Atlas is the 11th web mapping system we have profiled. I am very pleased with this episode. The CTO and co-founder Harald was a succinct, eager and engaged interviewee who gave excellent answers to the standard set of business profiling questions. He had a particularly useful message for apprentices or graduates in our industry. I really encourage you to listen to the end and hear what he has to say.
Here are some links to items mentioned.
Note that I could not recall what GDAL stood for, it is geospatial data abstraction library.
Harald mentioned Kyle Barron is a very worthy technical contributor to our field.
S2 is a spherical projection with no compromises. Store an entire planet's data using a single dimension with centimeter accuracy.
We got talking about how what holds the industry back is not web mapping systems but rather easy access to spatial data for non professionals. ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World is an example from Esri.
We know from listening to Stephanie May that Natural Earth is another:
Another one is Overture Maps.
Foursquare has also recently released its data.
And that’s it! Again, really cool episode, have a go on the platform, here is me adding a bunch of layers.
BTW, here are the other 10 web mapping systems that have come on the show.
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