Increasing shared understanding of our world by making data easier to access and use.

Our Initiatives

Source Cooperative is the data publishing utility for the web, allowing trusted organizations and individuals to publish data of any kind at any scale.

The Cloud-Native Geospatial Forum (CNG) convenes vendor-neutral events, creates content, and provides educational opportunities for geospatial data practitioners.


Our Blog


  • Publishing Planetary-Scale Data is Easy
    The release of Fields of the World’s 3.17 billion global field boundaries proves that publishing planetary-scale data has never been easier. Creating great data products remains the hard work.

  • Updates to the Radiant Earth Board of Directors
    Welcoming Cassie Ely and David X. Cohen to the Radiant Earth Board of Directors.

  • Great Data Products
    The language we use to talk about data is keeping us from realizing its full potential.

  • Source Cooperative Update: 1PB and Growing
    Updates on Source Cooperative, our immediate roadmap, and introducing the Source Cooperative Advisory Board.

  • Internet Power
    A talk given at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs arguing that 21st century institutions need to understand how to accrue and wield their own power on the Internet.