Christopher Beddow

#openstreetmap #mapillary #gis #rapid 😎 Map Building for #AR @ Meta 🗺️ 📍Montana 🇺🇲 ➡️ Schwyz 🇨🇭 🌎 Voyager, language learner, writer, mapmaker, skier ⛷️

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

"Symmetry is what this kind of mapping aims for: not mapping in a way such that the map is symmetrical to the world, but in a way that the map is symmetrical to what humans know about the world."

#gischat #eochat #AugmentedReality #geodata

https://t.co/zDGjCW6pkK

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

Sometimes I think about just getting my own ground penetrating radar and going around to try and find cool stuff buried under the surface

[Google Maps Platform @GMapsPlatform]

🔎 Search the globe using simple descriptions. New AI models from Earth AI let you find objects like wind turbines or rivers across the planet without complex coding. ➡️ https://t.co/pAnlpWX9qQ

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

@ffaebi This is great!

On similar lines I was thinking of making something to show me how far I can get with an SBB Tageskarte like set a max time radius from home

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

Google will say "we are not showing street lights in Miami unless the dataset is 100% complete" (it shows none)

OSM will have one user slowly adding a fee street lights a week for years until completion then updating it a year later and then 5 years later

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

The major weakness of OSM is there many POIs, street lights, etc. yet not consistently. Hamburg has street lights intensely, then Miami has about none mapped. All have POIs, but often half mapped.

It's a problem solved by constant contribution (OSM) or else exclusion (Google)

[Ilya Zverev @ilyazver]

@cbed32 You sure? :)
https://t.co/CdR9L0AACl

Never assume you cannot find something on OSM!

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

@ilyazver You cannot find street lights typically, definitely sure.

But awesome this particular dataset is in there.

My point is there are countless other datasets like this not on OSM that may have a future being so. Tons of built infrastructure datasets. Many not open data. 😔

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

Map data goes deep. Huge dataset here that isn't the type of stuff you see in OSM or Google Maps typically but which can information info like lighted paths

[Mark Litwintschik @marklit82]

Vancouver updated their street lighting conduit and poles dataset on Monday.

Anyone working in the telco and/or engineering space in BC should probably look at this.

Five Parquet files in total (service panels, junction boxes, abandoned circuits).

https://t.co/wQIM3pOOHL

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

@max_spero_ Hey Max do you guys check if images are AI generated/modified as well? Or plans to? Maybe something relevant on my mind

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

@ffaebi @AGForensik @Professor_0711 I will give AWS credit because they give out credits somewhat nicely but that just goes back in their pocket 😅

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

Around the time that Windows 11 rolled out, I accidentally tripped on a power cable and broke my laptop USB charging port. Eventually started to look like repair cost be better reinvested to new machine. I switched to Linux on a new Lenovo and it's been spectacular.

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

@ffaebi Fascinating. I saw a cool coffee museum in Cuba awhile back. I need to dig up the map of the coffee trade.

I read some interesting stuff about countries that are good for coffee growing but where industry collapses due to geopolitics in the past that I wonder if will revitalize

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

@therealDeFlock @nmlinguaphile You can use the API from Mapillary to grab surveillance cameras detected in street view. Free datan

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

@ffaebi One of my favorite spots for a good rum is Manuel's in Zürich

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

@ffaebi Man my Swiss flat only even has copper wire and Salt insisted I use a 5g box

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

@SimonHoiberg It's a weird time in life. So incredibly temporary to have the kids be this young (mine too). I am incredibly happy my kids get to spend this time born and growing up in Switzerland even if it's not for the long term (but I plan to make it so). They will know this as home.

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

@TensorTemplar @lukas_m_ziegler @microagi Do you have outdoor/map data level work as well or is it mainly indoor scene understanding? Very curious to follow your journey and hope to cross paths in the Zürich area

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

@ffaebi @balintszy @Tesla +1 to geo beer I am in Goldau and surrounds!

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

@ffaebi @balintszy @Tesla I rented electric in LA a few years ago and had to charge before returning to the airport and during the final hours before the flight absolutely could not find a charger on Google Maps, was crazy. I stopped at 3 search results and nothing.

Do people use the Tesla nav for POIs?

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

@jeremy_olive_ DM me. I might have something that helps you document this a bit

[Christopher Beddow @cbed32]

@ffaebi @balintszy @Tesla What are the most popular charging station map apps? Or just whatever is built into Tesla? Curious to talk to somebody who builds them