FOSS4G GIS Stack at Whanganui District Council NZ
summary
A small district of about 48,000 people replaces proprietary GIS with an open stack and reports significant recurring cost savings, preserved integrations, and more functionality. Core pieces are Postgres/PostGIS (heavy use of stored procedures), GeoServer serving styles and WMS/WFS, and QGIS plus QField Cloud for field sync. Automated pipelines produce cloud‑optimized GeoTIFFs, Valhalla routing and derived analytics (a sample impervious‑surface result: ~39% average), a working web viewer/dashboard and plans for an open‑source 3D twin.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction and context
- 1:04Why use open source GIS
- 3:30Before and after GIS stack
- 5:56Web mapping and front-end tools
- 8:03Data catalog and web services
- 9:29Database and processing tools
- 10:57Mobile data collection setup
- 11:18Future plans and giving back
- 12:45Reflections on local government GIS
- 14:16Q&A session begins
- 23:16Closing remarks
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