ʻO Mapzen, i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 2013 a i hoʻokumu ʻia ma New York City, he ʻoihana hoʻomākaʻikaʻi palapala ʻāina e kālele ana i nā ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o nā kahua geo, me ka huli ʻana (geocoding), rendering (vector tiles), navigation/routing, a me ka ʻikepili. Hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻāpana o Mapzen e OpenStreetMap, CartoDB, a me Remix, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Ua kākau ʻia nā ʻāpana, i mālama ʻia ma GitHub, ma JavaScript, Ruby, Java, a me Python. ʻO ka Luna Nui o Mapzen, ʻo Randy Meech, he SVP o ka ʻenekinia no MapQuest. Ua kākoʻo ʻia ʻo Mapzen e Samsung Research America a ua ʻike ʻia ua hoʻolimalima ʻo ia i nā loea palapala mai Apple. Ua pani ʻo Mapzen i nā hana i ka hopena o Ianuali, 2018. Ma ka 28th o Ianuali 2019 Ua hoʻolaha ka Linux Foundation e lilo ʻo Mapzen i Linux Foundation Project.