Our Mission
Mobility comes in various formats: on the road, in the air, on the rivers, and on rails – just to name a few. It is targeted either for commercial transport, for commuting or for leisure. And it is changing continuously...
Tariffs on Geodata
The speed with which everything is in motion is far exceeding our preferred rates for continental drift. To protect themselves, countries apply tariffs and levies on everything crossing their borders. We try to imagine what the consequences would look like for geodata...
White Spot Survey
The British Antarctic Survey has published the most detailed map about the landscape of Antarctica beneath the thick ice sheet. Let's get to the bottom of things...
Experts’ voices: Data Points and Politics – the Gordian Knot in Railroad Data Pools
From the very beginning of our blog, we have been fascinated by data, their handling and conditioning and how to make sure they can be stored in accessible pools in standardized formats. Now we are try to look into railroad data silos...
Subterranean Mapping
Infrastructure is not only about roads and rail. This time we dig into the ground to map subterranean infrastructure. The National Underground Asset Register of the United Kingdom tries to unite the data of the various asset owners...
Missed Opportunities
The end of the year is quite close and is celebrated with giving gifts to beloved people but we realized that there are some geodata-related gifts missing...
Closed User Group Simulation
We visited the InnoTrans 2024 to get an update about the state of affairs regarding simulation in railway domain...
Halloween Special: Speed of Seasons
Yesterday it was still summer, now it is already autumn, and in some regions of the world nature is preparing for winter. It is impressive to see how fast seasonal mother nature is preparing for the next chapter. Have you asked yourself how fast this change happens?...
Experts’ Voices: Hacks and the City
With the introduction of concepts like Smart Cities it became necessary to connect information across the silos in which they were held. One solution is to extend existing formats beyond their original purpose and, thus, have them aggregate concepts and information from other domains...
Light (and Dark) Summer Reading
Summer was in full swing and people left for vacation to try to get a break from the rat race… but you can’t escape geodata! Lately more and more people asking themselves is summer getting hotter or rainier...
Mapping Outside the Box
In our blog we often talk about geodata in the road domain. In the last years some interesting geodata from outside the box got released and we have a sneak peak into it...