Jeff McKenna

Co-founder of FOSS4G, Director of GatewayGeo, President Emeritus of OSGeo. Sharing maps with MapServer & MS4W, offering support-dev+generally having fun in life

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

Happy 28th birthday to GDAL ! From the first commit on 1998-10-17 from a small rural town outside of Ottawa Canada, to almost every geospatial software installation on the planet (and satellites and other planets!) in 28 years. The ultimate example of sharing & community. #foss4g

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

Sending good vibes to today's #foss4g Belgium event in Brussels. https://t.co/SHOvy6au49 #family

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

For 🇨🇦 QGIS users: you will notice a news item on your dashboard today, when you start QGIS (!). Thanks to the https://t.co/7oJd34qlHL team for their help in publishing this. (the news item will appear a little differently if you use QGIS 4 versus QGIS 3, but the message gets across great either way!) #foss4g #family

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

Wonderful news, #foss4g Asia 2028 will be hosted in Osaka, Japan! (November 2028). Watch for more details coming soon at https://t.co/lYpN4rsDht #family

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

Nice news from #foss4g Hokkaido - free registration for students for workshops & talks (limited quantity). Wonderful! #family

[FOSS4G Hokkaido @foss4gh]

今回も学生支援スポンサーによるご支援によって、先着数名限定で学生さんのハンズオン、懇親会が無料になっております
GISに興味がある学生さん、この機会にぜひご参加ください

各申し込みは以下
懇親会https://t.co/3n6ocDlq4b
ハンズオンhttps://t.co/lNmrRxcVQi

#foss4g #foss4gj #foss4ghokkaido

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

forwarding to the #foss4g community...

[GRASS @GRASSGIS]

📣 Nominations are open for 5 seats on the #GRASS PSC!

Anyone in the community can nominate any community member. Email the CRO ([email protected]) with name, contact & why.

📆 Deadline: Oct 19

Info: https://t.co/B6kybGISBO
https://t.co/B6kybGISBO

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

Never forget where we came from: the "GISIX" installer, bootable disc based on Debian, presented at #foss4g 2004 in Thailand. Its abstract is still available (PDF): https://t.co/kKzoMK31Lb

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

Thoughts for Malena Libman, as today is her birthday. We can all still feel her #foss4g passion around the world. Gracias "Male", your passion lives in us forever.

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

News from #foss4g Hokkaido (Japan), workshop schedule is released for 29 November!

[FOSS4G Hokkaido @foss4gh]

11月29日のハンズオンが決定しました。
今回も多彩な内容のハンズオンとなっております。
・Kumoy入門
・Custom tile servers with MapLibre/Martin/Planetiler
・QGIS初級編

学生割引もございます
参加の申し込みは以下より
https://t.co/lNmrRxcVQi

#foss4g #foss4gj #foss4ghokkaido

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

Big local news, the QGIS Canada user group is now officially approved! 🎉🥳 Join our discussions on Discourse, or our LinkedIn group, and find all links & next event plans on our site https://t.co/jsCQNcY2vk #foss4g #family #canada

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

Wonderful to hear that #foss4g India will now become an annual event (after the success of last year's FOSS4G Asia event in Nashik). Follow at https://t.co/dSHQXJSFIT #family

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

Congrats to the PROJ 9.9.0 release (that projection library that your spatial software relies on). News: https://t.co/tP0YNEn5iC #foss4g

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

#foss4g never sleeps: for your calendars, FOSS4G Hokkaido 2026, 28-29 November. Call for presentations at https://t.co/Ks78LqjBkh #family

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

@sailor_malagis regarding no Sol Katz Award winner from mainland China yet, please always make sure to submit your nomination each year, as the selection committee votes on the nominations received. Thanks, for your #foss4g passion.

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

Announcing the immediate availability of the MapServer 8.6.6 security release. See details at https://t.co/F0KI0Xg4kQ (or see all recently published vulnerabilities at https://t.co/jl3nxOTZan ) #foss4g

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

Congratulations to Ian Turton as the recipient of the 2026 Sol Katz Award (the 22nd year of the award!) earlier today at #foss4g in Hiroshima, Japan, for all of his tireless community work with GeoTools and the Java ecosystem. cc https://t.co/Ka06b5KxbP

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

Fun run down #foss4g memory lane: using Thuban in early 2000's (before "Quantum GIS" came out). The website still exists!?! https://t.co/VODYcjYYPO

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

of interest to the #foss4g community...

[Joseph Conway @jconway]

The latest PostgreSQL Minors, and 19beta3, are now available. Get 'em while they're hot!

https://t.co/NiKuSUfry5

[Jeff McKenna @mapserving]

Happy 22nd birthday (yesterday) to OpenStreetMap, from the #foss4g community! 🎂

[K.Sakanoshita @K_Sakanoshita]

OpenStreetMapケーキ登場！
みんなで乾杯！転職ドラフトさん、株���会社 Cube Earth様さん。スポンサーありがとうございます！
#OpenStreetMap
#osmjp