San Francisco-based Mapbox, an open-source mapping platform, has acquired fitness-tracking app Human, which allows users to track activity all day and aggregates the data anonymously to create ...

I trialed this open-source navigation app that's taking on Google Maps with a community-driven approach, and the results were interesting.

The Overture Maps Foundation, a project to standardize map data, was founded in December 2022 by Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and TomTom, and is hosted by the Linux Foundation. I talked to Marc Prioleau ...

Google Maps is great, but it's not the only map tool in town. I've switched to Organic Maps, an open-source Google Maps alternative with every feature I need—but it also protects my privacy while I'm ...

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 ...

Microsoft is to closely cooperate with the OpenStreetMap project, whose founder it has hired. The initiative, announced on Tuesday, is starting with Microsoft's release of aerial Bing Maps imagery to ...

Also on Friday, AOL announced a $1 million fund to support the growth of open-source mapping in the United States. The new fund is expected to support projects in specific communities over the next ...

Ten years after the launch of Google Kubernetes Engine, the technology that redefined cloud infrastructure is showing no signs of slowing down. What began as an internal Google LLC experiment has ...

Providing access to safe drinking water in rural areas has been a big challenge for governments around the world, particularly in India, which has a large rural population. In the Indian state of ...

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 ...

Electric buses can help clear the air, especially in a valley like the one surrounding Salt Lake City. (Photo by Garrett / CC BY 2.0) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free ...