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Useful imagery layers for OpenStreetMap

• Mapbox Satellite - High resolution global imagery
  tms[19]:https://api.mapbox.com/v4/mapbox.satellite/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.png?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoicHJhdGlreWFkYXYiLCJhIjoiMTA2YWUxNjRkNmFmZGQ4YzAxZWFiNDk0NDM1YjE1YjAifQ.4P6N5dNmA_WQXd3BsJvu5w
• Mapbox Satellite Open - Mid resolution globabl imagery, often more updated than Mapbox Satellite tms[19]:https://api.mapbox.com/v4/mapbox.satellite-open/{zoom}/{x}/{y}.png?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoicHJhdGlreWFkYXYiLCJhIjoiMTA2YWUxNjRkNmFmZGQ4YzAxZWFiNDk0NDM1YjE1YjAifQ.4P6N5dNmA_WQXd3BsJvu5w

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Wikimaps Atlas revival

Hitlist

• PostGIS scripts to download and load Natural Earth shapefile, OSM coastlines into a databse
• iso_a2, iso_a3 geocode API to return 2, 3 letter alphabetical ISO code of a country or state name
• bbox API to return WSEN coordinates of countries and states
• Script to generate a map makefile for a given country or state

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Open Map Lab - Bengaluru

We're open, as in open source and open minded. We like maps, just like a good guide book. And its a lab to explore, in Bengaluru.

When and where

10AM - 2PM. Sunday 7th February 2016
Mapbox BLR, opposite Indiranagar BDA Complex
Contact us on FB

Experiments

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Extending the desktop

An attempt to go beyond a computer screen.

The desk

Your desk has everything you might be looking for. Come take a seat.

Seat

Adjusting the seat and moving around gives you fresh perspectives of your desktop.

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Application Programming Interface (API)

API's are the interface for an application to talk to other applications. This is in contrast from a user interface meant for a human to interact with an application. Read more on Wikipedia.

Types of APIs

• REST -

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Web Application Programming Interface (Web API) 101

API's are the interface for an application to talk to other applications. This is defined as a set of rules describing how one application can interact with another, and the mechanisms that allow such interaction to happen. This is in contrast to a user interface meant for a human to interact with an application. Read more on Wikipedia.

Types of APIs

• Web APIs: That work over HTTP for applications to communicate over the internet
  • Representational state transfer (REST)
  • Simple Object Access Protocol(SOAP)
  • XML RPC/JSON-RPC
• Software APIs
• Command line

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{
    "version": 8,
    "name": "osmlint",
    "metadata": {
        "mapbox:groups": {
            "1444855829844.9736": {
                "name": "Aeroways",
                "collapsed": true
            },
            "1444855878987.3848": {

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Working with boundaries in OpenStreetMap

Boundaries are a commonly represented feature in most maps. OpenStreetMap is growing rapidly as a comprehensive source for highly detailed administrative and political boundaries, both at the country level and neighborhood level.