Press Room

OpenPlans is breaking ground in technology and community. Our work has been featured in dozens of news outlets, including the New York Times, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, CNN, PBS, and NPR.

If you are a member of the media, please feel free to contact us.

Recent Articles

• 5 Open Data Apps That Are Improving Our Cities
  Mashable - 8/13/10
• Portland Mass Transit creates geospatial maps and apps for commuters
  Government Computer News - 7/29/10
• The Challenge of Tech for Civic Groups
  techPresident- 7/23/10
• OpenTripPlanner
  Portland AFoot - 7/21/10
• TriMet Embraces Open Source with ‘Open Trip Planner’
  Bike Portland - 7/21/10
• Sneak Preview of OpenTripPlanner Opens Minds and Excitement
  Metro News - 7/21/10
• The Anatomy of a Citywide Traffic Jam
  New York Times - 7/19/10

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Feature Articles

• The Challenge of Tech for Civic Groups 7/23/10
• New Numbers for Data-Hungry Straphangers 5/6/10
• The Street of the Future is a Livable Street 4/07/09
• Open Geospatial Tools Expand Their Niche 4/07/09

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Press Releases

• OpenPlans Hires Director of Development
  Beverly Blake to Facilitate Fund-Raising, Community-Building & Organizational Collaboration – 7/21/10
• Geospatial Veteran Kenneth Bossung Joins OpenGeo
  Bossung to serve as Sr. Vice President, Sales for Web Mapping Leader – 7/7/10
• Knight Foundation Expands Neighborhood News Project
  OpenPlans, Columbia Daily Tribune, Boston Globe Launch the $450,000 OpenBlock Initiative – 6/17/10
• OpenGeo Suite Enterprise Edition 2.0 Launches
  PostGIS integration makes OpenGeo world’s first complete open source web-mapping suite – 6/16/10
• OBIS Selects OpenGeo for Web-based Geospatial Mapping
  World’s Largest Marine Biogeographic Database Uses OpenGeo Suite to Reach Global Audience – 6/1/10

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