Developing open spatial solutions - Timo Aarnio.pdf

By: Timo Aarnio, CTO, Gispo Suomi Oy.

1. Developing open spatial solutions

Timo Aarnio
Gispo Suomi Oy
Mindtrek 2025

2. About the presenter
●Timo Aarnio
●M.Sc. (tech.) / Aalto University (geoinfo)
●CTO at Gispo Suomi since 8/2022
○Previously at NLSFI
●Technologies
○GeoServer, PostGIS, Oskari, etc.
●Consulting, training, development

3. Gispo
●Gispo is a Finnish open-source geospatial company.
●We help our customers utilise open-source and open data solutions related
to geospatial information.
●We promote the development of open-source and open data.
●We offer consulting, training, and support services, as well as the
development of open-source geospatial solutions.

Gispo was founded in 2012. Our four workshops are located in Helsinki,
Turku, Joensuu, and Stockholm. 26+ employees at the beginning of 2025.
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5. Geospatial Artisans at Your Service

We help our customers use open data and open-source geospatial
software (e.g., QGIS, PostGIS, GeoServer, Oskari)

Identifying geospatial challenges and planning solutions

Producing/collecting, processing, analysing, and visualising geospatial
data

Geospatial service hosting and operation

6. ●We offer a selection of training courses on open-source geospatial software: from the
basics of geospatial information to fluent fundamental use and more advanced
usage.

●People from 100+ organisations have participated on our courses

●Annually, we train approximately 400 new geospatial experts and conduct dozens of
different courses and workshops.

●We are a certified QGIS trainer, and participants of QGIS courses receive a certificate
that also supports the development of QGIS.
●www.gispo.fi/koulutus and www.gispo.fi/en/training/
Training – Let's make you a GIS wizard too!

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7. Support Service – Your help in a tight spot

●We offer support for the use of open-source geospatial software like QGIS, PostGIS,
GeoServer, GDAL/OGR

●Support service packages:
○Basic: 15 hours of support per year
○Pro: 50 hours of support per year
○Custom: may also include maintenance, e.g., GeoServer/PostGIS
○SOS: short consultations for sudden problems

8. Geospatial Service Hosting and Operation

●GeoServer software, PostGIS database, Oskari map application, customised tools...
●Operation in either cloud or customer’s on-premise infrastructure
●Version and security updates for the service and related backend software
●Monitoring of service availability
●Maintaining documentation of performed actions in Gispo's documentation
template
●Status meetings with the customer twice a year
●Fixed monthly fee (+ server costs based on usage)

9. Projects

10. Waste management
●Register for waste management and follow up
●PostGIS/QGIS
●For cities of Tampere + Lahti
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11. Hiking and Outdoor Activity
Map Service with Open Data
●Implemented for the Tampere region, but
expandable to all of Finland
●Primarily uses open data: LIPAS, OpenStreetMap,
NLS, Finnish Heritage Agency, Digitransit
●MapLibre / PostGIS / AWS
●Development provided by Ekokumppanit Oy
●https://ulkoilutampereenseutu.fi/

12. Open Tool for Accessibility
●Calculates distances between home and
school globally
●Uses OpenStreetMap as primary data source
●Developed in collaboration with IIEP-UNESCO
●Supports educational planning and
accessibility analysis

13. Catchment plugin
Picture: vladivlad / Shutterstock.com
Kids playing on the way home from school in Central Madagascar.

14. Data Pipelines for
Planning
●Automated service data registry creation
●Integrates data from multiple sources
●Utilizes OpenStreetMap and official data
(DVV)
●Powered by PostGIS and GeoServer
technologies

15. QGIS Development & Plugins
●Gispo actively develops QGIS core features
and plugins
●We create custom QGIS plugins for various
needs.
●Many of our plugins are officially listed and
supported.
●Examples include Trajectories and NLS
GeoPackage Downloader, EIS-tools (mineral
prospectivity mapping for geologists).

16. QField for Fieldwork
●QField is QGIS's convenient mobile version for field
data collection
●Projects with QField:
○Helping archeological site inventory in the field
○NLS-FI mapping: Gispo develops QField
functionalities with OpenGIS.ch
○Maintenance of traffic control device
information
○Nature conservation sites and mapping of
invasive species

17. Rainy Season
Optimization
●IIEP-UNESCO wanted to optimize school
calendars based on weather data
●Utilize Google Earth Engine for data
acquisition
●QGIS plugin facilitates creation of optimized
calendars
●Aids in school year planning around heavy
rainfall days

18. Rwanda FOSS4G training with GTK
●Training on open-source geospatial software solutions for mineral
register production was organized for Rwanda's mining, oil, and gas
authority (RMB) in collaboration with GTK.
●Customised QGIS, GeoServer, and PostGIS training sessions.
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19. Services
●INTO - Inframodel database for municipalities (InfraO)
●ARHO - land use planning tool for municipalities
●PENNI - Open source GIS for small and medium sized municipalities
●TARMO - Recreational information map for tourists and citizens

21. Our customers

22. Thank you!
info@gispo.fi
[phone]
www.gispo.fi

Offices:
Helsinki
Turku
Joensuu
Stockholm