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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.

Contribute to OpenStreetMap from your phone

StreetComplete is an open street map editor used for mapping in the field while on an Android phone.

Jessica Cherry (Correspondent) 09 Aug 2021 48 votes

What I love about OpenStreetMap

This month is the birthday of OpenStreetMap (OSM), a community-owned collaborative geographic database of the world.

Jessica Cherry (Correspondent) 08 Aug 2021 50 votes 1 comment

Explore waterways with this open source nautical navigation tool

Whether you're sailing down a local river or setting out on the open seas, keep track of your nautical location with OpenCPN.

Don Watkins (Correspondent) 11 Jul 2021 27 votes

Empty plastic water bottle on sand pollution trash

How open source is helping solve the plastic pollution problem

OpenLitterMap empowers people to map and share data on litter problems in their communities.

Chris Hermansen (Correspondent) Seán Lynch 24 Jan 2021 93 votes 2 comments

New open source GIS projects for Kubernetes applications

pg_tileserv and pg_featureserv make it easier for developers to add location services to Kubernetes applications.

Adam Timm 20 Apr 2020 107 votes

How I had a nerdy date night with StreetComplete quests

Find an adventure in your own backyard with this fun app.

Jess Weichler 28 Jan 2020 114 votes 4 comments

An introduction to spatial joins with QGIS

Get your feet wet with geographic data analysis and visualization using QGIS, an open source, extensible, capable-rich GIS tool.

Chris Hermansen (Correspondent) 22 Feb 2019 254 votes 5 comments

Beautiful maps in minutes: Meet Kepler.gl

Working with large data sets? This powerful open source geospatial analysis tool may be just what you need.

Nicole Martinelli 13 Aug 2018 237 votes

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