The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is warning that the recent launch of the national United Kingdom online crime mapping publication could result in … Read more
A new press release from ESRI today announced the launch of their “Mapping for Everyone” site.: Make a Map—The Make a Map feature includes a … Read more
UPDATE: Fox News in Atlanta has a segment on the OpenStreetMap mapathon.
OpenStreetMap is gearing up for a three-day mapping marathon to map with a goal of making the city of Atlanta one of the best mapped in the United States. Over 200 volunteers are expected at the event and will be given GPS units in order to map “everything from bike paths to emergency phones and police precincts.” BBC News has a write-up on the event.
Walk Score is preparing to go open source which they announced on their blog and in a press release.. At walksource.org the source code will … Read more
The recent disaster that melted a critical portion of San Francisco’s highway infrastructure had more than just commuters scrambling. Within two days, many of the … Read more
The United Kindgom paper the Telegraph recently published an article in which UK intelligence officers assert that terrorists are using Google Earth’s satellite imagery to … Read more