cbed.bsky.social
I work on Mapillary, OpenStreetMap, Overture, computational geometry, spatial computing, GIS, and maps at Meta Reality Labs.
🇺🇸 living in 🇨ðŸ‡
Blog: https://worldbuilder.substack.com
#openstreetmap #geospatial #switzerland #ski #maps #data
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Moovit
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I will add that I think the website called DataCamp is fantastic for getting the basics of Python and SQL, and it has a geospatial course too. From there keep looking how to apply it to your work or your interests.
Try to get on Upwork to look for small freelance GIS tasks to apply the skills too
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In my opinion depends if it was a lake first or reservoir first. In almost all cases it was a stream that was modified into a reservoir, is my guess. So the one that was first!
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Wonderful news!
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It does some amazing things helping with coding questions, stats, figuring out how to properly resize images... But that's all Python libraries
It may not be good with QGIS, but even there saves time vs digging through Stack Overflow
It's made a lot of people's lives easier in my opinion
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This is what is nice about multiple official names is you and me can call it Denali and we are totally correct still
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The OSM foundation would block renaming a map feature? I am not saying it should be renamed but if the USGS and other agencies officially adopt the new name then OSM tends to reflect that in some way
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Well, OSM is not a display map service so it wouldn't be able to handle that. MapTiler, Stadia, Mapbox all use OSM and handle regional requirements. Just like Google Maps.
OSM is just a database and most people who ever see OSM data do not see it directly
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I can't remember the first fee but there were hikes later, I remember when a lot of websites started having the watermark on their Google maps embeds saying API key required or for development use only
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Well, then it's just everybody trying to reverse everyone else
It would work fine with two names and not fighting over one
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What if OpenStreetMap renames it though
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Yes which is what you proposed haha
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Somebody should propose it first! I do seem to think Oceania was not so used as a continent name until more recently (when I was a child I think the continent as a whole was Australia, maybe wrong?)
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Yeah agreed. Anyway I think this whole story is a nothingburger until the USGS officially makes a change, which I am not sure will ever happen
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Well yes partially, it could become the American English name (if it were legally approved) and the one displayed when user GPS is in that region
It would remain Gulf of Mexico (Gulfo de México etc) in various other translations
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I agree and nobody should change it based off current dialogue, just wondering if people would refuse to change it in OSM even if it went through full legal renaming or not
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It also makes changes. Old printed maps will show Sea of Cortez for examples after Hernán Cortes, but which was renamed over change in political and cultural perspectives.
Egypt is also called Masr in Arabic, and many other very different names.
worldbuilder.substack.com/p/toponymy-i...
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Just larger, but with lower taxes
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In a Spanish language map it'd Nueva York, and Germany becomes AlemanÃa. Actually super common practice. In Switzerland they even change it based on national language, somehow nobody melts down.
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For Denali is should be easy, places around the world have 2+ names. In Switzerland you easily have German, Rumansh, Italian etc names. New Zealand maps this well too.
It will always be Denali and can be called McKinley as it was for a long time, by those who want.
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To be honest the alternatives are really bad especially in USA.
OpenStreetMap data is the closest, which is a database not a maps app. You can see everything from OpenStreetMap in Organic Maps and use that day to day. I recommend trying to use it as much as you can and registering to edit OSM.
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This is correct. In the end the names are very centralized based on what's official. I don't think most maps say Sea of Cortez anymore because of official changes, while Gulf of Mexico still remains official.
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Waze is awesome but it's good to test for alternatives. Nothing is as good.
But I like Organic Maps a lot
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Download Organic Maps app on mobile
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Use Organic Maps app on your mobile device
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Download Organic Maps app
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It needs a lot more work, and not just the data side. OpenStreetMap is not a mobile app.
Organic Maps is a good way to go, but Google Maps has the best app in the world for maps, most people won't abandon it
We need a truly great OSM based app to ever compete. I hope it can happen.
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You should consider signing up to contribute to OSM too, add restaurants and more where you live! Lots of great guides on YouTube
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Most of OSM goes through a map provider who handles that like MapTiler so it's doable there, that's where vast majority of consumes encounter OSM
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What if it becomes an actual legal name the way that Türkiye changed name or how Spanish maps show Nueva York and Londres?
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This is normal for OpenStreetMap though. Name changes and reverses happen all the time, although perhaps rarely on larger bodies of water.
My main question is whether a definitive legal name change in the US systems (among USGS and others) will still be ignored by OSM as a protest move
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I think it's a snowball effect too. The more people de-google etc the more smaller apps become better.
If 1% of Google Maps contributors (not just users) went to OSM every year it would be huge!
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I wonder how many people switch now
In past times when I have polled, most people use Google Maps, even OSM contributors, me too.
Google Maps is often better for UX and map data for most people, I would bet majority of OSM contributors still use Google Mala to navigate.
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Was it on Mapillary? Similar project just was published out of Dublin!
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Wow, I never realized so much of this would be off the coast, so I assume all over sea ice
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I find Google Docs etc is just easy and universal, but I do think Proton products are worth watching
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Ah! Vexcel is one I think is good there.
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Yeah some datasets I saw were only open to academic collaboration so as a hobbyist I couldn't get access
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Thanks for sharing!
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There is a lot of Mapillary street level imagery in LA and Santa Monica also which could be helpful for checking context