Monday, October 22nd, 2012
Maps can help guide us through life, but they also shape how we see the world, for better or worse. Take the classic example of the “Gall-Peters Projection,” created by German historian Arno Peters, based off the work...
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
Snowflake Software, specialist in data exchange via Open Standards, has announced a new major release of its data loading software - GO Loader v1.7 featuring in-built support for OpenStreetMap. Building on its predecessor, GO Loader 1.7 has...
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
SuperGIS Server 3.1 Value Edition, developed by SuperGeo, supports the integration with OpenStreetMap. As a comprehensive and server-based GIS, SuperGIS Server 3.1 allows organizations to create, manage, integrate, and publish a variety of spatial services. The spatial...
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
As shown earlier the data contributions to OSM show a geographically heterogeneous pattern around the globe. Germany counts as one of the most active countries in OSM; thus, the German street network has undergone an extensive development...
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
A dynamic map overlay showing the Road Status after the Earthquake in Sendai, Japan, based on the user generated maps from OpenStreetMap has been generated by Pascal Neis, member of the GIScience Research Group of the University...
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
MapQuest has fully embraced the open technology of OpenStreetMap (OSM), having launched sites built on OSM data in many countries and continents this year with more to come throughout 2011. India was among the first of these...
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
OpenRouteService.org provides a location-based POI search that is implementing the OpenGIS Location Service Directory Specification (OpenLS) already since 2008. This has now been extended from European to Global coverage using the free data from OpenStreetMap. Due to...
