Geosql: A Claude/Codex skill for geospatial data

Question from an outsider: Who is paying for tools like this? The examples shown on the website (e.g. all streets in Nevada) look nice, but what are those analyses actually used for? I am pretty sure it is not only about having pretty maps but their has to be a business value I don’t see right now.

Re: Geosql: A Claude/Codex skill for geospatial data

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Post by minraws » Wed, Jul 08, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC

If I see another skill or markdown on hackernews I might just consider leaving the platform. What even is the point of sharing markdowns...

Either LLMs will be so good in a few months this will be redundant.

Or it won't be and LLMs are a dead end and there are better ways to build with LLMs

Re: Geosql: A Claude/Codex skill for geospatial data

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Post by stack529 » Wed, Jul 08, 2026, 12:03 PM UTC

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Re: Geosql: A Claude/Codex skill for geospatial data

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Post by lodovic » Wed, Jul 08, 2026, 12:07 PM UTC

thosch0 wrote: post #4

Question from an outsider: Who is paying for tools like this? The examples shown on the website (e.g. all streets in Nevada) look nice, but what are those analyses actually used for? I am pretty sure it is not only about having pretty maps but their has to be a business value I don’t see right now.

This can be very useful for urban planning. you could have an agent investigate the optimal spot for a new datacenter, examine solar power installations, and so on.

Re: Geosql: A Claude/Codex skill for geospatial data

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Post by willtemperley » Wed, Jul 08, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC

thosch0 wrote: post #4

Question from an outsider: Who is paying for tools like this? The examples shown on the website (e.g. all streets in Nevada) look nice, but what are those analyses actually used for? I am pretty sure it is not only about having pretty maps but their has to be a business value I don’t see right now.

20 year GIS dev here. Looks pretty useful for data exploration. I'd say one of the more compelling GeoAI things I've seen.

The problem is there's really a lot of data out there and it's a lot of work to move it around, e.g. between S3 buckets. There's also a ton of GIS SAAS vendors who are pure rent-seekers: I'm looking at a newer offering charging $23 per month for 10GB storage. This has more utility than their offering in my opinion.

The good thing here is that it could keep data provenance because it's SQL over known datasets.

Re: Geosql: A Claude/Codex skill for geospatial data

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Post by OtherShrezzing » Wed, Jul 08, 2026, 12:19 PM UTC

>4x improvement on geospatial tasks with map in the loop.

The graph shows a baseline 2% task success rate improving to to 8% task success rate, but the evals section details 100% success rates across the board.

I'm not sure what the effectiveness of this skill is from the readme. Is it 8% success, or 100% success?

Re: Geosql: A Claude/Codex skill for geospatial data

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Post by pogue » Wed, Jul 08, 2026, 12:32 PM UTC

thosch0 wrote: post #4

Question from an outsider: Who is paying for tools like this? The examples shown on the website (e.g. all streets in Nevada) look nice, but what are those analyses actually used for? I am pretty sure it is not only about having pretty maps but their has to be a business value I don’t see right now.

I wonder if this would be useful in OSINT stuff.