Open Source

  We are pleased to announce the establishment of Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Laboratory at the University of Newcastle, United Kingdom. The laboratory is one of the members of a worldwide network developed under the auspices of the ICA-OSGeo Memorandum of Understanding...

  Under the new partnership agreement, Azavea will offer CartoDB cloud-based mapping platform as part of the toolkits the company uses to build custom geospatial applications.     CartoDB, a cloud-powered open source spatial database, mapping, analysis, and visualization engine...

Dec 17, 2012 - The OSGeo Board of Directors have named Jeff McKenna as its new President. The previous President, Frank Warmerdam, has stepped down, and the OSGeo Board is extremely grateful for his leadership. Mr. McKenna brings years of experience in the geospatial industry, and has been...

New MapBox Satellite(TM), Featuring DigitalGlobe Imagery, Empowers Businesses and Consumers to Create and Publish Professional-Grade Maps via the Web LONGMONT, CO, Dec 11, 2012 - DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced that MapBox...

  Hundreds of mappers across the globe contribute in effort to expand U.S. map   WASHINGTON, D.C.-Dec. 4, 2012-Operation Cowboy, OpenStreetMap.org's second worldwide mapping marathon, was an unqualified success, with several hundred participants  worldwide focusing on the United...

Internet-based High-Resolution Topographic Data Facility Led by SDSC and ASU The National Science Foundation (NSF) has renewed funding for OpenTopography, an Internet-based project that provides open and free access to high-resolution topographic data collected by technologies such as LiDAR...

  Dec 3, 2012 - Vizrt announced today that it has upgraded the map and geographical animations tool, Viz World, to integrate with OpenStreetMap (OSM).  With the new integration, Viz World users can access OSM community data from within the Viz World interface, effectively allowing...

Hampshire, UK based start-up SplashMapsTM begins a world-wide campaign to put stunningly practical maps into the hands of outdoor adventurers. By creating its own state-of-the art maps on waterproof, washable, and wearable fabrics the company makes maps designed for the REAL outdoors. With the...

New Packages Expand Product Availability New York, NY November 27, 2012 —Following the success of the OpenGeo Suite 3.0 release, the leading open source geospatial software company has released the 3.0.1 update to their flagship product. This update represents OpenGeo’s continued support of the...

  Yearly event brings OSM members together for marathon mapping   WASHINGTON, D.C.-November 14, 2012-The U.S. chapter of OpenStreetMap, the worldwide open-source mapping project, has announced that its second annual map-a-thon, called Operation Cowboy, will take place Nov. 23-25,...