Launched in June 2024, JupyterGIS was introduced as a collaborative, web-based GIS environment built on the JupyterLab framework. Its objective is to bring QGIS-inspired workflows into the browser, enabling real-time collaborative editing, seamless integration with notebooks, and support for core geospatial data formats.
When it was first announced earlier this year, JupyterGIS already delivered:
Real-time collaborative editing (Google Docs-style)
Visualisation of raster & vector data
Symbology editing and spatio-temporal animations
Programmatic map control via a Python API.
Thanks to contributions from the community and support from partner organizations, JupyterGIS has advanced significantly and now offers an expanded range of features for analysis, visualization, and collaboration.
Enhanced vector tile capabilities
Support for vector tiles has been strengthened, including full compatibility with the pmtiles format.
Other key updates include:
... continue reading