Stephen Chege

The Best Open Source Geospatial AI Tools Nobody Is Talking About

The GIS community has quietly built a powerful AI stack — and most developers haven’t noticed yet.

What a GIS-to-Open-Source Career Path Actually Looks Like in 2026 (With a Learning Roadmap)

From GIS Analyst to Open-Source Contributor, Developer, and Technical Leader — A Step-by-Step Guide to Building Skills That Matter

The Best Free Elevation Datasets in 2026 (And How to Access Them in Python)

Compare the top open DEMs, understand their strengths, and learn how to download and analyze terrain data using Python.

3 Backend Geospatial Python Projects to Build in H2 2026 (With Real-World Use Cases)

Skip the dashboards. Here’s what’s actually getting freelance and contract work in geospatial right no

NDVI vs NDWI vs NDBI: Understanding the Three Most Important Satellite Indices

How vegetation, water, and urban areas are mapped from space — explained simply.

Weekend Geospatial Python Bootcamp: 4 Courses to Learn GeoPandas, Rasterio & PostGIS Fast

Build real-world geospatial data skills in one weekend with hands-on Python projects and practical workflows.

The 10 Claude Prompts That Save Me Hours of GIS Python Work Every Week

I used to think the bottleneck in my geospatial work was compute. Turns out it was me — specifically, the hours I spent writing…

The AI & Machine Learning Stack Every GIS Analyst Should Master

You already have more of it than you think — here’s what to add

Claude AI Can Now Interpret Satellite Imagery — And It’s Coming for Remote Sensing Analysts

From pixels to insight: how foundation models are reshaping satellite image analysis and challenging traditional GIS pipelines.

The GitHub Repositories Every Geospatial AI Learner Should Star

Your curated map through the open-source landscape reshaping how we analyze, model, and understand the world.

How Claude + Python Is Making Junior GIS Analysts as Productive as Seniors

The AI-assisted workflow that’s quietly closing the experience gap in spatial analysis

Mapping the Future: Geospatial Projects You Can Build With Python This June — With Claude as Your…

A conceptual overview of geospatial data layers — routes, points of interest, and raster indices — the building blocks of every project…

How I Use Claude Daily as a Geospatial Python Developer

A practical look at how an AI assistant has become embedded in my spatial data workflow

Satellite Projects to Watch: H2 2026 Edition

The Key Missions, Commercial Constellations, and Emerging Technologies Defining the Rest of 2026

5 Underrated GitHub Repos for Sentinel-2 Time Series Analysis in 2026

From cloud masking to temporal analysis, these hidden gems can supercharge your remote sensing projects

Claude AI Can Now Analyze Land Use Patterns — And It’s Better Than Most Junior GIS Analysts

A hands-on look at how Claude interprets satellite imagery, detects spatial patterns, and accelerates geospatial workflows.

6 Python Libraries for Working With OpenStreetMap Data That Aren’t Just OSMnx

Discover powerful Python libraries for downloading, parsing, analyzing, and visualizing OpenStreetMap data beyond the familiar OSMnx…

How to Prompt Claude Effectively for Geospatial Python Tasks

Stop getting generic code. Start getting spatial-aware solutions that actually understand your data, your CRS, and your workflow.

Your GIS Portfolio Is Weak. Here’s How to Fix It With 3 Focused GitHub Projects

Stop collecting random notebooks — build three polished geospatial projects that demonstrate real-world problem-solving and help you stand…

Early Warning Systems for Food Insecurity: The Open Datasets That Power Them

Before a famine makes headlines, the satellites and rain gauges have already been talking. Here’s how the data pipeline actually works.

Soil Moisture Monitoring With Free Satellite Data: Building Smallholder

Advisory Apps Without a Sensor Network

The New Geospatial Stack: Claude, Python, and Open Source Tools — How to Get Started

A practical guide to working with spatial data in the age of AI

5 Open Source Satellite Projects to Watch This June

The Earth observation stack is maturing fast — and these projects are leading the charge

From Shapefile to Feature Vector: A Practical Bridge Between GeoPandas and Scikit-Learn

Is Claude Good Enough to Replace a Junior GIS Python Developer?

The question making its way through every GIS team’s Slack channel