A big thanks to our long-term partners for helping us keep Geomob open and collaborative for geo professionals and enthusiasts alike.
See you in London on May 20th for our next GeomobLON.
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At the pub
Some of the Geomob regulars at the pub
discussion over beers at the pub
At the pub
8/ The evening left us with much to discuss, so we headed to the pub!
Thank you to everyone who came along, and to our sponsors for funding the drinks.
Our next London event will be on 🗓️ 20 May. Sign-up is open: thegeomob.com/post/may-20th-2026-geomo...
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Thank you to all of our speakers. Please get in touch if you would like to volunteer to speak at a future Geomob
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Alex Wrottesley presents the Geo 100 at Geomob London - 28 Jan 2026
Alex shares the idea behind the Geo 100
How he built the Geo 100 so quickly
Lessons learned
6/ Our final #geomobLON speaker was Alex Wrottesley, taking us behind the scenes of the Geo 100 project, an effort to recognise 100 exceptional professionals, educators, innovators, and leaders who are shaping the future of theUK geospatial industry.
Jonathan Gat and Tim Rains present USE-IT Maps at Geomob London on 28 Jan 2026
Locals know the best spots
The project spans over 100 European cities, large and small
Showing off some artistic cartography
5/ Fourth speakers were Jonathan Gat and Tim Rains of USE-IT Maps, a long-running, volunteer initiative to create physical (paper) local maps for travelers.
Get involved: https://use-it.travel
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- OpenCage https://opencagedata.com
- OGC https://www.ogc.org
- Ed Parsons https://www.edparsons.com
- Mappery https://mappery.org
- Avineon Tensing https://www.avineon-tensing.com
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Some impressions of our first speakers in london this evening. We will publish a full summary tomorrow
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Huge thanks to the speakers, venues, and sponsors for making it possible
See you there!
#geomobEDI #geomobLON
Geomob London sponsors
Geomob Global supporters
Geovation
10/ Huge thanks to our sponsors who make the evening possible:
- Geolytix
- Esri UK
- Ed Parsons
- SplashMaps
- Thunderforest
- Mappery
- OpenCage
- Open Geospatial Consortium
and of course Geovation for hosting us
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at the pub for #geobeers
at the pub for #geobeers
at the pub for #geobeers
9/ Lots to discuss, which is thirsty work, so we headed to the pub. It was a very rainy evening so we all jammed inside, unfortunately no group photo this time.
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David Overton of SplashMaps with best speaker prize winner Dustin Carlino
8/ With the talks over it was time to vote for the best speaker!
Each talk had its merits, but the winner of the coveted SplashMap best speaker prize was ... Dustin.
Congrats! 👏👏👏
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Dustin's consultancy A/B Street Ltd builds open-source transportation planning tools: https://abstreet.uk
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6/ Next up we heard from Christine Langston about her research on housing construction and climate risk. The unfortunate conclusion is that policy seems to be disproportionally encouraging the construction of housing in high-risk areas 😟
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Nigel Edmead speaking at Geomob London
5/ An introduction to the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and the important work they do in providing a forum for collaborative geospatial standard setting was the topic of Nigel Edmead's talk.
Get involved in defining the future of geospatial: https://www.ogc.org
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3/ next speaker was artist Rain Wu, sharing some of her map-related projects. This talk was a thought-provoking reflection on the different concepts a map is, and the difference between the map and reality
Learn more about Rain's work: https://rainwu.net/
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Joe Leach speaking at Geomob London
Fun with UPRNs
There are challenges
Resources for dealing with UPRNs
2/ first speaker was Joe Leach, discussing the pleasures and pains of UPRNs (Unique Property Reference Numbers)
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Time for some pictures from last night's Geomob London. Thanks to our speakers for sharing their projects with us
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Huge thanks 🙏 to our London sponsors for making it possible: Geolytix, Esri UK, SplashMaps, Thunderforest, Mappery, and Ed Parsons and our global supporters: the OGC and OpenCage
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Screenshot of the OpenCage blog page listing all of our OpenStreetMap interviews
The speaker list at the upcoming Geomob London (22 Oct)
2/ Dustin will be among the speakers at the next Geomob London #geomobLON coming up on 🗓️ 22 Oct:
thegeomob.com/post/oct-22nd-2025-geomo...
We hope you can join us there.
As always, you can find all of our #OpenStreetMap interviews over on the blog:
it
Here's the summary thread from that evening https://mapstodon.space/@geomob/113164743858962914
We hope your OSM 21st birthday celebrations are as much fun
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A full house last night at the excellent #geomobLON last night at the Geovation offices in Farringdon.
Thank you to the speakers for engaging us, our sponsors for making it all possible and the Geovation team for hosting us.
Here's a rundown of the evening's proceedings:
