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#FeaturedServer #OpenStreetMap #OSM #Maps #Mapping #Map #Geospatial #GIS #Cartography #Cartographers #Cartographer #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
I wish there was a decent Google maps replacement. Not just for navigation--that's fairly simple--but rather for local SEARCH. How else are you supposed to search for stuff nearby? Yelp is the only alternative I even know of and it's terrible. Nextdoor is arguably a contender but it's even worse. Nothing community driven whatsoever that I'm aware of...
Are you sick of Google Maps, but are still worried about getting from A to B? 🏃 🚲 🚗
Checkout these great open source alternatives!
👉 tuta.com/blog/google-maps-alte…
#degoogle #maps #opensource #foss #privacy
Looking to drop Google? Here are the best Google Maps alternatives for finding your way.
With a number of community driven, open source mapping projects picking a navigation app without ads or tracking has never been easier.Tuta
🗺️ 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘔𝘢𝘱 3𝘋 🧊
Zoom in to street level to see the 3D features.
#map #maps #OpenStreetMap #3D #topography #world #WorldMap #cities #landscape #environment #data #tools #OpenSource #FOSS
F4map Demo - Interactive 3D map
F4 Map is a WebGL 3D Map Viewer based on OpenStreetMap dataF4map Demo - Interactive 3D map
New blog post ml4711.blogspot.com/2024/03/ma…
#mapstodon #gnome #transitous #maps #openstreetmap
Maps and GNOME 46
It's that time again, a new GNOME release is just around the corner. The news in Maps for GNOME 46 A lot of the new things we've been wor...ml4711.blogspot.com
With the news that Google is going to "supercharge" Maps with "AI" (and the poor results I've had with Apple Maps), I finally checked out OpenStreetMap: openstreetmap.org/
OMG THIS IS AMAZING. So much more useful detail! Incredible! Going to dig up an app for my phone and use this for a while to see how it compares to the ad- and AI-ridden nonsense.
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.OpenStreetMap
#til
* very few land places have a land antipode #maps (Image source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipode…)
You can download the History of Cartography from the University of Chicago Press, vols. 1-4 and 6 (a total of 8 books).
The project is nearing completion after 40 years (volume 5 is still in preparation).
You do have to download the pdfs by chapter (about 200 total) but do you have anything better to do today?
press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/i…
History of Cartography: Volumes One, Two, Three, Four, and Six
A website for free access to the History of Cartography, Volumes One, Two, Three, Four, and Six in PDF format.press.uchicago.edu
I genuinely feel like #Protomaps is not nearly getting the attention it deserves
We can drop a single file on a static host and get stylable vector maps? Magic ✨
In combination with Maplibre it's a game changer for 99% of web map use cases 👏
#OpenStreetMap #MapLibre #Maps #Mapstodon
A free and open source map of the world
Protomaps is an alternative to Map APIs that you run on your own cloud storage.protomaps.com
Petrofuture Mexico…66m sea level rise on a 1956 road map.
#Pemex would be more appropriate, but #ShellOil will have to do
Base from David Rumsey Maps
More at
conspiracyofcartographers.com/
#mexico #Belize #Guatemala #Honduras #Nicaragua #ElSalvador #Caribbean #GulfOfMexico #BajaCalifornia #historicalmaps #vintagemaps #retrofuture #petrofuture #sealevelrise #sealevelrisemaps #climatechange #climatechangemaps #maps #cartography #speculativecartography #clifi #climateart #conspiracyofcartographers
' Often, when we give a blank map of the surrounding areas to Inuit who are helping us [they] have no problem recognizing and identifying features on the map, going only from their recollections of the land and what their families have described to them in words or in songs — without otherwise having used maps. They’ll even correct you, explaining something like, “there should be a lake there, but it’s not on your map.” '
#PlaceNames #Indigenous #Nunavut #Canada #maps
canadiangeographic.ca/articles…
Mapping traditional place names in Canada’s North
The staff of the Inuit Heritage Trust is racing across Canada’s North to document traditional Inuit place names before much of that knowledge passes on with the elders who hold it. Canadian Geographic sits down with lead researcher Lynn Peplinski.Nick Walker (Canadian Geographic)
I wrote a technical guide showing how you can create your own orthorectified (aka satellite view/bird mode) imagery, point clouds and 3D models of streets with nothing but a 360 degree camera mounted on bicycle helmet, and the open source photogrammetry software OpenDroneMap.
Why might you want to do this? With your own up-to-date, highly detailed point clouds and imagery you could:
- quantify and communicate inefficient road space allocation
- record necessary infrastructure repairs
- take measurements such as lane and cycleway widths
- measure footpath obstructions in 3D and rate pedestrian amenity
- map kerb features on OpenStreetMap
- survey street parking using the new OSM spec: wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/St…
- 3D print a model of your home street!
jakecoppinger.com/2022/12/crea…
#openstreetmap #opendronemap #maps #photogrammetry #curb #kerb #parking #cycling #urbanism #mapping
Creating aerial imagery with a bike helmet camera (GoPro) and OpenDroneMap - Jake Coppinger
This technical guide details how you can create your own orthorectified (aka satellite view/bird mode) imagery, point clouds and 3D models of streets with nothing but a 360 degree camera mounted on bicycle helmet, and the open source photogrammetry s…https://jakecoppinger.com/author/jakcop_t1chd5/#author (Jake Coppinger)
PeerMaps: Distributed, offline-friendly alternative to commercial map providers such as google maps. Instead of fetching data from a centralized tile service, your computer fetches map data from other peers across the network.