First OSM PLUS Sponsors!
I’m excited to welcome esri, mapzen, Telenav and Urban Mapping to OSM PLUS this year. Each has deep perspective on using OSM data in the real world, with real customers. esri has offered its ArcGIS...
View ArticleAttribution: Is it time to name and shame?
OpenStreetMap is the global, open and free map dataset that anyone can use. It is created by a huge community of volunteers who pour their time and energy in to the project. It’s also fun, beautiful...
View ArticleWin a trip to State of the Map
Just by editing OSM, you can win a trip to State of the Map EU in Germany or the big conference in Argentina. The scores are still very reachable for this months competition, and it’s not a...
View ArticleOSM PLUS: 30th June, San Francisco
Save the date – OSM PLUS is going to be in SF at the Marriott Union Square on Monday 30th of June. Grab your tickets, the schedule will be out next week.
View ArticleWhy OpenStreetMap is now navigation-ready for people like you
OpenStreetMap vs. Google Maps If I’m right, today will be marked as a turning point for the mapping industry. Something huge has happened: We broke the sound barrier. Telenav’s consumer facing...
View ArticleOSM PLUS: Two weeks to go!
Get your ticket OSM PLUS is in two weeks at the Marriott Union Square in San Francisco. You can get your tickets here and if you use the discount code OSMPLUS25 you’ll get 25% off! Provisional program...
View ArticleThe Book of OpenStreetMap – Funded!
I’m pleased to say that The Book of OSM was funded in only a few days! If you haven’t picked up a copy, there are just 12 days left…
View ArticleI’ll be on Science Friday today
I’ll be on Science Friday around 12:40 pacific / 3:40 eastern talking about OpenStreetMap. Here’s the page about the segment which should have the audio later. You should be able to listen to it on...
View ArticleMeasuring continental drift with your phone!
Most of the work mapping people do is concerned with moving GPS units. Walking, driving, biking with a GPS and doing things with that movement data. But, there is a big use case for static GPS units...
View ArticleA Modern Mapping Party
Last month I ran a mapping party in Castle Rock, Colorado at the new Philip S. Miller Park: Philip S Miller Park The park was challenging for a few reasons: Nothing on the map before we did the party...
View ArticleOpen GeoQuestion – collecting data in the field
Screenshot of Open GeoQuesiton There are lots of attributes of the world out there that it would be nice to collect in to some structured data. Questions about your environment like these: Is it noisy...
View ArticleTesla Maps and the exploding future of map data
Out of a job! Tesla are making maps, and why not? It used to cost billions of dollars to go collect the data, now the customers do it for free. The sensor packages in phones, let alone in the car, have...
View ArticleThe Book of OSM – nearly available
My kickstarter project for the book of OSM is nearly done. Kickstarter backers already have the PDF of the book: The contents are final and the cover has some bugs being fixed: Notice the white lines...
View ArticleThe Book of OSM, now available!
The Book of OSM is now shipping on Amazon Kindle and in paperback (uk, de)! This book contains 15 interviews conducted by OSM founder Steve Coast with the people who were there as the project began and...
View ArticleNew Kickstarter: Every Road
I have a new kickstarter live now: Every Road! Every Road is a unique poster print of every road leading away from your house (or any other point). Above you see the bay area, driving away from the...
View ArticleNew Year, New Roles
It’s been a wild two-and-a-half years at Telenav helping bring OpenStreetMap to the consumer. We shipped consumer turn-by-turn navigation in the US with Scout which was for me a big first – a turning...
View ArticleEvery Road Kickstarter Update
The two main areas of feedback for my kickstarter so far have been to improve the cartography and make it lighter (which you can see above and below) and to add a backing level to get just an image...
View ArticleWhy I like what3words
When I first came across w3w I had the same reaction many people do – I just didn’t get it. The idea is pretty simple. Give every 9ft square on the planet three words. So right now I’m at...
View ArticleOpenGeoCodes – Download address data for the USA!
Note – originally published over here on the CHI blog. Today we’re shipping the OpenGeoCodes project as well as the mobile site and the data. OGC is a project to build open data for addresses, turning...
View ArticleWhy MapClub?
I have a little kickstarter called MapClub. I’ve been doing some work with wordpress which led me to Post Status. They have a private club which for $99 allows you to join a slack they set up. It has...
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