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GIS Workflows: Automate & Reuse Your Spatial Analysis

July 14, 2026

GOAT

Insights

GIS Workflows: Automate & Reuse Your Spatial Analysis

A GIS workflow chains spatial analysis tools into one reusable pipeline. See when to use workflows in GOAT to save time, cut errors, and reproduce results.

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Park-Stark: Building an open-source accessible parking and navigation app for Mannheim

322 hectares of buildable farmland around Schwabach — found with open data

The quiet layer: where to find, make, and host your basemaps

Find, make and host free basemaps for MapLibre, QGIS and tools like GOAT — open editors (Maputnik, MapTiler, Mapbox) and ready styles (OpenFreeMap, Protomaps, Stamen).

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From Data to Message: How to Design a Map-Based Dashboard for Spatial Planning

May 5, 2026

Insights

GOAT

From Data to Message: How to Design a Map-Based Dashboard for Spatial Planning

Before you build a map-based dashboard, four questions will shape everything: what's the message, who's the audience, what's it for, and how should the user move through it. A practical guide for spatial planners and analysts.

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Map-based Dashboards: The Spatial Tool Behind Better Decisions

April 14, 2026

Insights

GOAT

Map-based Dashboards: The Spatial Tool Behind Better Decisions

A map-based dashboard puts the map at the center — not in the corner. Learn what makes it different from a traditional dashboard, why 80% of spatial data demands it, and where it’s most useful in planning.

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April 2, 2026

GOAT

Insights

Accessibility Analysis Methods: A Practical Guide to GOAT's 8 Tools

Not sure which accessibility analysis method to use in your next planning project? This guide breaks down GOAT's 8 tools — from catchment areas to 2SFCA and the Huff Model — with real-world examples to help you choose the right approach.

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March 9, 2026

GOAT

Development

GOAT 2.4.0 “Toggenburg” is here

Visual Workflows, advanced spatial analysis & faster performance

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On-Demand Transport, a missing layer in Public Transport planning

February 10, 2026

Use cases

Insights

On-Demand Transport, a missing layer in Public Transport planning

On-demand transport is increasingly becoming a core element of public transport, especially where fixed routes fail to meet dispersed or time-dependent demand. This article explores how flexible services help close service gaps in underserved areas and why they need to be considered as an integral part of public transport planning.

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January 13, 2026

GOAT

Development

GOAT 2.3.0 "Tarn" is here

A new year, a new version of GOAT. In this 2.3.0 version, we introduce a fundamental evolution of GOAT’s backend architecture, a new printing feature, and lots of new spatial analysis tools.

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Four natural elements, one WebGIS tool: mapping climate change and extreme events in Tunisia with GOAT

December 18, 2025

Use cases

GOAT

Four natural elements, one WebGIS tool: mapping climate change and extreme events in Tunisia with GOAT

An exploratory spatial analysis of climate change and extreme events in Tunisia using satellite and sensor data. The study shows how a WebGIS tool like GOAT helps reveal environmental trends across water, fire, earth, and air.

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