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Colton Loftus

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  1. 2025–2026Lincoln Institute of Land Policy7 talks
Events3
Conferences3
Talks7
Years active2025–2026
Talk freshness1006 different talks in 6 · 1 circuit, 24 months

The year around now

Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.

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Held in the past 12 months Next 12 months Today, Nov 9, 2026

Appearances by year

201920202021202220232024202520262027
  • CNG Forum (Cloud-Native Geospatial Conference)
  • FOSS4G
  • FOSS4G North America

Talks

DateEventConferenceRoleTitleLinks
Oct 6, 2026CNG Forum 2026CNG Forum (Cloud-Native Geospatial Conference)speakerUntitled
as Center for Geospatial Solutions, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Aug 30, 2026FOSS4G 2026FOSS4GspeakerGeoconnex: Standardizing Water Data in the United States through a Unified Graph Database
as Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Geoconnex links hydrologic data across many government agencies in the United States as a knowledge graph, published in accordance with W3C Spatial Data on the…Show less

Geoconnex links hydrologic data across many government agencies in the United States as a knowledge graph, published in accordance with W3C Spatial Data on the Web best practices.

Aug 30, 2026FOSS4G 2026FOSS4GspeakerImproving Water Data Access with Cloud Native Geospatial Formats
as Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Cloud Native Geospatial formats like FlatGeobuf and GeoParquet allow applications to access geospatial data directly from an object store with no API server…Show less

Cloud Native Geospatial formats like FlatGeobuf and GeoParquet allow applications to access geospatial data directly from an object store with no API server maintenance.

Aug 30, 2026FOSS4G 2026FOSS4GspeakerRunning pygeoapi Cloud Native at Scale
as Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
pygeoapi is one of the most popular open source solutions for deploying OGC compliant geospatial APIs. This session will explain best practices for deploying…Show less

pygeoapi is one of the most popular open source solutions for deploying OGC compliant geospatial APIs. This session will explain best practices for deploying pygeoapi and scaling it within a cloud native, containerized, and horizontally scalable deployment.

Aug 30, 2026FOSS4G 2026FOSS4GspeakerStandardizing Geospatial Time Series Access with OGC API EDR and RDF Linked Data Standards
as Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

OGC API Environmental Data Retrieval is a powerful new API standard for accessing time series data about geospatial areas.

Nov 3, 2025FOSS4G North America 2025FOSS4G North AmericaspeakerGeoconnex: Anchoring AI in Reality with the Internet of Water
as Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Geconnex.us supports the creation of an open, community-contributed knowledge graph linking hydrologic features in the US to streamline water data sharing. The…Show less

Geconnex.us supports the creation of an open, community-contributed knowledge graph linking hydrologic features in the US to streamline water data sharing. The knowledge graph can answer innumerable water-related questions with an authority not yet standard in LLMs.

Nov 3, 2025FOSS4G North America 2025FOSS4G North AmericaspeakerUnifying Access to Western Water Data Through OGC API - EDR
as Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
The Western Water Data Hub is an implementation of the OGC API suite of standards, enabling access to water data from various sources through a unified…Show less

The Western Water Data Hub is an implementation of the OGC API suite of standards, enabling access to water data from various sources through a unified interface. It allows for data interoperability, accessibility, and discoverability across multiple water data platforms.

Frequent co-speakers

SpeakerShared eventsShared talksLast together
Jarrett Keifer3—2026
Matthew Hanson3—2026
Pete Gadomski3—2026
Benjamin Webb252026
Adeel Hassan2—2026
Alex Leith2—2026
Andrea Aime2—2026
Anthony Lukach2—2026
Brad Andrick2—2026
Calvin Metcalf2—2026
Chris Stoner2—2026
Dana Bauer2—2026
Jason Gilman2—2026
Kanahiro Iguchi2—2026
Kyle Barron2—2026

Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.