ManAboutCouch

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by ManAboutCouch 12y ago
One thing that I make use of but don't see too many services providing is some kind of 'match level' - where the geocoder returns a code indicating how confident it is about the quality of it's result. A result of 1 migh
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by ManAboutCouch 12y ago
The OSGB in the UK did something similar last year: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/innovate/developers/minecraf... Apparently it was built by an intern, it took him two weeks to create the 22 Billion blocks: htt
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by ManAboutCouch 13y ago
The problem with the iframe approach is that Google's geocoding service TOS explicitly states that the output of the geocode operation can only be displayed on a Google map. Google's geocoding service is underpinned by a lot of th
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by ManAboutCouch 13y ago
Not quite retail, but Amazon's main Data Centre in Dublin is the former main warehouse used by one of Ireland's largest retailers. It's gone from being full of beans and nappies to servers full of kitten gifs. http://www.datacenterknowledg
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by ManAboutCouch 13y ago
The 'spat' broke out on the OGC Mailing list, here's the May Archive: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-May/ There are about 100 messages about it on there. There's also this Open Letter: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoservic
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by ManAboutCouch 13y ago
Have you seen CycleStreets: http://www.cyclestreets.net/
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by ManAboutCouch 13y ago
Their MapBox.js library is a plugin for the increasingly popular Leaflet.js mapping library: http://mapbox.com/mapbox.js/api/v1.0.2/ As an aside, MapBox (via funding from the Knight Foundation) is also behind the shiny new iD Editor for O
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by ManAboutCouch 13y ago
I believe that other transport modes (public transport, on foot) are in the pipeline, but the amount of additional compute power they need is significant Also Public Transport route and connectivity information is frequently a bit patchy in
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by ManAboutCouch 14y ago
The creation of so called 'Trap Streets' is well known - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Copyright_Easter_Eggs However putting a non-existent island on a Marine chart used for navigation is a few steps above that. It looks like it's th
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by ManAboutCouch 15y ago
I'll add the obligatory tip of the hat to www.openstreetmap.org - it's community basis and the ease of use of it's editing tools make this kind of issue very easy for users to fix. And as a bonus, any edits you make to the data aren't owned
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by ManAboutCouch 15y ago
An update, also on PasteBin: http://pastebin.com/g1C7d82G