The best GPS units offer reliable navigation in even the most off-the-beaten-track areas, including topographical and off-road-specific maps, the ability to mark customizable rout ...

Most navigation apps on the market use “off the shelf” data sources, she says, which are one-stop-shop sources like Open Street Maps (OSM ... the rally itself, any GPS-enabled device is ...

Apple today launched a new app called Surveyor, which is designed to allow users to collect data like images of street signs and roadside details to improve Apple Maps. The app is not public ...

The mapping data comes from Open Street Maps, an open source project that allows anyone to contribute mapping data. While a platform like this runs the risk of lacking data, people have evidently ...

The same can be said about OpenStreetMap, the community-driven platform that serves companies and software developers with geographic data and maps so they ... from the open source realm that ...