This category is a place to share ideas, suggestions, and feedback that can help improve GeoLab and shape future development priorities.
GeoLab is an evolving platform, and community input plays an important role in helping us understand how people are using the system, what’s working well, and where improvements would have the biggest impact.
What Belongs Here?
Examples of good posts for this category include:
- Feedback regarding training resources or documentation
- Recommendations for future workshops or tutorials
- Suggestions for improving workflows or usability
- Feedback about the user experience
- Requests for software packages or environments
- Suggestions for integrations, tools, or datasets
- Requests for new features or capabilities[1]
You do not need to provide a fully developed proposal — thoughtful ideas and constructive feedback are always welcome.
Voting & Community Interest
Voting is enabled in this category. 
If you see a feature request or suggestion that would benefit your work, consider voting on it. You can upvote a post by clicking on the up arrow at the top of the page.
Community interest helps the GeoLab team better understand:
- Which improvements would have the broadest impact
- Common pain points or workflow needs
- Where additional training or documentation may be helpful
Votes are one of several factors used to help inform future priorities and development planning.
Helpful Ways to Frame Feedback
When possible, it helps to include:
What problem are you trying to solve?
Describe the workflow, challenge, or limitation you encountered.
What would improve the experience?
Explain the feature, change, or capability you would like to see.
Who might benefit?
Help us understand whether this would support:
- Individual research workflows
- Teaching or workshops
- Collaboration
- Performance or scalability
- Broader community needs
Are there examples elsewhere?
If another platform or tool handles this well, feel free to share screenshots, links, or examples.
A Few Notes
- GeoLab is a work-in-progress with new capabilities added as resources allow
- Not every request can be implemented immediately
- Some requests may depend on infrastructure, funding, or security constraints
- Community interest and impact help inform prioritization
Even when we cannot act right away, feedback helps us better understand user needs and plan future development.
Please Keep Feedback Constructive
We welcome honest feedback and thoughtful discussion.
Constructive posts that clearly describe:
- the issue,
- the impact,
- and potential solutions
are the most helpful for improving GeoLab over time.
Thank you for helping shape the future of GeoLab!
Our team has limited development capacity and will need to be intentional about which features we build/integrate. ↩︎