About Us
 


About Warner Research

Warner Research, LLC is a small development firm started by Bill Warner, founder Avid Technology, Inc and Wildfire Communications, Inc. Most recently, Warner Research has been focused on advanced online mapping, 3d and archiving systems.

Warner Research hired Agog, Inc. a Michigan-based technology firm to develop MapsOverTime a system for comparing historic maps of Boston. This was featured at the Mapping Boston II exhibit at the Massachusetts State House last year.

Agog extended the system to handle GIS maps, online printing of large maps, and 3d display of terrain and buildings. The resulting product, MapJunction, is now the official online mapping server for the Boston Atlas -- the City of Boston's official online mapping resource. The MapJunction system is now a joint project of Warner Research and Agog.

We are now in the process of extending the archive aspect of the server to handle a wide range of geography-based files. You can try out a prototype, the MapJunction Archive Viewer.

For more information, please visit the MapJunction Website or email Bill Warner.
 

About the Collaboration Space

The Collaboration Space is essentially our way to have a great space that would otherwise be impractical. The goal is to have great people around, doing exciting and synergistic thing, while making the cost of the shared space reasonable for all of us. We're not in the business of shared space. so there's no extra charges for things like the conference room or other resources.

See the overview for more information.
 

About FutureBoston

FutureBoston, Inc. is an education non-profit started by Bill Warner, with a focus on building tools and technology to help the process of city planning. FutureBoston has had a special focus on the Big Dig for the past few years.

Often using technology donated by Warner Research, FutureBoston is working closely with the City and with the Turnpike Authority to create online tools that help visualize how the surface space over the depressed central artery will be used in the future.

For example, FutureBoston maintains a public archive of maps for the Boston area, and for the State of MA. The City of Boston maintains their maps on the same server, so the entire collection is integrated into one view.

- Click here for a view of the maps starting at the state level
- Click here for a view of the Big Dig maps near the North End

FutureBoston also created a detailed 3D model of the completed Big Dig. The model was built by Neoscape.

FutureBoston is one of the tennants in the Collaboration Space.