08.05.2025
OpenStreetMap is a great example of a collaborative project for building an open geospatial data repository. Collecting the data is only part of the process. It’s collected so that it can be used. You can obtain data for …
22.07.2023
There should be a screenshot from Toy Story where Buzz tries to explain to Woody something about the stars by showing his hand up. About 20+ years ago, I came across a short fiction story on a computer-related theme …
07.05.2023
The OSM 2.0 API (OpenStreetMap) is an application programming interface that provides access to geospatial data and its change history stored with git. The basic data structure in OSM should be based on dividing the …
27.12.2022
The Overture Map Foundation, about the creation of which I wrote the other day, should solve problems that are still not solved in OpenStreetMap. Hopes, reproaches from the members of the OSM community are only a …
24.12.2022
This is my view, the view of an ordinary OpenStreetMap contributor, on the reasons that led to the creation of the Overture Map Foundation. It’s been a week since Overture Map1 was announced. Reliable, easy-to-use, …