Meet Your Mappers is a new tool @osm.lol wrote, that lets you find active #Openstreetmap contributors around you. It is free for anyone to use. This article explains its function - including CSV export !
track your time where you live. Coming to a terminal near you! github.com/mvexel/timet...
Next #OSM #Utah
map night is tomorrow at Woodbine Food Hall in SLC! Please join us if you're local to SLC and are interested in GIS / maps! --> osmutah.org/our-map-nigh...
Iterating a bit more
🟢 Easily walkable (≤15 min): 38 amenities (15%)
🟡 Just outside reach (15-30 min): 113 amenities (44%)
🔴 Too far to walk (>30 min): 64 amenities (25%)
113 amenities (from OSM) are tantalizingly close but just outside the 15-minute neighborhood
Walk Score gives this a 90/100. Their 15-minute walksheds look great!
But I mapped the ACTUAL amenities (from OSM which I know are great & accurate). 87% of meaningful amenities in the area are outside that 15-minute zone.
We're not measuring what matters.
Built this in 1 hour using OSM data + Python. The diamond shape shows how far you can actually walk in 5/10/15 minutes using real sidewalks & amenities. Explore: kepler.gl/demo/map?map...
15 minute walk isochrones from central 9th slc
Just mapped my neighborhood with ACTUAL sidewalk data.
Even in one of SLC's "most walkable" areas, 87% of nearby amenities are outside a true 15-minute walk. That cluster of dots at 9th & 9th? Just out of reach.
We're not building 15-minute neighborhoods, we're building 15-minute lies.
I posted the annotated slides for my "Meet Your Mappers" Lightning Talk at #SOTMUS2025
mvexel.prose.sh/20250524-mee...
My #SOTMUS2025 slides, annotated, as a blog post #maproulette #OSM
mvexel.prose.sh/20250623-map...
Sad news - Meta is cutting their budget that includes the work I do on Rapid, so I’m looking for a new job.
If you’re looking to hire someone remote/NYC with solid frontend skills, particularly maps, dataviz, WebGL (but I’m open to anything interesting), let’s talk!
Is it still the Gulf of Mexico? Check here --> gulfofwhat.com you're welcome
Anyone got any good #StarterPacks for #OSM, #GIS, #Utah, #SaltLakeCity, #Bikepacking?
This is what I come to the internet for
OK this is an absolute delight
I wish #flickr would do a better job with these cards. They don't do justice to any photo in portrait aspect. A shame because I think this is a good shot!
Lone tree in the #desert #photography #bw #utah #landscape #sunglare flic.kr/p/2qBjYVf
Am I imagining things or did #iOS 18.2 with all its #AI accoutrements make my #iPhone notably slower and laggier?
Mind you this is a 9 month old phone.
I went down a rabbit hole researching these vehicles recently because I remembered seeing one parked on Overtoom in #Amsterdam almost daily in the 1990s. I was always curious about them then but there was no WWW and #gopher / veronica didn’t offer up any information on them.
With their additional 3rd axle they had about a 4000lb load capacity. They had 3 tanks for a total of almost 300 liters of gasoline.
These specially modded #citroën CX “Tessier” were used to distribute French newspapers to European cities. They would leave Paris in the middle of the night and barrel up the Autoroute to Brussels and Amsterdam at high speed. You’d see them parked in Amsterdam during the day. flic.kr/p/3guPo
Go #Utes #Basketball 🏀🏀
A 1978 Rhodes 73 stage piano, disassembled.
Yesterday was my last day at Ready. Learned a ton & made new friends in the process. I'm grateful for that!
No career update right now - going to enjoy spending time with loved ones and reconnecting with mapping friends. And that '78 Rhodes is not going to fix itself :)
Happy Holidays y'all!
Rectangle #photography #bw #fujix100 #textures flic.kr/p/2qBaNVT
Here’s a starter pack of geospatial companies.
bsky.app/start/did:pl...
Bologna (2018) flic.kr/p/2qyVH9e #photography
#X100F
#Fuji
#bw
#italy
New Orleans, Old Charity hospital (2018) flic.kr/p/2qxdL8K #photography
#bw
#architecture
#abandoned
#urbex
Cracks in the ice flic.kr/p/2qvtwKG #photography #bw #utah #landscape #winter
