Recoding our workflows to FOSS4G
summary
Kenex moves a fragmented geology workflow off Excel/Word/MapInfo/ArcGIS into an open-source stack, claiming a centralized Mineral Potential Mapping pipeline that reduces manual steps. Work includes Selenium browser automation to batch-download tenement datasets, a custom QGIS plugin for polygon extract that runs SQL and joins non‑spatial records, and an OCR pipeline using AWS Textract table extraction after failing OpenCV approaches. GTK’s E and weights of evidence plugin fill major gaps; recreating one MapInfo legacy tool awaits funding but most smaller automations already save days per project.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction to journey
- 1:25Switching to GIS development
- 3:32Automating free ground checks
- 5:42Building QGIS plugins
- 7:08OCR for geological tables
- 8:33Mineral potential mapping
- 12:13Legacy MapInfo tool replacement
- 15:21Future plans and Q&A
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