Google Maps has become so deeply embedded in everyday life that most of us never think about alternatives. It handles directions, trip planning, and place searches so well that switching to something ...

As NASA’s Perseverance rover continues to explore the surface of Mars, an open-source, online mapping software known as Multi-Mission Geographic Information System (MMGIS) has been instrumental in ...

Early in my GIS career, I wanted to produce digital maps at home. Of course, I couldn’t use the tools I had access to at work due to licensing and cost restrictions. That limitation pushed me to ...

Overture Maps Foundation data could help third-party developers use maps that don’t rely on Google and Apple. Overture Maps Foundation data could help third-party developers use maps that don’t rely ...

Garment supply chains can be confoundingly opaque, making labor and environmental abuses impossible to detect. A new online tool, on the other hand, wants to shed some light on the issue. How? By ...

Paleo-Mac: Developer "yllan" has decided to go back in time, reliving their early computing experiences in a more deliberate manner. The coder recently released several applications designed to run on ...

MapQuest announced Tuesday that it plans to offer Web developers an open-source beta version of its mapping and routing technology. MapQuest OpenAPI is the latest entry into the market of open-source ...