For nearly 30 years, GeoTechnologies has built geospatial data in Japan—approximately 7.56 million kilometers of field surveys, 62 million buildings, tens of millions of addresses, and millions of points of interest. Maps do not appear on their own; someone has to keep making them.

Today we are changing. Alongside our static map data, we now handle dynamic data such as human mobility logs (over one billion per day). We are evolving from a traditional map vendor into a new kind of map vendor, and the range of data we produce keeps widening. Open source is central to this shift for two reasons. First, as our data grows more diverse, interoperability with the open-source ecosystem (QGIS, GDAL, PostGIS, MapLibre, and more) becomes essential. Second, in the age of generative AI, reliable real-world measured data is more valuable than ever—and making such data usable through open tools matters all the more.

Our position is simple. Our business is making data, not locking up tools. Good data only comes alive with good tools, so data makers and the open-source community are complementary, not competitors. We want the valuable data we create to be used through open-source software—and we want to build the cooperation that makes this possible together with this community.