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by jmkb 5d ago
The limit is imposed by the OSM API itself, and it's a matter of how much data is already mapped in the area you're requesting -- a max of 50,000 nodes according the API docs. Of course data density varies wildly across the planet
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by jmkb 1mo ago
I do not enjoy looking at a golf course. (A minigolf course is a different kettle of fish.. of course.)
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by jmkb 7mo ago
Thanks, this is a really fun way to view the data. I don't think the no-google/no-yelp filters will really accomplish this goal though. Most of the ones I examined were either variations in the restaurant name or not really restau
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by jmkb 9mo ago
Thanks for building and maintaining this lovely project. I'm an OSM mapper & enjoy linking mapped benches to their profiles on OpenBenches. It gets hairy, though, when a single bench features multiple memorial plaques. Wonder if yo
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by jmkb 2y ago
This is a beautiful project but unfortunately the OSM data's out of date -- over a year old at this point. Based on https://github.com/StrandedKitty/streets-gl/issues/182 it seems like this might be aban
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by jmkb 2y ago
Worth it, I reckon. You can't buy this kind of advertising: https://xkcd.com/548/
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by jmkb 2y ago
Decades ago, my partner used Google Voice for texting -- really handy, texts just showed up in the gmail inbox, and could be replied to from there. She didn't like cellphones, but usually carried one of the old "Kindle Keyboard&qu
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by jmkb 2y ago
I grew up with rotary phones, and dialing (on a physical dial) really was fun. Disassembling my first junk phone and playing with the rotary relay was even more fun. But the best was learning to dial numbers by manually pulsing the switch o
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by jmkb 2y ago
I guess it's time to stop searching from the url bar (sorry, "awesomebar") and create a local html file as the startup and new tab page, with search boxes for all your fav engines. Just like the good old days.
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by jmkb 2y ago
I found that upgrading mine with a full keypad -- including the ABCD column on the right -- did wonders for my rep. And of course a switch to toggle oscillators, so I could send red box tones.
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by jmkb 3y ago
Just to be clear, I find conversion of viable multifamily buildings into mansions generally repugnant. The opposite process also happens, though... not just a 3- and 4-story residential buildings demolished for large residential towers (ple
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by jmkb 3y ago
Brian Eno developed tape-delay audio tech, released a few mobile apps, is a founder of the Long Now Foundation... not a scientist but definitely a bit science-y.
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by jmkb 3y ago
Eventually, I imagine a new licensing concept will emerge, similar to the idea of music synchronization rights -- maybe call it "training rights." It won't matter whether the text was purchased or pirated -- just like it does
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by jmkb 3y ago
Picture an analog clock and it can be 0.008 hours/hour... about one percent of an hourhand's movement.
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by jmkb 4y ago
Just to be clear: this is an individual user's "diary" (blog) hosted at openstreetmap.org, not in any way an official statement from the OpenStreetMap Foundation. And I agree with the author that the design of Bing Map Builde
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by jmkb 4y ago
Use an app that permanently downloads maps -- I like Mapy.cz and Organic Maps. And bring a waterproof phone case, an external battery, and a charging cable. And also bring a waterproof paper map because it's lighter, easier to read,
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by jmkb 4y ago
Currently only 2009 LinkNYCs, according to https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Social-Services/LinkNYC-Map/tg... My assumption is that these kiosks log all wifi and bluetooth traffic from nearby persons and vehicles, an
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by jmkb 4y ago
I've had good luck with poster-tack goo... just have to make sure not to leave any behind.
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by jmkb 4y ago
And Switzerland features the most drop-dead-gorgeous hiking maps of any land I've visited. It feels like each mountain was hand-drawn and shaded by someone who knows and loves it, and you can often ID them from the ground based on the
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by jmkb 4y ago
Well maybe. I've literally grabbed handfuls of wild apples, about the size of ping-pong balls. (Maybe better described as feral apples? Old orchards with trees unpruned for decades.)
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by jmkb 4y ago
To me (native English a la USA) apples are in a sort of uncanny valley between things that could in fact be measured by the physical handful, like peanuts, and things that couldn't -- buildings being way off the charts, obviously.
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by jmkb 4y ago
> aggressively push out traditional veggie burgers on restaurant menus I've found a similar trend in the supermarket frozen aisles. I used to be able to reliably find "veggie crumbles" at most largeish stores, perfect for
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by jmkb 4y ago
Warning, those urls are not y2.1k safe!
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by jmkb 4y ago
Lovely. I spent many an hour in DEBUG.EXE as a child. Finding extra space for adding code, like the welcome message, was always fun -- although it would be better form to have the code zero out the "borrowed" bytes after the messa
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by jmkb 4y ago
Yes, I was disappointed that the "bus" routing option appears to be for driving a bus. The Valhalla pedestrian routing engine does include ferry routes, though it completely ignores ferry schedules. (Ferry use can be discourag
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by jmkb 4y ago
And an excellent Finnish surf band: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika_%26_the_Cosmonauts
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by jmkb 4y ago
See also: https://xkcd.com/540/
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by jmkb 4y ago
But don't expect it to show up on maps.earth right away... it looks like it's at least a month behind OSM at this point.
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by jmkb 4y ago
Now that's what I call re-cycling! [U+1F92A]
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by jmkb 4y ago
One reason: It's thrilling to ride a bike into the water. When I trained as a pool lifeguard, we frequently had to "rescue" bicycles that had been ridden off the high dive the night before. I imagine it's like crash-land

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