Announcing a New Product for Analyzing Geospatial Deployments
Socrata Sponsors National Day of Civic Hacking, Offering Technology, Tools, and Support
Socrata offers free access to its open data platform, API tools, data hosting, and technology support to National Day of Civic Hacking events across the country.
OpenStreetMap launches all-new easy map editor and announces funding appeal
This interesting update comes via the OSM blog… OpenStreetMap, the user-created map used by many of the biggest sites on the web, has today unveiled an entirely new editor that makes it easier to contribute than ever before. The new editor, codenamed ‘iD’, boasts an intuitive interface and clear walk-throughs that make editing much easier […]
USAID Announces New Open Data and Technology Tools At G-8 International Conference On Open Data
USAID Announces New Open Data and Technology Tools At G-8 International Conference On Open Data for Agriculture
VA, HUD and Jon Bon Jovi Announce Project REACH Grand Prize Winner
WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced the winner of a mobile application competition designed to make local assistance resources accessible to people helping homeless Veterans and others in need. The winner of the $25,000 prize was Reston, Va.-based Qbase, which developed “Homeless REACH.” VA’s Center for Innovation (VACI) sponsored the competition, […]
OpenStreetMap Groups Rally for Apr. 20-21 Edit-a-Thon
Nationwide open-source mapping project schedules another round of popular map editing marathons
Caribbean Open Data Conference
The Caribbean Open Data Conference is a regional technology conference and code sprint, focused on open data, software innovation, and technology trends. With over 900 conference attendees and 120 registered developers spread across 5 islands at the 2012 event, it is the largest technology conference in the region. The event (http://developingcaribbean.org/) combines a two day […]
Crowd-Sourcing the Nation: Using Volunteers for Enhanced Data Collection
The USGS is expanding the involvement of volunteers to enhance data collection about structures for The National Map. This program, known as The National Map Corps, focuses on encouraging citizens to collect data relating to structures by both adding new features and/or correcting existing data within The National Map database. These structures can include schools, […]
Innovative layer added to OS MasterMap with the launch of OS MasterMap Sites Layer
Ordnance Survey’s flagship, and world renowned dataset, OS MasterMap, has received an upgrade with the launch of a new layer, OS MasterMap Sites Layer. The new product will work alongside the existing layers providing users with an intelligent dataset to underpin decision making and data analytics.
Open Data Center Alliance Announces First Forecast 2013 Speakers
Welcomes Kingston Technology Corporation as a Corporate Sponsor, SNIA as a Collaboration Sponsor and Web Host Industry Review and WHIR Magazine as a Media Sponsor