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Sheet v-05 · Open geospatial, data and AI · Training, consulting and builds · Philippines · Edition 2026

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BNHR · Edition 2026Geospatial · Data · AI · Open tech

Less lock-in. More know-how.

I help teams and organisations do geospatial, data and AI work with open tools they can own — through training, consulting and custom builds.

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Inset A1 · Feature classes

What I do

Maps, data and AI, all on open software you can keep using after I've gone.

  • Class 01 · Area

    Training

    Instructor-led courses for teams, online or in person: QGIS, spatial SQL and PostGIS, GeoServer, Python, machine learning and AI.

    Training for teams

  • Class 02 · Point

    Consulting

    Advice and hands-on help moving to open tools, fixing data workflows, deciding where AI fits, and reviewing projects. The first 30 minutes are free.

    Book a consult

  • Class 03 · Line

    Custom builds

    Web maps, data platforms, QGIS plugins and data pipelines on open software.

    See the work

  • Class 04 · Raster

    Data and AI literacy

    Workshops on open data, data ethics, AI literacy and building a data culture.

    Plan a workshop

Inset A2 · Adjoining sheets

Learn with BNHR

Free courses and workbooks, each on its own site. Learn at your own pace, or join an instructor-led training.

  • Sheet LQlearn-qgis.bnhr.xyz

    Learn QGIS

    Free, hands-on QGIS workbooks, from your first map to atlases, reports and forestry tenure maps.

    6Free courses
    30Modules
    71Exercises
    Visit Learn QGIS
  • Sheet GDMlearn-geodata-management.bnhr.xyz

    Learn Geospatial Data Management & Engineering

    Spatial databases, GeoServer, spatial data infrastructure and GeoNode, web maps and cloud-native geospatial: presentations, workbooks and tools.

    Visit Learn Geodata
  • Sheet PYlearn-python.bnhr.xyz

    Learn Python

    Build a foundation in Python: essentials, arrays and dataframes, an introduction to AI and ML, and geospatial Python.

    Visit Learn Python
  • Sheet —In preparation

    Survey in progress

    More Learn sites are on the way

    New sheets join this index as they're published.

Inset A3 · Survey schedule

Next public training

Booked on Learn QGIS, so the dates are never out of date here.

Public trainings are listed on Learn QGIS, with their dates and registration. For a course just for your team, online or in person, get in touch.

See trainings on Learn QGIS Training for your team

Inset B1 · Surveyed sites

Selected work

Platforms, data tools and guides for government, civil society and the public.

  • 01
    • Geo & data

    NbS Map Platform

    A national platform for Nature-based Solutions in the Philippines: hazard and ecosystem data, screening for pilot cities, and an NbS catalogue.

    MapLibre · Python

  • 02
    • Geo & data
    • Open tech

    EITI Database

    An open data platform for extractive-industries transparency: EITI data across countries, companies and sectors to filter, preview and download, built on Datasette.

    Datasette · SQLite · GCP

  • 03
    • Geo & data
    • Open tech

    EITI Dashboard

    A public dashboard of EITI data on domestic resource mobilisation, reserves, and production and exports, built as a static site from the EITI database.

    Python · TypeScript · D3

  • 04
    • AI

    ASEAN AHEAD Guide

    The guide to joining, organising or delivering the ASEAN AHEAD AI Career Readiness Course in the Philippines, for participants, champions and partners.

    HTML · CSS · With SmartCT

Inset B2 · Map drawer

Maps

Maps from the analysis in my writing and from the #30DayMapChallenge.

The map drawer opens as the maps move to this site. Until then, maps from earlier posts are on the archived site.

Browse the archive (opens in a new tab)

Inset B3 · Gazetteer

Writing

Geospatial, data, AI and open tech.

New writing is on its way. Posts from 2017 to 2022 stay readable on the archived site.

Read the archive (opens in a new tab)

Inset C1 · Place names

Clients and partners

  1. 01ASEAN Foundation
  2. 02Asian Development Bank
  3. 03CIVICUS
  4. 04DENR-NRDC
  5. 05Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
  6. 06Forest Foundation Philippines
  7. 07Hivos
  8. 08Open Knowledge Foundation
  9. 09Philippine Statistics Authority
  10. 10Thibi

Inset C2 · Compiler

About

I'm Ben: a technologist, educator, and free software advocate who helps people solve problems with open technologies—from building technical solutions to growing communities of practice—because I believe you should own the technology you depend on.

BNHR has been a QGIS sustaining member since 2020, helping fund the software I teach. I also co-founded SmartCT, a tech non-profit, and the Civic Literacy Initiative.

Compiled by BNHR

Inset C3 · Contact

Tell me what you're working on.

Training for your team, help with a geospatial, data or AI project, or a second opinion on where open tools fit. Write to me, or book a free 30-minute consultation and talk it through.

Email

[email protected]
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