Free Map Tiles for Everyone / / No Comments Free Map Tiles Providers:OpenFreeMapVersaTilesMaptoolkit.orgOne of the biggest barriers to building web maps has always been the cost and complexity of map tiles. Services such as Google Maps and Mapbox offer excellent infrastructure, but commercial pricing can quickly become prohibitive as projects grow. Self-hosting OpenStreetMap vector tiles is an alternative, but maintaining a global tile Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: everyone, free, Tiles
Not Everyone Commutes by Car / / No Comments In Canada and the United States 95% of journeys to and from work are made by car. Elsewhere in the world people often walk, cycle or use public transport in order to get to work.Cities Moving is a research project by the Complexity Science Hub of the University of Vienna, which analysed the mode of transport most commonly used for commuting to work in 794 cities in 61 countries around the Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Commutes, everyone
New app puts everyone on the map – euronews / / No Comments New app puts everyone on the mapeuronewsUK tech start-up What3Words has the answer: an app that fits inside a smartphone and is much more precise than a GPS. The idea is to give every single spot on the globe a unique and easy address to remember – words that translate to a specific set of … map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: euronews, everyone, puts