Maps

• Towards Standardizing Place

  Drew Breunig demonstrates how this can be accessed using both the Overture Explorer tool and DuckDB, and talks about Overture's GERS IDs - reminiscent of Who's On First IDs - which provide stable IDs for all kinds of geographic places.

• Release Notes: How to make self-hosted maps that work everywhere and cost next to nothing

  Over the past few years, an emerging ecosystem of open-source tools has made self-hosting a map stack both viable and affordable.

  Wow, this is an amazing collection and description of mapping resources. Saving for future reference. h/t https://simonwillison.net/2024/Feb/24/self-hosted-maps/