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Conor Graham

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Geography Jedi, GIS, Survey, Geomatics and Mapping. Geographer, MTBr and Moto rider. CO2BN 331ppm πŸŒπŸ›°οΈπŸŒ‹πŸš΄πŸ»β€β™€οΈ Centre for GIS & Geomatics #QUB #Belfast #BikeisBest #drones4good #badcartographer maps@ https://geo-graphica.com/

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QGIS 4.0 NorrkΓΆping is released!

The wait is over! We are pleased to announce the new major release of QGIS 4.0. Installers for Windows, Linux, and Mac are already out. What's new? On the surface, existing users should expect to engage with a QGIS experience familiar to what they have come to […]

09.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Image description: Collage photo of  4 researchers in various fieldwork activities. Text reads:''Happy International Women's Day!''

Image description: Collage photo of 4 researchers in various fieldwork activities. Text reads:''Happy International Women's Day!''

Happy International Women's Day to all women in geoscience🀍✨ !

At #EGU, we celebrate and recognise your dedication as researchers, educators, volunteers, leaders, and more.

Keep up the great workπŸ™Œ!

πŸ“Έ: By Sebastian Breitenbach, Gabriel Sigmund, Filippo Dallosso, Ole Zeising on imaggeo.egu.eu

08.03.2026 10:33 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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5 Surprising Facts About De La Soul's '3 Feet And Rising' - That Eric Alper Released on February 6, 1989, 3 Feet High and Rising marked the arrival of De La Soul as one of hip-hop’s most inventive voices. Produced in collaboration with Prince Paul, it blended playful lyricism, genre-bending sampling, and a fresh visual identity to stand apart from the dominant gangsta rap of the era. The result was […]

37 years ago this week, De La Soul released '3 Feet High and Rising', their classic album and here are 5 still mind-blowing facts you need to know: zurl.co/d86FK

06.03.2026 09:45 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Drone image of Irish farm fields

Drone image of Irish farm fields

Zoomed drone image of lambs in a field

Zoomed drone image of lambs in a field

Introducing LambSat TM, our new #drone app to map the location of Irish spring lambs πŸ‘ πŸ˜œπŸ—ΊοΈ

05.03.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Data looks good so far. Some QC to run 😎 #drones4good #lidar #M400 #L3 πŸ—ΊοΈ

04.03.2026 09:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Flight Radar tracker screenshot of a RAF drone operating out of the island of Cyprus.

Flight Radar tracker screenshot of a RAF drone operating out of the island of Cyprus.

MQ-9B RAF drone in the air.  Image from a web search.

MQ-9B RAF drone in the air. Image from a web search.

This is the first drone I've seen on @flightradar24.com A RAF MQ-9B. Operating out of Cyprus on maritime patrol, based on RAF specs published online with transponder on this evening.

03.03.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Glorious South Armagh in the spring sun 🌞

03.03.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Finally a chance to test fly our new DJI M400 with Lidar sensor! πŸ˜ŽπŸ›°οΈπŸ—ΊοΈ #Geomatics #GIS #Geography #Drones4Good @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

03.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Experiments have concluded that the #StrqngerThings kids had 21mins 33secs to escape from the Upside Down. You're welcome. πŸ’œ #Prince

28.02.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stargate vibes 😎🌍

28.02.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gets better on each listen 😎

28.02.2026 10:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Full Day In The Life by Peter Serafinowicz Play A Full Day In The Life by Peter Serafinowicz by Bren Murphy on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.

Have you heard his A Full Day in the Life. ❀️ m.soundcloud.com/bren-murphy/...

27.02.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Peter Griffin "you cant use that word! Only we can use that word"

Peter Griffin "you cant use that word! Only we can use that word"

Northern Irish people, when they see British politicians discovering the word "sectarianism"

27.02.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Scale about 1/7500 plate is c22x22cm 😎

27.02.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeh locals raging they lost a lane over it πŸ˜ƒ

27.02.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stargate vibes πŸ˜ƒ

27.02.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
3d printed model of the Giza Necropolis showing the great pyramids and surrounding landscape.

3d printed model of the Giza Necropolis showing the great pyramids and surrounding landscape.

3d printed model of the Giza Necropolis showing the great pyramids and surrounding landscape.

3d printed model of the Giza Necropolis showing the great pyramids and surrounding landscape.

3d printed model of the Giza Necropolis showing the great pyramids and surrounding landscape.

3d printed model of the Giza Necropolis showing the great pyramids and surrounding landscape.

3d printed model of the Giza Necropolis showing the great pyramids and surrounding landscape.  The print is sitting finished on the printer bed.

3d printed model of the Giza Necropolis showing the great pyramids and surrounding landscape. The print is sitting finished on the printer bed.

It's great to be an uncle who works in a geospatial lab. You can help nephews and nieces with their primary school projects. A 3d topographic print of the Giza Necropolis. Using a 'stone' PLA filament that mimics sediments. It's for the kids, I promise! πŸ€“πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡¬

27.02.2026 13:20 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Recently published in Fafnir - the Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy: "Climate Models as a Retroactive and Exploratory World-building Tool" fafnir.journal.fi/article/view...

Thanks to
@johnfocook.bsky.social @climatedann.bsky.social and Alex and Michael Farnsworth.

26.02.2026 08:33 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
Screenshot of the details of OpenRTK GNSS correcting feed, Belfast.

Screenshot of the details of OpenRTK GNSS correcting feed, Belfast.

Are you a geomaker, community surveyor/mapper, robot maker, droner, own an autonomous lawnmower & need a correction feed? 😎 Our #Geography @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social GNSS service 'OpenRTK' data feed is now available via rtk2go.com Info @ : www.openstreetmap.org/node/6382992... #Geomatics #GIS πŸŒπŸ›°οΈ

23.02.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sign the petition to end peat sales! No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.

Big week for us at @peatfree.bsky.social - we're taking the petition to Downing Street πŸ’š over 16.200 people have now signed - smashing our original 10k target πŸŽ‰ solid proof of the public support we always knew was there 4 legislation to #endpeatsales actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...

23.02.2026 06:57 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This is great! #climate 🌦️

17.02.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Researchers standing beside an automatic weather station installed at Altikeeragh bog

Researchers standing beside an automatic weather station installed at Altikeeragh bog

an automatic weather station installed at Altikeeragh bog

an automatic weather station installed at Altikeeragh bog

 Altikeeragh bog showing wet conditions

Altikeeragh bog showing wet conditions

Rainfall data graph showing over 800mm of rain in the big since July 2025

Rainfall data graph showing over 800mm of rain in the big since July 2025

It's wet on an Altikeeragh. Over 800mm since July 25! A wet bog is a healthy bog 😍 #AnPortach #Restoration #Carbon #Habitats

12.02.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@ahamill.bsky.social

11.02.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nuts! When I was a teen (during Troubles) for a time we lived close to a British Army Hel base that was support for all the FOBs/Obs towers in South Armagh. It's was one of the busiest bases in Europe at time supposedly. Later on was reported that it would have been at least a 2nd strike target 😲

11.02.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A Screenshot of the Soviet Map of Belfast

A Screenshot of the Soviet Map of Belfast

To look at the context of the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine you have to understand the mindset of Putin the ex-KGB Soviet. Soviet Union wanted to spread Communism through empire & colonialism. You don't map cities in such detail just to nuke them #SovietBelfast #Mapping go.qub.ac.uk/sovietbelfast

11.02.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Like everything in NI 'world class' at launch, then after not so much. Having ridden MTB trails around the world I would not recommend a visit now unless you like following diversion signs 😞

10.02.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The MTB trails are a mess, long before the most recent storms πŸ™„

10.02.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sign the Petition Preserve Free Access to Kilbroney Park, Rostrevor

Here's the link to the petition.
This Council has repeatedly mocked the people of our area with its vanity projects and self-profiting plans.

08.02.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Queens University Lanyon Building at night. 
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

Queens University Lanyon Building at night. @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

As I'm not on the ketclub app anymore I missed the fact that @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social has left the platform since Feb 2025. Follow them here! πŸ‘πŸΌ

10.02.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ—ΊοΈ Learn to map peatlands with open data

Join us at NI Science Fest for an introductory workshop. You’ll learn how to bring open spatial data on peatlands into QGIS, style maps, digitise features and create simple, useful visualisations.

πŸ‘‰ Sign up here: buff.ly/tzmUTKk

#NIScienceFest

09.02.2026 10:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0