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Bringing together the best minds in open source geospatial technology

Bringing together the best minds in open source geospatial technology

The open source mapping and spatial community will gather this year at the FOSS4G conference in...
15 May 2017 Ashley Tardif Feed
Open source and open data's role in Nepal earthquake relief

Open source and open data's role in Nepal earthquake relief

When disaster struck Nepal, open source software and open data helped save lives.
08 Jun 2016 Nirab Pudasaini Feed 2 comments
7 science projects powered by open source GIS

7 science projects powered by open source GIS

FOSS4G North America is taking place in Raleigh, NC next week. We highlight some of the ways open...
28 Apr 2016 Jason Baker (Red Hat) Feed
Learn more about OpenWebGIS

OpenWebGIS: An open source geographic information system

Learn more about OpenWebGIS, an open source JavaScript geographic information system (GIS).
30 Mar 2016 Fedor Kolomeyko Feed 6 comments
World Map

2015 was a good year for creating the world's 'missing maps' with OpenStreetMap

The Missing Maps project, which launched in 2014, aims to literally and figuratively put more than...
23 Dec 2015 Drishtie Patel Feed
Web mapping

3 open source alternatives to Google Maps API

Jason Baker explores open source tools for creating JavaScript maps.
18 Nov 2015 Jason Baker (Red Hat) Feed 6 comments

An open source mapping primer

Gordon Haff offers an overview of tools you can use to visualize open data sets and map the world...
31 Jul 2015 Gordon Haff (Red Hat) Feed 3 comments

Visualizing flux: Time travel, torque, and temporal maps

We sat down with developer Aure Moser ahead of her OSCON talk "Visualizing flux: Time travel,...
17 Jul 2015 Heather Leson Feed

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