Links tagged with “openstreetmap”
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OSM Then and Now
Compare OpenStreetMap in 2008 with now. Amazing progress. (via @amcewen@mastodon.me.uk)
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Draw all roads in a city at once
More beautiful and interesting than I expected. Also, it maps counties, towns, villages, etc.
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OpenStreetMap Haiku
Very nice. Little poems using OSM data, the time of day and the current weather. Feels like just the start. (via Imperica)
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Statistical NLP on OpenStreetMap: Part 2 – Al Barrentine – Medium
On getting computers to recognise the parts of all formats of street addresses from around the world. Amazing, even/especially the bits I don’t understand.
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Apple Map Tiles
A viewer for Apple’s new map tiles, as used in iPhoto on iOS. I quite like some of it - a nice change from the norm - but if I could change only one thing… those italicised place names are *hideous*.
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Google Maps Free Alternatives « Fubra
A nice summary of the alternatives to Google Maps. I don’t do this stuff frequently enough to keep up.
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Why (and how) we’ve switched away from Google Maps - Nestoria Blog
A nice explanation of Nestoria switching from Google Maps to OSM with MapQuest, Leaflet and Mapstraction. Also worth it for the paragraph on Google’s poor salesmanship.
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OSM terrain layer (tecznotes)
Some lovely looking terrain maps, and lots of words I don’t understand. it’s hard to remember what online maps were like only ten years ago, and now the ability to tinker with stuff like this.
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GMapCreator, OpenLayers and OpenStreetMap
“Get data from a shapefile onto OpenStreetMap using OpenLayers and the GMapCreator.” Example includes a method for using image tiles named with keyhole strings into something OpenLayers can use.
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Support OpenStreetMap Donate Now
OpenStreetMap are trying to raise £10,000 to buy a new API database server for their fantastic work. (via Simon Willison)
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Locating Postboxes - Dracos.co.uk
Matthew Somerville’s new thing — help locate post boxes for OpenStreetMap etc.
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The Information Freeway :: A map of the planet
A very nice viewer for the Open Street Map data. I had no idea they had so much, and it looks gorgeous close-up. (via Simon Willison)
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Merchandise - OpenStreetMap
Very nice large map of plotted GPS data in London, only ten quid. Even better, raises money for OpenStreetMap. (via Tom Carden)