OpenGeo has introduced a significant update to its integrated geospatial platform with the release of OpenGeo Suite 3.0. The upgrade reflects sustained momentum in the open source GIS landscape, ...

InfoWorld’s Best of Open Source Software Awards, chosen annually by Test Center editors and reviewers, recognize the best open source software for developers, IT organizations, and the business users ...

Early in my GIS career, I wanted to produce digital maps at home. Of course, I couldn’t use the tools I had access to at work due to licensing and cost restrictions. That limitation pushed me to ...

There are several riffs on the original 'free as in speech, not free as in beer' distinction as a way of explaining open source. I've been saying 'free as in puppy' for years and I coined 'free as in ...

In the past 20 years, open source software (OSS) has radically changed software development. Open source has gone from being a niche movement to mainstream and is now a core part of the commercial and ...

Open-source software will continue its march through the enterprise technology stack, buoyed by AI and (hopefully) transformative funding solutions that address sustainability. Over the past decades, ...