June 17, 2014 – Today the Obama Administration is upgrading Research.Data.gov to include, for the first time in one place, machine-readable data on over 700 Federal R&D facilities that may be utilized by external entrepreneurs and innovators to research, prototype, and test new technologies. These facilities, operated by agencies like NASA, the Department of Energy (DOE), and […]
Splunk Launches Open Data Analytics for Regulations.gov to Answer President Obama’s Call
Splunk Launches Open Data Analytics for Regulations.gov to Answer President Obama’s Call to Harness the Power of Open Data
Scout Launches the First Global Navigation SDK (based on OpenStreetMap
Scout Launches the First Global Navigation SDK based on OpenStreetMap that is Available to Any Developer • First widely-available maps and navigation SDK to include advanced online and offline capability • Strava signs on to use Scout Maps API
Scout Goes Global with GPS Navigation Powered by OpenStreetMap
Sunnyvale, California – May 19, 2014 — Telenav (NASDAQ: TNAV), the leader in personalized navigation, announced today that its free U.S. Scout for iPhone app will use the crowd-sourced and free OpenStreetMap (OSM) for all map data. OSM, the “Wikipedia of Maps,” offers users a more accurate and up-to-date map than what is available via commercial maps. The rollout of […]
The OGC® seeks public participation in Development of CityGML 3.0
19 May 2014 – The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) Membership seeks organizations and individuals to participate in the development of the next major version of the OGC City Geography Markup Language (CityGML). See the Call for Participation at http://www.opengeospatial.org/ standards/requests/119. CityGML is a comprehensive open data model framework and XML-based encoding standard for the modeling, storage, and exchange […]
Azavea to Represent Philadelphia as a New Regional Open Data Institute Node
Part of a global open data network Philadelphia joins Osaka, Seoul, Sheffield, Hawaii, Chicago, Dubai, Paris, Moscow, Buenos Aires, and others.
EuroGeographics encourages wider use of pan-European geoinformation by extending Open Data coverage
More than 1,500 users have downloaded pan-European data from EuroGeographics since its 1:1 million scale topographical database, EuroGlobalMap was released as as Open Data. A survey examining how EuroGlobalMap is being used revealed a wide range of applications including air traffic analysis, emergency services accessibility studies, mobile mapping, demographic and socio economic analysis, hydrology […]
Open Data Leader Socrata Announces Breakthrough Suite of Financial Transparency Apps for Government
New budget and spending applications educate and empower citizens as they view line-by-line, check-level government finance data via easy-to-use interfaces
Boundless Celebrates Four Years of OpenGeo Suite with version 4.0.2
New York, NY January 23, 2014 — For four years, OpenGeo Suite has enabled enterprises to replace legacy software with an advanced, web-based open source geospatial stack. To celebrate, Boundless, formerly OpenGeo, released OpenGeo Suite 4.0.2, which includes several improvements and fixes. This update represents a continued commitment to maintaining the most effective open source […]
Data.gov.ph launches: Open data for good governance
The Philippine government on Thursday, January 16, launched data.gov.ph, a website that consolidates the data from different government agencies and makes it available in formats meant for easy downloading and use. In a video explaining the Open Data Philippines initiative, the site aims to "institutionalize open, transparent, accountable, and participatory governance" by digitizing hard copies […]