Geo4Lib Monthly Meeting Topics (Sep. 2025– Apr. 2026)

This post displays our schedule of monthly meeting topics. Some meetings will feature presentations, others will be group discussions, and a few will bring in guest speakers.

We invite anyone interested to join us! Visit the Get Involved page for details on how to connect.

2026

January 14: OpenGeoMetadata API: Eric Larson will share progress on building an API that provides Aardvark-compliant metadata records.
February 11: AllMaps: Members from the AllMaps community will join us to share updates.
March 11: Data Formats & Web services - Vector data: What formats are you using? Any you would like to learn more about?
April 8: Data Formats & Web services - Raster data*: What formats are you using? Any you would like to learn more about?

2025

September 10: User Stories: Who is using our search portals? How can we facilitate more usage? Alex Marden will describe the UT Libraries Map & Geospatial Collections Fellowship.
October 8: PMTiles: PMTiles are a newer data format for tiled data. We will gather community questions on PM Tiles to be reported on at a future meeting.
November 12: GIS Library Service Models: How do our libraries provide GIS services? A chance to compare and contrast approaches.
December 10: Community Sprint Planning: Planning for the next Geo4Lib community sprint.

Topics are subject to change.

This post will be updated with the latest schedule.

Have an idea for a future topic? Get in touch via Slack or email.