Revolutionary GIS

Revolutionary GIS is a blog and open-data publishing project focused on open geospatial data and the sources from which such data can be obtained. It is hosted on WordPress at revolutionarygis.wordpress.com and is described in public knowledge bases as a well-known blog about mostly open geospatial data and their geospatial data sources. Rather than being a commercial software vendor or a mapping platform in the conventional sense, Revolutionary GIS functions as a documentation and distribution hub: it points readers to census and statistical geographies, administrative boundary files, population tables and other reference datasets, and it mirrors or links to repositories where those datasets can be downloaded. The blog's output is organised around datasets and data sources rather than around products. Its posts and linked repositories cover topics such as census GIS data for Bulgaria, settlement-level datasets for Hungary, census geographies for Oman and Jordan, population tables for localities in Senegal, Russian settlement data with population, national composition and geographic coordinates, and reference material such as GID names. It also links to authoritative public sources including the U.S. Census Bureau's geographic reference files, the UK government's price-paid data downloads, and the Grid3 data platform. Much of the material is distributed through GitHub repositories and Zenodo records, which is typical of open-data and open-science workflows. The project appears to be maintained by an individual or small group of contributors rather than by a company, and no corporate ownership, headquarters or commercial product line is documented in the available evidence. Its audience is primarily GIS practitioners, demographers, researchers and data journalists who need authoritative boundary and population datasets and want to know where to find them. Because the blog aggregates and republishes links to third-party datasets, its value lies in curation, provenance notes and practical guidance on obtaining and using open geospatial data. Revolutionary GIS is best understood as a niche but recognised reference resource within the open geospatial data community. It does not sell software or services in the evidence available, and it should not be confused with commercial GIS vendors. Its identity is tied to the blog itself and to the repositories it maintains or promotes.

Revolutionary GIS exists as a WordPress-hosted blog at revolutionarygis.wordpress.com. Public knowledge-base descriptions characterise it as a well-known blog about mostly open geospatial data and their geospatial data sources. The blog's archive, as shown on its homepage, extends back at least to early 2021 and continues into 2026, indicating a sustained, multi-year publishing effort. Over that period the project developed a recognisable editorial pattern: it identifies authoritative open datasets, documents where they come from, and makes them easier to find and reuse. Posts and linked repositories have covered census GIS data for Bulgaria, settlement-level datasets for Hungary, census geographies for Oman and Jordan, population tables for localities in Senegal, and Russian settlement data with population, national composition and geographic coordinates. A recurring theme is the handling of geographic identifiers, reflected in posts and repositories such as GID NAMES and the 2023 post on applying names to GID. The project distributes much of its material through GitHub repositories and Zenodo records, which is consistent with open-data and open-science practice. It also links to major public data providers, including the U.S. Census Bureau's geographic reference files, the UK government's price-paid data downloads, and the Grid3 data platform. This mix of original curation and reference to institutional sources positions Revolutionary GIS as an intermediary resource rather than a primary data producer. No corporate history, ownership changes, funding events or commercial product launches are documented in the available evidence. The blog appears to be maintained by individual contributors, and its identity is tied to the blog and its repositories rather than to a company. Its historical significance lies in its role as a long-running, community-facing index of open geospatial data sources.

• Blog archive shows posts dating back to at least early 2021

• July 2023 post on applying names to GID

• Publication of Bulgaria census GIS data 2025 repository

• Publication of Telepules 2025 (Hungary settlement) repository

• Publication of Oman census GIS repository

• Publication of Senegal localites 2023 population tables repository

• Blog archive continues into 2026

A niche, community-oriented reference blog and open-data hub for authoritative geospatial datasets and their sources, rather than a commercial GIS vendor.

• GID NAMES

  Dataset and repository related to geographic identifier names.

• Bulgaria census GIS data 2025

  GitHub repository of Bulgarian census geospatial data.

• Telepules 2025

  GitHub repository of Hungarian settlement data.

• Oman census GIS

  GitHub repository of Oman census geospatial data.

• Senegal localites 2023 population tables

  GitHub repository of Senegalese locality population tables.

1. 1Revolutionary GISrevolutionarygis.wordpress.com
2. 2Revolutionary GIS - Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3GID NAMES postrevolutionarygis.wordpress.com
4. 4Bulgaria census GIS data 2025github.com
5. 5Telepules 2025github.com
6. 6Oman census GISgithub.com
7. 7GID NAMES repositorygithub.com
8. 8Senegal localites 2023 population tablesgithub.com
9. 9Zenodo record 17092775zenodo.org
10. 10Grid3 data platformdata.grid3.org
11. 11UK price paid data downloadsgov.uk
12. 12U.S. Census Bureau geographic reference filescensus.gov
13. 13Tochno.st all settlements datasettochno.st