The Mapzen open-source mapping platform has a hard history. On the one hand, Mapzen is used by over 70,000 developers and it’s the backbone of such mapping services as OpenStreetMap, Remix, and Carto. But, as a business, Mapzen failed in 2018. Mapzen’s code and service lived on as a Linux Foundation Project. Now, it’s moved on to the Urban Computing Foundation (UCF), another Linux Foundation group with more resources. UCF is devoted to helping create smarter cities, multimodal transportation, and autonomous vehicles. Open Source Open-source giant Red Hat has a new CEO Huawei changes its patent story Linux and open-source conferences: List of what’s canceled or going virtual Open source hardware: The problems and promise (TechRepublic) In the UCF, Mapzen will have the support of such members like Facebook, Google, and Uber. There, its developers can collaborate on and build a common set of open-source tools connecting cities, autonomous vehicles, and smart infrastructure. Kepler.gl, an open-source geospatial analysis tool for Big Data. MIT-licensed projects. These include real-time search, rendering, navigation, and data. These include: Pelias: Distributed full-text geographic search engineTangram: Libraries for rendering 2D and 3D maps with WebGL/OpenGL ES and vector tilesTilezen: Libraries to generate vector tiles for global map displayTransitland: Community-edited… Read full this story
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