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Jaded Mapping Curmudgeon ('JMC') a.k.a. James Killick Publisher of MapHappenings.com (@MapHappenings) Etak - MapQuest - Esri - Apple Maps

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maphappenings.com/2025/11/06…

Mapping Amazing: Bee Maps

This week Map Happenings dives into another “Mapping Amazing” geospatial startup. This week: a company called Bee Maps that is revolutionising the collection of data to update maps. And…

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A New Series on Map Happenings: “Mapping Amazing” – Coming soon

Announcing a new series coming soon to Map Happenings called “Mapping Amazing”. It will feature small companies that, through use of geospatial technology, are doing amazing work in an …

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Delve into the ultimate history of maps and mapping events that forever changed our world. MapHappenings.com

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Map Happenings is an industry blog about maps, mapping, location, geospatial technologies and GIS. It is written by James Killick who worked for Etak, MapQuest, Esri and Apple Maps.

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12 Map Happenings that Rocked our World: Part 6

Continuing the series on the history of mapping, Map Happenings publishes the 6th ‘Map Happening’ that rocked our world and delves into the advent of Computer Based Mapping. Read the fa…

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Wam. Bam. Instant Indoor Maps.

Back in August last year I wrote about how the world would change with the advent of ubiquitous indoor maps. One reason this hasn’t happened yet is making indoor maps is hard. At least until …

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Yours truly recently had the honor of being interviewed on the “Minds Behind Maps” podcast. mindsbehindmaps.com/episode/…

James Killick: Why Did Apple get into Maps? (And how they got there) - MBM#51 — Minds Behind Maps

James Killick worked at Apple from 2013 to 2022 on the Maps team and has worked in mapping for the past 40 years. I've been wondering why Apple has gotten so much into Maps; Google makes sense to me,...

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