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RE: https://mstdn.io/@jomo/117077095785506447

Hey #Mapstodon and #OSM people! A researcher from Berlin is looking into possible improvements for navigation software to help against the decline in spatial orientation skills by using visible landmarks for navigation.

#gischat

RE: https://mstdn.io/@jomo/117077095785506447

Hey #Mapstodon and #OSM people! A researcher from Berlin is looking into possible improvements for navigation software to help against the decline in spatial orientation skills by using visible landmarks for navigation.

#gischat

Check out @giswqs and his GeoLibre package. He's just released an R package here https://r.geolibre.app/

This is "free and open-source, lightweight, cloud-native GIS platform for visualizing, exploring, and analyzing geospatial data" is on my winter bucket list.

https://geolibre.app/

#geolibre #gis #gischat #geospatial #foss #opensource #maps #mapstodon
#jupyter

Check out @giswqs and his GeoLibre package. He's just released an R package here https://r.geolibre.app/

This is "free and open-source, lightweight, cloud-native GIS platform for visualizing, exploring, and analyzing geospatial data" is on my winter bucket list.

https://geolibre.app/

#geolibre #gis #gischat #geospatial #foss #opensource #maps #mapstodon
#jupyter

New month, new releases…

Just rolled the beta releases for Maps and libshumate for 51 beta:

Maps: 50.beta
libshumate 1.7.beta

and stable updates:

Maps 50.3 with a backport for allowing public transit routing from places further away from a routable OSM footpath (like inside a large building without indoor mapping), matching the behavior of the MOTIS web UI.

libshumate 1.6.3, 1.5.5 with a fix for a segfault when calling remove_all() with selected markers

#gnomemaps #libshumate #mapstodon

New month, new releases…

Just rolled the beta releases for Maps and libshumate for 51 beta:

Maps: 50.beta
libshumate 1.7.beta

and stable updates:

Maps 50.3 with a backport for allowing public transit routing from places further away from a routable OSM footpath (like inside a large building without indoor mapping), matching the behavior of the MOTIS web UI.

libshumate 1.6.3, 1.5.5 with a fix for a segfault when calling remove_all() with selected markers

#gnomemaps #libshumate #mapstodon

Still continuing this map style experiment. This time I rendered #Matterhorn (or Cervino for the Italians) on the 🇨🇭 Swiss–Italian 🇮🇹 border. Like before, the DEM is from @mapterhorn. ⛰️

#maps #cartography #Mapstodon #gischat #Italy #Switzerland #mountains #Alps

Still continuing this map style experiment. This time I rendered #Matterhorn (or Cervino for the Italians) on the 🇨🇭 Swiss–Italian 🇮🇹 border. Like before, the DEM is from @mapterhorn. ⛰️

#maps #cartography #Mapstodon #gischat #Italy #Switzerland #mountains #Alps

I’m continuing experimenting with this topographic map style and here’s one for the French Caribbean island of Saint-Barthélemy. France’s IGN provides DEM with a horizontal resolution of 1 metre so I wondered how my map workflow would look like for smaller islands.

Feedback and comments are welcome! 🙏

#maps #cartography #Mapstodon #gischat #France #Caribbean

I’m continuing experimenting with this topographic map style and here’s one for the French Caribbean island of Saint-Barthélemy. France’s IGN provides DEM with a horizontal resolution of 1 metre so I wondered how my map workflow would look like for smaller islands.

Feedback and comments are welcome! 🙏

#maps #cartography #Mapstodon #gischat #France #Caribbean

@CoMaps July release (v2026.07.16-10) is out, and it feels great to see my name in the release notes! It does make me feel like I've got a bit ego sharing this, but, it's something I've wanted to do for a while and finally took the leap to try help with the development of an app that I use on a daily basis.

https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/releases/tag/v2026.07.16-10

#OpenStreetMap #Mapstodon #Android #CoMaps

@CoMaps July release (v2026.07.16-10) is out, and it feels great to see my name in the release notes! It does make me feel like I've got a bit ego sharing this, but, it's something I've wanted to do for a while and finally took the leap to try help with the development of an app that I use on a daily basis.

https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/releases/tag/v2026.07.16-10

#OpenStreetMap #Mapstodon #Android #CoMaps

Now that we have a preferences dialog in Maps (for handling offline downloads), I played a bit with moving the other settings we already had in the main and layers menus into a decicated “General” page in the preferences dialog.

#gnomemaps #gnome #mapstodon #libadwaita

Now that we have a preferences dialog in Maps (for handling offline downloads), I played a bit with moving the other settings we already had in the main and layers menus into a decicated “General” page in the preferences dialog.

#gnomemaps #gnome #mapstodon #libadwaita

In my latest article for Inquirer.net, I talk about @CoMaps and its 15-year history despite being only 1 year old. (I also talk a bit about data privacy and @openstreetmap.)

https://technology.inquirer.net/147812/comaps-and-the-right-to-fork

(Inquirer.net is the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the country's largest newspaper.)

#TechINQ #CoMaps #maps #Mapstodon #gischat #OpenStreetMap

In my latest article for Inquirer.net, I talk about @CoMaps and its 15-year history despite being only 1 year old. (I also talk a bit about data privacy and @openstreetmap.)

https://technology.inquirer.net/147812/comaps-and-the-right-to-fork

(Inquirer.net is the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the country's largest newspaper.)

#TechINQ #CoMaps #maps #Mapstodon #gischat #OpenStreetMap

RE: https://en.osm.town/@sotm/116868119607797878

I’m kinda interested in making a poster for this year’s #SotM, but I have very few ideas on what to make.

Or maybe I can just rehash one of my earlier #30DayMapChallenge maps.

The last time I ever created a SotM poster was in 2010 and you can (kinda) see it here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/28698126@N02/4795340642/

#StateOfTheMap #StateOfTheMap2026 #SotM2026 #OpenStreetMap #maps #cartography #Mapstodon

RE: https://en.osm.town/@sotm/116868119607797878

I’m kinda interested in making a poster for this year’s #SotM, but I have very few ideas on what to make.

Or maybe I can just rehash one of my earlier #30DayMapChallenge maps.

The last time I ever created a SotM poster was in 2010 and you can (kinda) see it here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/28698126@N02/4795340642/

#StateOfTheMap #StateOfTheMap2026 #SotM2026 #OpenStreetMap #maps #cartography #Mapstodon

Comment raconter le monde ? : Des cartes pour poser les choses à plat

#OndesPubliques #Cartographie #Mapstodon
Des cartes pour poser les choses à plat : épisode du podcast Comment raconter le monde ? | France Culture

Ce que cachent les espaces "blancs" de nos cartes

#OndesPubliques #Cartographie #Mapstodon
Ce que cachent les espaces "blancs" de nos cartes

A #Bellerby globe is on my wishlist, but I neither have the spare funds, nor the space to acquire one. So I just content myself with watching their social media reels. 🌏️

#maps #globes #cartography #Mapstodon

A #Bellerby globe is on my wishlist, but I neither have the spare funds, nor the space to acquire one. So I just content myself with watching their social media reels. 🌏️

#maps #globes #cartography #Mapstodon

My latest article for Inquirer.net is now up and I take a look at map projections, and specifically at the Mercator projection popularly used by mapping services such as Google Maps. GIS professionals in particular might remember EPSG:900913 from the late 2000s. 🗺️

https://technology.inquirer.net/147648/why-africa-looks-smaller-than-it-really-is-on-google-maps

(Inquirer.net is the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the country's largest newspaper.)

#TechINQ #GoogleMaps #Mercator #maps #Mapstodon #gischat #Africa

My latest article for Inquirer.net is now up and I take a look at map projections, and specifically at the Mercator projection popularly used by mapping services such as Google Maps. GIS professionals in particular might remember EPSG:900913 from the late 2000s. 🗺️

https://technology.inquirer.net/147648/why-africa-looks-smaller-than-it-really-is-on-google-maps

(Inquirer.net is the digital arm of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the country's largest newspaper.)

#TechINQ #GoogleMaps #Mercator #maps #Mapstodon #gischat #Africa

Just rolled the latest release tar balls for Maps (51.alpha) and libshumate (1.7.alpha) for the GNOME 51 development cycle

And Maps 50.2, and libshumate 1.6.2 and 1.5.4
for the stable branches

Including, among others, the offline map download support and public transit departure boards for Maps 51.alpha and improvements to vector map sources for libshumate which will enable some nice refactorings in how build the vector map style later on, among other changes

#gnomemaps #libshumate #mapstodon

Just rolled the latest release tar balls for Maps (51.alpha) and libshumate (1.7.alpha) for the GNOME 51 development cycle

And Maps 50.2, and libshumate 1.6.2 and 1.5.4
for the stable branches

Including, among others, the offline map download support and public transit departure boards for Maps 51.alpha and improvements to vector map sources for libshumate which will enable some nice refactorings in how build the vector map style later on, among other changes

#gnomemaps #libshumate #mapstodon

#GIS folks, (maybe #CAD too) how do you draw this kind of shape with guaranteed perfectly tangent lines and only 4 vertices?

I've been trying different things for 3-4 years on and off and the closest I've come is 5 vertices, ESRI leaves a spare vertex in there for some reason and so I don't know which one I delete will ruin the tangent

This is not a need, it's a mental chalenge

#gischat #mapstodon

#GIS folks, (maybe #CAD too) how do you draw this kind of shape with guaranteed perfectly tangent lines and only 4 vertices?

I've been trying different things for 3-4 years on and off and the closest I've come is 5 vertices, ESRI leaves a spare vertex in there for some reason and so I don't know which one I delete will ruin the tangent

This is not a need, it's a mental chalenge

#gischat #mapstodon

Rêver les cartes : rencontre avec Cristina Ion et Julie Garel-Grislin

#OndesPubliques #Cartographie #Mapstodon
Rêver les cartes : rencontre avec Cristina Ion et Julie Garel-Grislin

Because today is the June #solstice, here is my 2020 animated map of this solstice’s day-night cycle rendered using the #CahillConcialdi map projection, which is my most favorite.

Grab the file here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cahill%E2%80%93Concialdi_projection_(Natural_Earth_I)_day-night_animation_at_June_solstice.gif

#maps #cartography #Mapstodon #gischat

Because today is the June #solstice, here is my 2020 animated map of this solstice’s day-night cycle rendered using the #CahillConcialdi map projection, which is my most favorite.

Grab the file here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cahill%E2%80%93Concialdi_projection_(Natural_Earth_I)_day-night_animation_at_June_solstice.gif

#maps #cartography #Mapstodon #gischat

There is the first of a series of articles about the #Ryukyu Kingdom #cartography in the #Okinawa Times this morning :
https://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/1854751
#Mapstodon

Does anyone know where I can get this map as a poster? Asking for a friend. That friend is @Lam.

No suggesting places that it "might" be available. No suggestions to print it myself. But if you know of somewhere already selling prints, let us know.

#oslo #allheimen #ruter #metro #tbane #publictransport #transit #maps #mapstodon #askfedi

This #Veritasium video is a damned good intro on routing algorithms starting with Dijkstra’s seminal shortest path algorithm. The visuals are impressive and they make extensive use of #OpenStreetMap data.

https://youtu.be/kS-CGkiPetQ

#maps #Mapstodon #gischat #algorithms #Dijkstra

Thanks to hard work by @flyingpimonster Maps now supports downloading map areas for offline use!

This has been a long-awaited feature and will finally be available in GNOME 51.

#gnomemaps #gnome #mapstodon #openstreetmap #offlinemaps