Steve Coast

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An Open Source Mapping Primer

As you've surfed the web, you've surely come across many sites using embedded maps to display data. Humans are visual creatures, so presenting temperatures, crime statistics, or population densities on a map often makes quickly discerning patterns and spatial relationships easier than presenting the same facts as a boring table. Visualizations based on maps can be quite sophisticated and even show patterns across time as well as space; Maps Mania is one blog showcasing many great examples of online maps. But displaying data on an embedded map doesn't need to be a complicated affair. You can do it using open source tools. In this post, I offer some tips for getting started doing this...

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For The Love Of Open Mapping Data

Frederic Lardinois | Tech Crunch | August 9, 2014

It’s been exactly ten years since the launch of OpenStreetMap, the largest crowd-sourced mapping project on the Internet. The project was founded by Steve Coast when he was still a student...

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Google Maps’ Open-Source Rival Gets Huge Boost As Telenav Buys OpenStreetMap Leader Skobbler

David Meyer | GigaOM | January 31, 2014

The Berlin startup scene also has another big exit to be proud of, with the deal carrying a value of just under $24 million. Read More »

In Sochi, Open Source Maps Beat Google's

Robinson Meyer | The Atlantic | February 19, 2014

[...] OpenStreetMap, a free-to-edit and free-to-use world map often compared with Wikipedia, received a similar—though less validated—commendation last week, when the reporter Greg Miller at Wired found that its maps exceeded Google’s at describing Sochi, the home of the 2014 winter Olympics. Read More »