JS.Geo: Web Mapping at a Crossroads, and the Crossroads is in Philadelphia on October 8th

by Brian Timoney

Web maps are too important to be left to the mapping industry.

Google figured this out before anyone else. Uber’s recent purchase of Microsoft’s Bing Maps assets and the sale of Nokia HERE geo assets to an automobile consortium signal next-level dynamism in the industry. Simply put, the old web mapping portal paradigm of GIS-in-the-browser doesn’t cut it in the emerging mobile-driven, ever-more-automated, on-demand economy (and never really did).

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This fast-changing environment needed a different kind of conference.

Nix “conference”, let’s say “get-together”. Chris Helm, Steve Citron-Pousty, and I created JS.Geo to focus on Javascript & mapping and get those who solve the problems and write the code in the same room. Leave the sales deck at home, talk honestly about what works/what doesn’t, link to a Github repo, and enjoy being around people who aren’t people who enjoy being at conferences.

FINAL 25 TICKETS GO ON SALE THURSDAY AUGUST 13th, 12PM EDT/10AM MDT

So on October 8th we’re doing the 3rd iteration of JS.Geo in Philly with a jam-packed lineup to discuss what’s urgent: vector tiles (vs raster tiles), 3D tiles (and no, not your weak-tea 2.5D tiles), in-browser spatial analytics/advanced computation, mobile collection, indoor mapping, etc. More than just tech, we’ll hear from practitioners who have to deliver value to citizens, customers, and readers of online journalism.

You know, the actual user experience.

We keep the admission modest–under $25–and that only happens because our sponsors understand the value proposition of putting their smart people around other smart people and provide the necessary financial support.

Check them out: Azavea, Cesium, Fulcrum, Zekiah, Bright Rain, IBM Mobile First, and Mapzen.

Join us.

FINAL 25 TICKETS GO ON SALE THURSDAY AUGUST 13th, 12PM EDT/10AM MDT

JS.Geo at a glance:

  • Thursday, October 8th
  • University Science Center, Philadelphia (walking distance from Amtrak 30th Street Station)
  • Presentations 9:15AM – 4:30PM
  • Social 4:30PM – 6PM
  • **LocationTech will be co-locating an evening tour event
  • Probability of late night run to  9th Street cheesesteak mecca = 0.999