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Convert Raster to Vector in QGIS: 5 Methods, Clean Edges

For a classified raster, use Raster > Conversion > Polygonize. Here are the five methods, the fix for staircase edges, and what to do with a photograph.
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QGIS User Conference 2026 – Laax

Oslandia will be attending the 2026 QGIS User Conference, which is taking place this year 5-6 October in Laax, Switzerland ⬇

⏯ Workshop QGIS Expressions: From Labels to Geometry Generators (by Benoit de Mezzo | Monday, October 5, 11:30 AM)
⏯ Deploying QGIS in large IT systems – best practices (by Vincent Picavet | Monday, October 5, 2:30 PM)
⏯ Mental health and OpenSource, tough topic for engineers (by Vincent Picavet | Monday, October 5, 4:00 PM)
⏯ From Users to Contributors: Rethinking Participation in QGIS (by Jean Felder | Monday, October 5, 4:30 PM)

🌎 The QGIS User Conference is an annual event that brings together users and developers of the QGIS open-source geographic information system (GIS). The conference offers an opportunity to discover the latest developments in QGIS, share real-world experiences, and network with the global QGIS community across administrations, industry, academia, and beyond.

The event is organized by OPENGIS.ch, the Swiss QGIS user group with support from the QGIS project.

💙 With a team of QGIS contributors and “core committers,” Oslandia is committed, as a “pure player,” to improving the core of QGIS and fixing bugs. The team is looking forward to participating in these events to engage with the international community 😊

Information and Registration ➡ https://uc2026.qgis.org/

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Real Estate GIS: Property Research Use Cases - QGIS LAB by MIERUNE

Introduction Real estate work involves a great deal of gathering and organizing location information : switching between several websites to research the area around a property, or cutting and pasting...
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What Is GeoAI? Definition, Examples, Uses in QGIS

GeoAI is machine learning run on geographic data. The five things it extracts today, what it costs in hardware and time, and how to run it in QGIS.
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How to Share QGIS Projects and Data as a Team - QGIS LAB by MIERUNE

Introduction When you share a map made in QGIS, you might send the project file by email or chat, or save it in a shared folder. But when the recipient opens the project, layers may not appear, or par...
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Reflecting on FOSS4G Europe in Timisoara

Highlights from FOSS4G Europe in Timisoara! Read our recap on key sessions covering tech sovereignty, PROJ transformations, and open-source community connections.
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QGIS 3D enhancements: crowdfunding results (part 3)

Discover the final QGIS 3D crowdfunding results, featuring instanced 3D point rendering, anti-aliasing, adaptive tiling, and enhanced scene lighting.
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Kumoy Now Supports Raster Data in Web Maps - QGIS LAB by MIERUNE

Introduction Kumoy is a service that lets you upload maps and data created in QGIS to the cloud and view and share them as web maps. Until now, Kumoy supported creating and sharing maps from vector da...
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[Blog] Connect external GPS receivers via network (TCP/UDP)

Capture high-precision field data directly in Mergin Maps. Our new Network position provider feature enables seamless TCP/UDP connections to external GPS receivers.
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New Open Basemaps for Austria

For many years now, we have been enjoying the basemap.at service with it’s various basemap options (color, gray, with/without labels, …) in WMTS and vector tiles.

Basemap.at Standard WMTS in QGIS (instructions here)

For a few weeks now, there is an additional service by BEV: Their cartographic models “Kartographische Modelle (KM)” are now available as raster (KM-R) in COG-TIFF format.

Adding the COG-TIFF URI

The downloads come with proper instructions:

BEV KM-R in QGIS

Some vector (KM-V) in GeoPackages with QGIS projects providing the layer style and label settings are already available for the Stichtag 30.01.2026 downloads. And they look awesome:

BEV KM-V project defaults
And without labels

KM-V downloads are provided in tiles, so it’s not quite as simple as grabbing the COG URI:

It’s worth noting though, that the KM-V GeoPackages are still a work in progress and not all tiles are available for download yet.

I’ll keep an eye on the downloads to see when the rest of the tiles become available.

Until then, I leave you with a couple of examples of the Großglockner (highest mountain in Austria) area in basemap.at and KM-R side-by-side:

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