When and where?

Geomob Netherlands will take place in Utrecht on the evening of Thursday, January 22nd, 2026 at READAR: Princetonlaan 6, 3584 CB, Utrecht Utrechtinc, OpenStreetMap, Google Maps

Agenda

  • Doors open at 16:30, set up and general mingling

  • Talks begin at 17:00 with a very brief introduction

  • Each speaker will have slides and speak for 10-15 minutes. After each talk there will be time for 2-3 questions.

  • After the speeches, we vote for the best speaker. The winner will receive the best speaker prize and unending glory (see the full list of all past winners).

  • Discussion and #award and #geobeers paid for by the sponsors: READAR.

The speakers:

  • Sven Briels, How to map every green roof in The Netherlands?
  • Bart Louwers, MapLibre Tile: A new modern and efficient vector tile format.
  • Garret Speed, Litte Geo Tools in Streamlit.
  • Maarten Hogeweij, The 3+30+300-rule calculated: open data for urban impact.
  • Thomas Kocken, Finding trees in pointclouds, canopy volume for the masses.

The organizers:

Geomob Netherlands (GeomobNL) is organized by Dirk Voets, Leonardo Mauri, and Melissa Kwakernaak.

Thanks

Geomob would not be possible without speakers and sponsors.

See the list of past speakers.

Please get in touch if you would like to speak at a future Geomob event.

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