Geoserver

I live in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood and wanted a better way to keep an eye on what’s going on — potholes, graffiti, tree issues, and other service requests. Instead of waiting for monthly digests or digging through city dashboards, I built my own live map. This was a chance to flex my GIS skills and stitch together an open-source stack I fully control — from ETL and spatial filtering to GeoServer and a React Leaflet frontend. Now I can check what’s happening in the neighborhood any time, from any device. ...

Building a Personal GeoServer & PostGIS Stack I’ve worked with ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, and Microsoft SQL Server throughout my GIS career. I wanted a way to explore serving geospatial data using open-source tools and cloud infrastructure. That led me to build a personal GeoServer and PostGIS stack. I wanted a mini-server setup I could tinker with, break, rebuild, and use for hobby projects without relying on enterprise software. Here’s how I built it. ...