There's a specific kind of guilt that comes from being a privacy-conscious Android user. You buy the hardware, you aggressively debloat the device (or even root it), and find polished open-source ...
A long time ago, when Web 2.0 was just Web 1.0, we had to ask people for directions, copy them down, and hope we had a foldable map to help us find our way. Then along came MapQuest, followed by ...
Map services such as Google Maps are very convenient services that automatically tell you the route to your destination, but on the other hand, it has been pointed out that the handling of location ...
The open source project promises the media, NGOs and the open source community a free alternative to commercial map services. During a presentation at the CCC event "Datenspuren 2024", Kreil gave an ...
About a month ago, when Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development announced a massive open-source Autonomous Mapping Platform (AMP), it wasn’t entirely clear how the ambitious plan would all come ...
TileMill turns open source data about the world into map tiles that allow you to customize (or experiment with) the look of your maps. There are also a wide variety of open data sources to drive your ...