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bdon

Mapper since:
September 20, 2012
Last map edit:
February 22, 2025

I’m on the Wiki as User:Bdon

I’m on Bluesky as @bdon.org

Interested in fixing multipolygons, deleting nonsensical features such as sliver buildings or ways that are too short.

Mapping and correcting data: Brooklyn, NYC, and Da-an District, Taipei

Latest Diaries

OpenStreetMap Isn't Unicode

When working with OSM it’s generally fair to assume that textual data, like tag values, are encoded in UTF-8. Without this assumption, multilingual...

41 comments October 26, 2021

Vector Map Bundles

Vector Map Bundles are the follow up to Minutely Extracts which I posted about previously. You can download map bundles for up to 500,000 nodes ...

3 comments December 28, 2020

Minutely Extracts

Minutely Extracts Minutely Extracts (protomaps.com/extracts) is a new service for on-demand OpenStreetMap extracts in .osm.pbf format. Features...

1 comment February 11, 2020

Deep Dive: natural=coastline

I have made several edits around the world related to the OSM coastline. My goal is to enable small-scale derivation of land and ocean polygons wit...

5 comments December 28, 2019