Raster-based GIS routing models prevent pipelines from becoming an economic burden on the companies and countries involved in their construction and operation by minimizing not just the economic costs ...

James Gray continues his review of desktop Geographic Information System (GIS) applications with an introduction to the concepts needed to get started with the user-friendly, open-source Quantum GIS.

Mapzen, a mapping platform company lauded among developers and civic hackers for its open-source approach, is shutting down. For fans of the company, there’s a bright spot: because its data and code ...