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Articles in this section examine how free and open source software is changing the world of geographic and geospatial information science (GIS) and mapping.

Beautiful maps in minutes: Meet Kepler.gl

Shan He may hold Silicon Valley's most meta job. "When I started out, I was building maps. Then I...

Nicole Martinelli 13 Aug 2018 46 votes

5 open source tools for building a map app in a snap

Learn about five open source tools that make creating your first mapping app a snap.

Viet Nguyen (Red Hat) 28 May 2018 79 votes 3 comments

3 open source alternatives to ArcGIS Desktop

Looking to create a great looking map or perform analysis on geospatial data? Look no further than...

Jason Baker (Red Hat) 15 Nov 2017 229 votes 4 comments

13 amazing maps to celebrate 13 years of OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap, a collaborative community project to map the world, is celebrating thirteen years of...

Jason Baker (Red Hat) 09 Aug 2017 160 votes 1 comment

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...

Ashley Tardif 15 May 2017 161 votes

Humanitarian open source software, outreached hand

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

When disaster struck Nepal, open source software and open data helped save lives.

Nirab Pudasaini 08 Jun 2016 302 votes 2 comments

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...

Jason Baker (Red Hat) 28 Apr 2016 273 votes

OpenWebGIS: An open source geographic information system

Learn more about OpenWebGIS, an open source JavaScript geographic information system (GIS).

Fedor Kolomeyko 30 Mar 2016 291 votes 6 comments

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