Just so you know, #OsmAnd is celebrating its 15th anniversary with 50% off its plans, which you can now pay for directly without paying the 'app tax' to Google or Apple.
I highly recommend OsmAnd — it's a Swiss army knife for maps! Open source. Based on #OpenStreetMap.
I discovered @streetcomplete some time ago and began answering quests, as a small and regular contribution to #OSM datas. It's fun, and this is a way to re-discover my daily neighbourhood in #montreal Some questions for streetcomplete users : - how to edit a quest when I accidentally validate a wrong data ? - is there a way to add informations (objects) for public #art pieces, which are located in public space ? (such as sculptures, statues, murals...)
Vrhl jsem se na audit tech stacku kolem lbc.wtf a Mastodonu.
👏 Protomaps se dost posunuli, jsou kompletnejsi, rendering (z jejich libraries) hezci.
👏 U Mastodonu jsem zrevidoval serverove implementace a nadchla me gotosocial.org, lightweight, API first, kterou jsem pred dvema lety hledal. Budu si s tim + Phanpy hrat.
😡 Nepotesili me AI boti, mam na CDN jeden 80MB pmtile a mesicne mi pres nej pososaji 110GB... zapnul jsem AI bot protection na Vercelu.
It took almost 9.5 years to make 20,000 edits with OsmAnd for OpenStreetMap. Thanks to Quick Action it has recently become easier and faster. But since the introduction of Streetcomplete and especially Mapcomplete, I've been mapping a little less with OsmAnd lately. Let's see how long I need for the next 10,000.
Nejpoužívanější mapový portál v ČR s celou řadou tématických map - základní, turistickou, cyklistickou, dopravní a plno dalších. Nabízí možnost reálného leteckého, panoramatického nebo 3D pohledu.
There is one feature of #LocusMap that I really like: you can take a picture of a map, calibrate it with the standard map and then have it as an overlay.
Very handy when you take the kids to the zoo or amusement park. 👌
#Mapycz are now launching their premium version. I'm not sure if it is in response to that. But #LocusMap, a lovely #OpenStreetMap based app focused on outdoor activities built by a small company from #Prague, now has a 6 month trial of their premium plans. Check it out! 👇
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...
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.
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?
' 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.” '
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.
It's an intriguing and clear example of the intersection of truth and beauty in mathematics. A introductory map of the world of the Mandelbrot Set. #datavisualization #dataviz #maps #map #math #mathematics
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!
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…
