Open, sustainable, and accessible mapping tools. We build things so you can build things. Now a Linux Foundation project!

NYC/SF/PA
Joined September 2013
Mobility demos on mapzen.com have returned to life (powered by @interline_io's hosted Valhalla, @geocodeearth's hosted Pelias, and nextzen.org vector tiles)
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Bubble Wrap icons spotted in the wild! @streetcredlabs will be extending the icons in their app to create open POI data streetcred.co/blog/2019/6/27…
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in which we blog about Mapzen becoming a Linux Foundation project and what it means for the open source projects that continue to get PRs and ⭐️ and ♥️ mapzen.com/blog/mapzen-is-no…
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<tap tap tap> [is this thing on?] Looking for long-term support for Mapzen maps, vector & terrain tiles? Check out developers.nextzen.org — get an API key today, and learn about the Requester Pays S3 bucket for heavier use!
Looking for a drop-in replacement for Mapzen Search? geocode.earth has reached orbit! mapzen.com/blog/v1-searching…
Today's map updates include 3x as many map icons (with 100% interoperability with Maki) and 20x the road shields, from Alabama to Vietnam. The nearly 5,000 artwork assets are openly licensed and can be used outside of Tangram! mapzen.com/blog/long-term-su…
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Canada! Spain! The Netherlands! Buenos Aires! Your neighbourhoods have arrived just in time for the holidays! mapzen.com/blog/neighbourhoo…
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Scraping the web for All The Places – extracting useful location information into machine readable geographic data with useful properties! mapzen.com/blog/all-the-plac…
in which @dphiffer documents WOF in the wild
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WOF in a Box: run Who's On First on your own hardware. mapzen.com/blog/wof-in-a-box…
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Refill Terrain is out! Get terrain shading and pattern styles along with bathymetry. All the Refill SDK options yield 250,000 combinations, fully realizing the power of vector tiles and client-side rendering! mapzen.com/blog/refill-terra…