{"id":1592,"date":"2023-07-25T15:55:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/insights\/locana-extends-openstreetmap-support\/"},"modified":"2025-02-18T13:12:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:12:12","slug":"locana-extends-openstreetmap-support","status":"publish","type":"news-and-insights","link":"https:\/\/www.trccompanies.com\/fr\/insights\/locana-extends-openstreetmap-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Locana Extends OpenStreetMap Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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This article was originally authored by Locana, which is now part of TRC.<\/em><\/p>\n

Locana Now Certified to Implement the Esri Geospatial Cloud and is One of Only 16 Companies to Receive This Designation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Denver, CO<\/strong>\u00a0(July 25, 2023)\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Locana<\/a>, an international leader in spatial technology, is now a member of\u00a0OpenStreetMap US<\/a>, a nonprofit organization that helps support and grow the\u00a0OpenStreetMap (OSM) project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHundreds of millions of consumers today use services leveraging OpenStreetMap\u2019s data, and organizational interest in deploying OSM data for business purposes continues to grow\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Todd Slind<\/strong>, Locana Vice President of Technology<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Conceived in 2004, OpenStreetMap is a free, open geographic database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via collaboration. OSM broadens access to high-quality data, lowers the cost of harnessing location intelligence, and makes it possible for more organizations to take advantage of insights from location data. To date, OSM has been widely used by NGOs, humanitarian groups, and the scientific research community as a data provider for turn-by-turn navigation, disaster and pandemic response, education, and more. Many private organizations are starting to use OSM as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cHundreds of millions of consumers today use services leveraging OpenStreetMap\u2019s data, and organizational interest in deploying OSM data for business purposes continues to grow,\u201d said\u00a0Todd Slind<\/strong>,\u00a0Locana Vice President of Technology<\/em>. \u201cThat\u2019s why we are thrilled to further support OpenStreetMap US through\u00a0organizational membership<\/a>. We look forward to seeing OSM\u2019s growing impact on consumers, and helping businesses take advantage of this open resource alongside other proprietary data sources to offer better products and services.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more than a decade, Locana\u2019s team of experts has been actively involved in building OpenStreetMap by enriching data sets, making map information more detailed and accurate, testing new methodologies for generating location intelligence from OSM data, and contributing in other ways to the OSM community. Locana has also been a pioneer in demonstrating the value of OSM data by using it in innovative applications related to environmental protection, humanitarian aid, disaster response, education and much more.<\/p>\n

In addition, Locana has successfully worked with companies to employ Esri software and open technology using OSM data. Locana has deep experience and technical expertise working with the data to understand how OSM can be programmatically manipulated, how OSM can be programmatically improved, and how OSM can be adapted to an organization\u2019s requirements. More information on how Locana can help customers worldwide in their OSM journey can be found\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About TRC Companies<\/p>\n

TRC is a global leader providing environmentally focused and digitally powered solutions tailored to meet the unique challenges of the energy transition. With more than 55 years of proven expertise, our tested practitioners deliver innovative resolutions to the toughest challenges facing our critical infrastructure. With a dedicated workforce of over 8,000 professionals, we offer advisory, consulting, construction, engineering and management services, guiding complex projects from conception to completion. Our commitment to creating new pathways for the world to thrive is unwavering. We help our clients adapt, regardless of the climate in which they operate,\u202fto achieve enduring, sustainable results while\u202fsolving the challenges of making the Earth a better place to live \u2014 community by community and project by project.<\/p>\n

Locana, a location and mapping technology company, was acquired by TRC in 2023, and is a global leader in both enterprise geospatial solutions and innovative applications using proprietary and open-source mapping technologies. By taking a location-first approach to problem solving, Locana builds, implements and connects solutions for public and private clients, in a wide range of domains including: utilities, land and facility management, critical infrastructure, defense, conservation, international development, and technology among others.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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