Christopher Beddow
@cbed.bsky.social
I work on Mapillary, OpenStreetMap, Overture, computational geometry, spatial computing, GIS, and maps at Meta Reality Labs.
🇺🇸 living in 🇨🇭
Blog: https://worldbuilder.substack.com
#openstreetmap #geospatial #switzerland #ski #maps #data
🇺🇸 living in 🇨🇭
Blog: https://worldbuilder.substack.com
#openstreetmap #geospatial #switzerland #ski #maps #data
Read my latest writing about how everything mapped needs to be seen, and recorded for the first time--and sometimes measured over and over again!
open.substack.com/pub/worldbui...
open.substack.com/pub/worldbui...
Discovery and Rediscovery in Spatial Data
Knowing what is where, how to get there, what it's like, and why
open.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Read my latest writing about how everything mapped needs to be seen, and recorded for the first time--and sometimes measured over and over again!
open.substack.com/pub/worldbui...
open.substack.com/pub/worldbui...
OpenStreetMap in the wild!
On the Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen news website showing dam and hydroelectric upgrades in the Alps.
On the Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen news website showing dam and hydroelectric upgrades in the Alps.
March 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
OpenStreetMap in the wild!
On the Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen news website showing dam and hydroelectric upgrades in the Alps.
On the Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen news website showing dam and hydroelectric upgrades in the Alps.
I check in to BlueSky after a week off and it's still primarily Gulf chatter
Will check back in another week
Will check back in another week
February 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I check in to BlueSky after a week off and it's still primarily Gulf chatter
Will check back in another week
Will check back in another week
Reposted by Christopher Beddow
Reposted by Christopher Beddow
We’re thrilled to share that Organic Maps has now reached 3 million people worldwide!
Thank you to the incredible community! Join us as we continue to unlock the freedom to navigate with maps that put ease of use, privacy and community first. Here's to many more adventures together!
Thank you to the incredible community! Join us as we continue to unlock the freedom to navigate with maps that put ease of use, privacy and community first. Here's to many more adventures together!
January 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We’re thrilled to share that Organic Maps has now reached 3 million people worldwide!
Thank you to the incredible community! Join us as we continue to unlock the freedom to navigate with maps that put ease of use, privacy and community first. Here's to many more adventures together!
Thank you to the incredible community! Join us as we continue to unlock the freedom to navigate with maps that put ease of use, privacy and community first. Here's to many more adventures together!
Although political name changes are an annoyance, and politically driven map edits/reverses are too, I do think there's an okay logic in using América (with accent) that many countries (like those in OAS) say is the name of the vast region, as a name for the Gulf.
Perhaps "Gulf of the Américas"
Perhaps "Gulf of the Américas"
January 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Although political name changes are an annoyance, and politically driven map edits/reverses are too, I do think there's an okay logic in using América (with accent) that many countries (like those in OAS) say is the name of the vast region, as a name for the Gulf.
Perhaps "Gulf of the Américas"
Perhaps "Gulf of the Américas"
As discussion boils about #googlemaps and #gulf of Mexico/América, I want to share something I wrote before about Unbundling Google Maps.
Google Maps includes many pieces like search, places, street view... My post talks alternatives for each.
worldbuilder.substack.com/p/unbundling...
Google Maps includes many pieces like search, places, street view... My post talks alternatives for each.
worldbuilder.substack.com/p/unbundling...
Unbundling Google Maps
A look at how many small apps fit together as one
worldbuilder.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
As discussion boils about #googlemaps and #gulf of Mexico/América, I want to share something I wrote before about Unbundling Google Maps.
Google Maps includes many pieces like search, places, street view... My post talks alternatives for each.
worldbuilder.substack.com/p/unbundling...
Google Maps includes many pieces like search, places, street view... My post talks alternatives for each.
worldbuilder.substack.com/p/unbundling...
Reposted by Christopher Beddow
🗺️📊 Curious about the impact of OpenStreetMap usage?
We selected some metrics on #ohsome tools and the impact of #OpenStreetMap (#OSM) in 2024.
From building data coverage to the number of API requests, these figures showcase the scale of OSM use and the analytics capabilities of ohsome.
We selected some metrics on #ohsome tools and the impact of #OpenStreetMap (#OSM) in 2024.
From building data coverage to the number of API requests, these figures showcase the scale of OSM use and the analytics capabilities of ohsome.
January 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🗺️📊 Curious about the impact of OpenStreetMap usage?
We selected some metrics on #ohsome tools and the impact of #OpenStreetMap (#OSM) in 2024.
From building data coverage to the number of API requests, these figures showcase the scale of OSM use and the analytics capabilities of ohsome.
We selected some metrics on #ohsome tools and the impact of #OpenStreetMap (#OSM) in 2024.
From building data coverage to the number of API requests, these figures showcase the scale of OSM use and the analytics capabilities of ohsome.
Reposted by Christopher Beddow
Street View: A History
How imagery visualizing the scenes along routes came to be
worldbuilder.substack.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Street View: A History
How imagery visualizing the scenes along routes came to be
worldbuilder.substack.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I love sunny winter days. This was last week. Today rainy and grim.
Some days I think I should set up a screen in my house with a grid of webcams so I can wake up and see where near me has the best weather, as if I am running surveillance in a casino.
Some days I think I should set up a screen in my house with a grid of webcams so I can wake up and see where near me has the best weather, as if I am running surveillance in a casino.
January 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I love sunny winter days. This was last week. Today rainy and grim.
Some days I think I should set up a screen in my house with a grid of webcams so I can wake up and see where near me has the best weather, as if I am running surveillance in a casino.
Some days I think I should set up a screen in my house with a grid of webcams so I can wake up and see where near me has the best weather, as if I am running surveillance in a casino.
Is it possible to make QGIS show my data in a Fuller Projection?
November 26, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Is it possible to make QGIS show my data in a Fuller Projection?
Does anyone know if there is open data lidar for areas in the Amazon and Guatemala?
I want to check firsthand how known ruins look in this format, as well as see how algorithms might work to look for anomalies suggesting a human built structure
#gischat #eochat #lidar #remotesensing
I want to check firsthand how known ruins look in this format, as well as see how algorithms might work to look for anomalies suggesting a human built structure
#gischat #eochat #lidar #remotesensing
November 23, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Does anyone know if there is open data lidar for areas in the Amazon and Guatemala?
I want to check firsthand how known ruins look in this format, as well as see how algorithms might work to look for anomalies suggesting a human built structure
#gischat #eochat #lidar #remotesensing
I want to check firsthand how known ruins look in this format, as well as see how algorithms might work to look for anomalies suggesting a human built structure
#gischat #eochat #lidar #remotesensing
I need to really check out Lonboard more! Good project using it here with cloud data
Understanding air quality requires data, tooling, and that people actually know how to understand and use them both. Proud that we were able to support @openaq.org and @developmentseed.org to put modern data tooling to work for mobile air quality datasets.
Working with large datasets can be challenging. We collaborated with @developmentseed.org to develop new functionality to visualize and analyze large datasets like mobile air quality measurements with Lonboard, an open-source Python library for Jupyter notebooks. openaq.medium.com/exploring-mo...
November 22, 2024 at 3:07 PM
I need to really check out Lonboard more! Good project using it here with cloud data
My latest piece on Substack, thinking about the challenge of synchronizing the real world and the map.
Many things that never get mapped end up with no evidence of having ever existed!
worldbuilder.substack.com/p/synchroniz...
Many things that never get mapped end up with no evidence of having ever existed!
worldbuilder.substack.com/p/synchroniz...
Synchronization of the Editable World
Maps reflect reality, but can they keep up with the unfolding of time?
worldbuilder.substack.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:45 PM
My latest piece on Substack, thinking about the challenge of synchronizing the real world and the map.
Many things that never get mapped end up with no evidence of having ever existed!
worldbuilder.substack.com/p/synchroniz...
Many things that never get mapped end up with no evidence of having ever existed!
worldbuilder.substack.com/p/synchroniz...
Cool feature
💡 Tip: You can set your website as your username on Bluesky!
This is one form of self-verification, and we especially encourage official organizations and brands to do this! Examples include @npr.org @react.dev @duolingobrasil.com.br.
Here's our guide for how to do this:
This is one form of self-verification, and we especially encourage official organizations and brands to do this! Examples include @npr.org @react.dev @duolingobrasil.com.br.
Here's our guide for how to do this:
How to set your domain as your handle - Bluesky
Using a domain as your handle helps with account identity, verification, and portability. Here's how to set your domain as your handle.
bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Cool feature
Something I think about recently is a geospatial API aggregator.
I saw some tool that allows you to use dozens of APais across the web, like flight and travel APIs, without getting a key for each. For data exploration.
For geo, it's a little bit like STAC.
#gischat #geospatial
I saw some tool that allows you to use dozens of APais across the web, like flight and travel APIs, without getting a key for each. For data exploration.
For geo, it's a little bit like STAC.
#gischat #geospatial
November 13, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Something I think about recently is a geospatial API aggregator.
I saw some tool that allows you to use dozens of APais across the web, like flight and travel APIs, without getting a key for each. For data exploration.
For geo, it's a little bit like STAC.
#gischat #geospatial
I saw some tool that allows you to use dozens of APais across the web, like flight and travel APIs, without getting a key for each. For data exploration.
For geo, it's a little bit like STAC.
#gischat #geospatial
When foggy, go up.
I miss the Rockies for being just so sunny, but nice in the Alps that the sun is reachable in a few minutes, and you can see this beautiful sea of clouds.
I miss the Rockies for being just so sunny, but nice in the Alps that the sun is reachable in a few minutes, and you can see this beautiful sea of clouds.
November 13, 2024 at 9:02 AM
When foggy, go up.
I miss the Rockies for being just so sunny, but nice in the Alps that the sun is reachable in a few minutes, and you can see this beautiful sea of clouds.
I miss the Rockies for being just so sunny, but nice in the Alps that the sun is reachable in a few minutes, and you can see this beautiful sea of clouds.
So far Bluesky is like LinkedIn (same geo content I think, that's a good thing) minus work achievement announcements, but with politics and a UI worse than X
But nice to see some geospatial chatter alive and well
But nice to see some geospatial chatter alive and well
November 10, 2024 at 12:00 AM
So far Bluesky is like LinkedIn (same geo content I think, that's a good thing) minus work achievement announcements, but with politics and a UI worse than X
But nice to see some geospatial chatter alive and well
But nice to see some geospatial chatter alive and well
Reposted by Christopher Beddow
Reposted by Christopher Beddow
If you have an Android device, check out StreetComplete! It's a friction-less, fun way to contribute to the OpenStreetMap. I'm a total layperson when it comes to any of the architecture of OSM but it turns contributing into a satisfying game that helps my local community.
streetcomplete.app
streetcomplete.app
StreetComplete
OpenStreetMap surveyor app
streetcomplete.app
October 29, 2024 at 6:15 PM
If you have an Android device, check out StreetComplete! It's a friction-less, fun way to contribute to the OpenStreetMap. I'm a total layperson when it comes to any of the architecture of OSM but it turns contributing into a satisfying game that helps my local community.
streetcomplete.app
streetcomplete.app
Reposted by Christopher Beddow
ついに、ミラノ市内の360°ストリート画像データを #Mapillary にがっつりアップロードしている同志Jacopo Farinaさんと対面！
#Meta #OpenStreetMap #OvertureMaps #Milano #GEOlab #PoliMI #Milano #FuruhashiLab #古橋研究室 #AoyamaGSC #青学
#Meta #OpenStreetMap #OvertureMaps #Milano #GEOlab #PoliMI #Milano #FuruhashiLab #古橋研究室 #AoyamaGSC #青学
November 6, 2024 at 7:26 AM
ついに、ミラノ市内の360°ストリート画像データを #Mapillary にがっつりアップロードしている同志Jacopo Farinaさんと対面！
#Meta #OpenStreetMap #OvertureMaps #Milano #GEOlab #PoliMI #Milano #FuruhashiLab #古橋研究室 #AoyamaGSC #青学
#Meta #OpenStreetMap #OvertureMaps #Milano #GEOlab #PoliMI #Milano #FuruhashiLab #古橋研究室 #AoyamaGSC #青学
Who should I follow to keep up with maps, GIS, geospatial, spatial computing, OpenStreetMap, FOSS4G, and more?
November 8, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Who should I follow to keep up with maps, GIS, geospatial, spatial computing, OpenStreetMap, FOSS4G, and more?