OpenStreetMap is an open-source project, free to use, and only the wiki requires a sign-up to edit. For a quick set of directions it's tough to beat Google Maps, but what if you need to use the ...

SimpleGeo and Stamen Design have partnered to produce Polymaps, a JavaScript ... based web maps. In a blog post, SimpleGeo said that the project has been available online as source code on Github ...

Specifically, these are the libraries that are being used for data processing on the backend of map generation. Mark Lucas gave us an overview of OSSIM, the Open Source Software Image Map library ...

And that is indeed one of the Overture Maps Foundation’s goals – to help developers “avoid depending on closed-source or proprietary tools and technologies.” These are the four principles ...

That open source map project is called AMP, or in “Autonomous Mapping Platform.” The concept was presented Thursday by Mandali Khalesi, the man in charge of mapping systems, automated ...