Open-source geospatial infrastructure — March 2026
This project builds a fully self-hosted, open-source spatial data platform — so researchers and students can publish maps, run spatial queries, and share geographic data freely, without Esri contracts or institutional gatekeeping.
Most university GIS infrastructure runs on Esri. That means every map you publish, every dataset you share, and every API you build depends on a license your institution controls — and can revoke. When the contract lapses or you graduate, your work goes dark.
Why it matters
Publish spatial findings to the open web — no licensing restrictions, no barriers between your work and your audience.
A shared platform to contribute to, build on, and learn from. Real infrastructure, not a classroom sandbox.
Spatial APIs that plug directly into AI workflows — RAG pipelines, LLM grounding, agent tool calls, and custom model context. Geography as a first-class data source.
The stack
Build status
The core data layer is running. The next step is serving vector tiles and standing up the public-facing API. Looking for collaborators — whether you want to contribute code, test with your own datasets, or just follow along.