handoff? https://t.co/RzliVHFjGg

Check out their threads, and find even more interesting threads from their follows: https://t.co/s5BBVVqfXI.

[Michael Egan @eganmichael]

OpenAI's latest model, GPT-4.1, is now live in #QGIS through the Kue plugin with all new chats!

Every time a new model is released we evaluate it internally, and 4.1 was so strong we decided to upgrade all users for better performance

[John Nelson @John_M_Nelson]

If you'd like to detect, and measure, wildfire burn scars try the change detection option in Sentinel-1 Explorer. https://t.co/TqRiCOa8Tu

[Directus 🐰 @directus]

We had 12 (!!!) entries in our latest Hackathon, and now it's your turn. 🗳️

Go cast your vote for your favorite! 👉 https://t.co/qvmEAnP8Y1

[Richard Zeng @RichardQZeng]

@Gerashchenko_en 💔

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

"Mom, it's Daddy!" - this little girl's dad gave his life for her and for Ukraine.

Eternal glory to Hero.

📹: meri_strange/TikTok

[ABMI @ABbiodiversity]

📣New Data Release: Human Footprint Inventory (HFI) 2021
#DYK over 30% of the land surface in #Alberta has had anthropogenic disturbances?! We use #satelliteimagery to monitor these changes from year to year in our HFI: https://t.co/a9ovt2OW56

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

In the early 1990s, Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado was stationed in Rwanda to cover the genocide, an experience that left him traumatized.

In 1994, upon returning to his home in Minas Gerais, Brazil, Sebastião hoped to find solace in the lush green forest of his childhood. Instead, he discovered that his home had transformed into a dusty, barren land stretching for miles, devoid of any wildlife.

"The land was as sick as I was. Only about 0.5% of the land was covered in trees," he remarked.

At this time, his wife, Lélia Deluiz Wanick Salgado, proposed that they embark on the ambitious journey of replanting the entire forest. Sebastião supported the idea, and together, over the course of the next 20 years, they planted an astonishing 2.7 million trees.

Their efforts resulted in the rejuvenation of 1,500 acres of rainforest, and the site eventually became home to 293 plant species, 172 bird species, and 33 animal species, some of which were on the brink of extinction.

[Defense of Ukraine @DefenceU]

"We waited so long that today they came unexpectedly..."
A touching video by the 47th Mechanized Brigade shows the rescue of residents of the village of Robotyne.
These people have already been saved; they are on their way "to peace."
The liberation of the occupied cities and villages of Ukraine continues.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Musician and artist Yohei Kisanuki creates some trippy zoetropic art using a whiteboard and marker atop a spinning potter’s wheel

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Антону Коцку 14 років. Він з Борислава Львівської області. З березня 2022 року перебуває у Чехії на лікуванні. Абсолютно світлий хлопчик, який щиро пишається і вірить в Україну.

Антоне, мені було дуже приємно сьогодні зустрітися та поспілкуватися з тобою. Бажаю тобі перемоги і дякую за твою міцну віру!
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Anton Kotsko is 14 years old. He is from Boryslav, Lviv region. Since March 2022, he has been undergoing treatment in the Czech Republic. He is an absolutely bright boy who is sincerely proud of Ukraine and believes in it.

Anton, it was a pleasure to meet and talk to you today. I wish you victory and thank you for your strong faith!
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@prezidentpavel

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Thousands of people singing the Ukrainian anthem at Latvian Song and Dance Festival.

Beautiful! Ukraine is so lucky to have such amazing friends.

Thank you!
📹: @arniskrauze

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

This is cool

https://t.co/EttafI09rn