News - Merkator

Merkator European Expansion: new office in Spain

by Isabelle Gooris | Mar 25, 2019

Merkator chooses Oviedo (Asturias, Spain) as new hub for Southern Europe.

BeGeo19 – Geo still has social and technical challenges

by Gaëlle Seffers | Mar 22, 2019

Gaëlle visited BeGeo 2019 and presents you her takeaways of this inspiring Geo-Gathering.

Impressions of the Trefdag Digitaal Vlaanderen 2018

by Gaëlle Seffers | Nov 30, 2018

This year again Merkator was present at the Trefdag Digitaal Vlaanderen! Gaëlle Seffers shares her experience.

Marlin discovers MapWindow

by Mathijs Dumon | Nov 22, 2018

With Marlin, we are building the next generation of geospatial asset management. In this blog, we are exploring the abilities of MapWindow as the OpenSource GIS client.

Merkator visits FOSS4G Belgium 2018

by Cedric Versluys | Oct 30, 2018

Gaëlle and Cedric went to the FOSS4G Conference in Brussels to learn more about the latest developments and opportunities in the world of open source GIS.

Bestekchecker succesfully launched in NL

by John Joosten | Oct 1, 2018

Last week at the congres for public space in Utrecht, we succesfully launched our new product: De Bestekchecker. (Dutch)

Merkator Run

by Luc De Heyn | Sep 19, 2018

Merkator raises money for the charity “Villa Rozenrood” to support “De Warmste Week”.

Get ready to drink from the fire hose!

by Dave Dionne | Sep 12, 2018

Dave Dionne, partner at Merkator, had the opportunity to visit MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) for a crash course in innovation. In this blog, Dave shares his aha-moments and how they could apply to Merkator. Enjoy! We are...

PipelineML – update of the OGC standard

by Jan Stuckens | Aug 31, 2018

Jan Stuckens shares some updates on the PipelineML Standard.

The earth is quite a big application

by John Joosten | Aug 28, 2018

Some time ago but still fresh in our minds: Merkator on Dutch television! RTL7 broadcasted a serie of episodes from “Ondernemend Nederland”. They make programs about entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. An inspiring business program where entrepreneurs from...

Is AI reshaping GIS?

by Searp Wijbenga | Jul 19, 2018

Merkator was present at the London Tech Week 2018, Europe’s largest technology and innovation festival. This year we mainly focused on the AI Summit held at ExCel London, where the biggest names in global technology like IBM Watson, Microsoft, and Google including the...