Zach, our GIS Analyst intern, has been with us since the beginning of April. He just finished his junior year at UW, where he is majoring in Geography with a GIS track. We thought we would check in with him and see how his internship is going: What made you...

Every year, the momentum of OpenStreetMap continues to blow our minds. This year is no exception. With the launch of the Missing Maps project and new teams like MapZen joining the OSM ecosystem, the State of the Map is very, very good indeed. Shout out to MapBox for continuing to...

It may sound a bit unconventional, but Scrum poker is actually an effective project planning tool. It’s a highly collaborative approach we like to use at SpatialDev to divide a project into manageable pieces. Scrum poker is a fun way for our team to estimate the effort involved in building...

We are excited to welcome Sarah Bindman as the newest member of our team. Sarah moved back to Seattle last month from her native San Francisco. We sat down with Sarah and threw some questions at her to get to know her better. Tell us a bit about your experience...

That’s what we’ve found. So we’re creating a special place – this place – for us to share more about what we’re up to. Did you know we just launched a tool for NASA/USAID that pulls data from satellites and geospatial technologies to help manage climate risks and land use...