With digital maps and vast databases, there’s no limit to how rich and real-time maps can get. Accuracy and consistency will come from a system of unique identifiers called GERS. The world is a messy ...

Think about it: Maps are fundamental to human evolution, exploration, innovation. Since the first maps were drawn up in the 5th and 6th centuries BCE, we have used them to guide ourselves across land, ...

How much fresh water is in the United States? It's a tough question, since most of the water is underground, accessible at ...

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 ...

A group formed by Meta, Microsoft, Amazon and mapping company TomTom is releasing data that could enable developers to build their own maps to take on Google Map and Apple Maps. The group, called the ...

If you've ever wanted a better look at deep space, you now have your chance. A treasure trove of data collected by the James Webb Space Telescope is now available for public consumption. Included with ...

Matthew Hillier can’t get Comcast service at his home in Arvada, Colorado. But that didn’t stop Comcast from claiming it serves his house when it submitted data for the Federal Communications ...

RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NIC MAP, the intelligence partner trusted to power the senior living industry, debuted its new, streamlined name, tagline and logo. This change reflects the company’s ...