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NRGS is a consulting company specializing in geospatial problems and answers. We provide data services, training, and in general attempt to help clients with easy to understand answers to difficult problems.
08/28/2026
Let the good times roll!
Laissez les bons temps rouler I was asked today how I rated this trip and I give it an 8 out of 10. As I was telling people in class it’s been “Pre-Katrina” since I was in Louisiana. I’m actually down h…
08/28/2026
Send Geohipster your maps!
Geohipster 2027 Calendar Above is a map from the 2026 Geohipster Calendar by Antonio Smith – Noteworthy because it’s East Tennessee. The 2027 Geohipster calendar is now accepting admissions. You may think & #82…
08/05/2026
Help me....or Help you.
QGIS Offline Help Through a long series of events I found myself teaching QGIS in a classroom again. It’s been a while. I used to just “hold” classes and sometime during the pandemic I jsut stoppe…
07/28/2026
More training news.....
The online training website that I hardly talk about I had mentioned it some but it’s probably been coming up on 6 months since I even mentioned training. Right before I decided to attempt to die in 2025 I had started building a training websi…
07/06/2026
The Venezuela earthquake response is still ongoing, and two new MapSwipe projects are now available for El Junquito.
Help validate building footprints to support damage assessments and humanitarian response efforts.
• El Junquito Area 1: https://bit.ly/4vfaAEY
• El Junquito Area 2: https://bit.ly/4gSI9ZW
𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙪𝙥𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨.
06/14/2026
The Future of Water Depends on Open Data — FOSS4G North America Water is central to life. Across the West, water management challenges are becoming existential concerns for communities. From drought and groundwater management to flood risk and ecosystem health, decisions about water affect infrastructure and the environment across the region.
06/12/2026
Playing with LIDAR and QGIS.
QGIS Fun: Chickamauga Mound I’ve been trying to stop once a week and do something fun with QGIS. Post Heart Incident I do a lot of walking. I’ve been re-exploring some places I used to go in town to exercise and …
06/11/2026
QGIS US Updates
QGIS-US Updates I said at the start of the year I wanted to blog once a week. I’ve been simplifying my website and I just want to put “more stuff” out there. Some posts may be work related & #821…
QGIS-US Virtual Meeting May 18th 12 EDT
04/22/2025
What do you do when you're cleaning up data. Especially address data and you get down to the sloppy part of the data cleanup? I did 80% of this in Postgresql by shaking off the cobwebs on my sql skills but this part requires visual. I have addresses assigned to roads with no street type (like roads, drives, lanes, etc). …...
Tips for Data Cleanup: Virtual Layers What do you do when you’re cleaning up data. Especially address data and you get down to the sloppy part of the data cleanup? I did 80% of this in Postgresql by shaking off the cobwebs on my…