Last week, we kicked off a project at Stamen that we are very excited about: Portable OpenStreetMap (POSM). We are working in collaboration with The American Red Cross and SpatialDev to make OpenStreetMap, OpenMapKit, and Field Papers, all network-centric mapping technologies, available for field deployments in extremely remote areas of the world to support the Missing Maps effort. POSM has the potential to be...
Well, it’s been a lovely 8 years, 10 months, and 3 days blogging at content.stamen.com, but as of today we’re switching over to publishing on Medium at hi.stamen.com. 3224 days is a long time and the web has (obviously) evolved tremendously since then, so we’re happy to dive head first, again! into a new way...
Mount McKinley, as of today, is now Denali. It’s an important change, one that honors local indigenous names and draws attention to the very real threat of climate change impacting that part of the world, so we’re glad to see President Obama stepping up to the challenge and calling attention to Alaska as a kind...
Cross-posted from http://openterrain.tumblr.com/ Two days ago a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) sprang into action, coordinating mapping activities from remote mappers (read about how you can help) and working with open source mapping groups on the ground like Kathmandu Living Labs. One of the key components in any HOT activation...
Ever wondered what companies are taking up the most space in San Francisco? Kalin Kelly, a director at boutique real estate firm CM Commercial, has been wondering the same thing and decided to take action to find out. Over the past few months, she’s been collecting all of the data she can find about leasing...
Last year, our friend and colleague Zachary Watson tragically died by being struck by an automobile at the age of 29, leaving many of us shocked and deeply saddened. In his memory and honor, a few current and former Stamens have set up an education fund. It’s being administered by our friends and neighbors down...
Just in time for your holiday gift buying rush, we’re announcing today a new partnership with MapIsArt. They’re a new company formed to take advantage of the increased availability and accuracy of OpenStreetMap data by offering custom map products based on our watercolor maps. We’re starting off with a couple different custom products: canvas, table...
In 2010, Stamen was awarded a Knight News Grant to build tools that help people tell better stories about cities. I’m pleased to announce that we’ve been awarded another grant from Knight to extend and support this project, as follows: Terrain layers, at all zoom levels, outside the US Transfer the hosting and processing to...