Everything happens somewhere.
Maps & Apps is a small studio working at the intersection of maps, location data, and AI. We build precise, opinionated software and ship it quietly — to field operators, government, and federal agencies.
Products
Seven, and counting
01Township Canada
Land data · Western Canada
Convert any legal land description, LSD, or address to GPS coordinates in seconds, then dig into the wells, pipelines, leases, soil, and crops on that land.
townshipcanada.com
02Township America
PLSS · Texas · Federal land
Convert any township and range or Texas legal description to GPS coordinates, then pull the wells, leases, pipelines, and soils on that exact tract.
townshipamerica.com
03PickYourPlace
Neighbourhood intelligence · Canada
Tell it what matters and it shows the trade-offs from real municipal, census, and transit data — no listings and no opinions. Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton, and Toronto.
pickyourplace.app
04Unmap
Mapping APIs · Developers
Vector tiles, geocoding, and routing from a single endpoint, in two lines of code. Three APIs behind one key, and no thirty-day cache limit.
unmap.dev
05Grabio
Campsite cancellation alerts
Watches campsite reservation systems and alerts you the moment a cancellation opens up. Stop refreshing; start watching.
trygrabio.com
06Heads Up
Kids' programs · Calgary
A registration calendar for parents, with alerts before each enrolment window opens. Never miss a registration again.
headsup.kids
07Startup OS
AI agent coordination · Private beta
The shared context, skills, goals, and guardrails AI agents need to build and operate real software businesses. You set the direction.
trystartupos.com
Clients
Selected
People doing serious work at these companies use what we build.
Approach
Three principles
Location data should be legible, precise, and honest.
Not stitched together from outdated PDFs, paywalled APIs, and gut feel. The ground under a claim, a pipeline, or a house is a matter of record — and the record ought to be readable by anyone who needs it.
So we build the tools we wish existed, and sell them to people who feel the same way. No funding rounds, no growth theatre, no waiting on somebody else's roadmap.
01
Data first
Surveyor-grade accuracy, not best-effort matching. We work close to the source, and we own the ETL — not just the interface.
02
AI earns its keep
AI is a tool, not a personality. We use it where it meaningfully outperforms the alternative, and nowhere else.
03
Quietly built
Independent, profitable, patient. We ship slowly because we ship correctly, and we answer to customers rather than a board.