I trialed this open-source navigation app that's taking on Google Maps with a community-driven approach, and the results were interesting.

There's a specific kind of guilt that comes from being a privacy-conscious Android user. You buy the hardware, you aggressively debloat the device (or even root it), and find polished open-source ...

A new data visualization colors streets based on their cardinal direction (or lack thereof). The U.S. State Department Wants You To Go To Your Computer And Help It Make Maps A new humanitarian mapping ...

Google Maps was primarily designed for inner-city travel, where roads are well-marked and relatively smooth. I doubt the app’s developers envisioned users navigating gravel roads in the heartland of ...

Above: Can you spot VentureBeat's brand new NYC office? Foursquare ditched its corporate overlords and showed some love to a little startup this week. After Google raised the price on its Maps API, ...