Julia Signell
I have worked in the scientific Python ecosystem as an environmental researcher, an open source contributor, and a web developer. I am passionate about finding creative ways to enhance understanding of the physical world. My past experience includes maintaining Dask (open source distributed computing tool) and HoloViz (open source high-level visualization tool). In my current role at Element 84 (formerly Azavea), I work on the maintain django/react web applications and push forward tooling and open source best practices for scientists.
Sessions
Zarr is gaining traction in geospatial workflows—but is it replacing COG, complementing it, or something else entirely? We’ll unpack the formats’ shared foundations, explore their tradeoffs, and offer a path toward better community guidance, tooling, and support.
STAC is not just for satellite imagery. STAC is a specification for defining and searching any type of data with spatial and temporal dimensions. This talk recommends best practices for cataloging geospatial data even if it is not a raster.
Virtual Zarr stores enable cloud-optimized access to archival-format data without data duplication. By leveraging xarray, VirtualiZarr provides a powerful tool for constructing virtual Zarr stores. This talk will situate VirtualiZarr in relation to kerchunk, icechunk, and Zarr V3.