2026-09-03 –, Phoenix Hall
Maplat is an open-source platform for integrating historical maps, illustrated maps, tourist maps, and other non-georeferenced maps with modern web mapping technologies.
Unlike our technical presentation, this sponsor session focuses on real-world applications, business opportunities, and collaboration rather than implementation details.
We will introduce how Maplat is being applied to cultural heritage, tourism, museums, local governments, and digital transformation projects, and discuss how open-source software can become sustainable through partnerships and commercial services.
Maplat is an open-source geospatial platform developed by Nayuta Inc. that enables historical maps, hand-drawn maps, and other image-based maps to be overlaid and explored on modern web maps.
Beyond the technology itself, we believe the real value of open source emerges when it is applied to solve practical problems.
In this session, we will introduce:
- Business applications of Maplat
- Collaboration with museums, local governments, and research institutions
- Digital archives and cultural heritage projects
- Tourism and regional revitalization
- Custom development and commercial support
- Future directions, including AI-assisted geospatial applications
Whether you are looking for an open-source platform, a technology partner, or ideas for your next geospatial project, we hope this session will provide useful inspiration.
Nayuta, Inc.
Level of technical complexity: 2 - intermediate Give indication of resources (video, web pages, papers, etc.) to read in advance, that will help get up to speed on advanced topics.: Indicate what is (are) the open source project(s) essential in your talk: I make my conference contribution available under the CC BY 4.0 license. The conference contribution comprises the abstract, the text contribution for the conference proceedings, the presentation materials as well as the video recording and live transmission of the presentation:
Kohei OTSUKA
CTO - Nayuta, Inc., Ex-Oracle, Ex-Woven, Ex-HERE, Ex-Hitachi
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kochizufan/