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 ...

It’s not often you’ll find Microsoft, Amazon and Meta in the same room, collaborating on the same goals. But that’s exactly what we have with the Overture Maps Foundation, an initiative to develop ...

For the past two decades, location data has helped fuel the digital economy. It’s the little helper that guided us to the nearest coffee shop, summoned a ride to our doorstep, let us check in at a ...

Hivemapper, the startup that puts dashcams on ride-hail and delivery vehicles to map the world, is getting a little closer to its goal of toppling the B2B mapping empire that Google has built. With ...

The Overture Maps Foundation took info from Microsoft, Meta, and more to help more developers create a new wave of map apps. Reading time 4 minutes If you’re not Google (or, to a much lesser extent, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Google has been in the headlines of late as planned data ...

Specifically, there is still no easy way to transfer saved map data from one app to another. This ends up locking users into one mapping platform, which is good for the two tech giants involved, but ...

China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) on Tuesday warned of hidden risks of geographic data leaks in China’s surveying and mapping sector, citing four cases involving secret-related units and ...

The Defense Innovation Unit last Friday issued a solicitation seeking prototype solutions for airborne magnetic data ...