Blatten reloaded
Nature acts in a wide speed range. If we focus on our planet and our core subject geodata we see our data getting outdated by activity that lies somewhere between continental drift and volcanic eruptions...
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...
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...
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...
Show the Invisible
With the help of a good map you can find traces you barely can see in reality. This story is about preserving history using geodata...
Neglecting Accuracy
Public transport is part of our daily mobility business. But since some decades public transport is mapped in a schematic way. The question is why, because it started with geographically accurate representation...
Last Year’s Leftovers
2023 was, again, a year of extremes. We don’t want to be too political, thus let’s focus on some absurdities we have found in the ordinary world...