Hacker News with Generative AI: Geospatial Data

Foursquare Open Source (foursquare.com)
We believe that easy, democratized access to high-quality data and tools drives innovation and the success of the entire geospatial community. We’ve built revolutionary location technology and products to improve how businesses extract value from geospatial data, now we want to empower you with the data and tools to do the same.

Open Source, Geospatial Data, Location Technology, Business

15 points by kripy 13 hours ago | 0 comments

Foursquare Open Source Places: A new foundational dataset (simonwillison.net)
Foursquare Open Source Places: A new foundational dataset for the geospatial community (via) I did not expect this!

Open Source, Geospatial Data, Datasets, Foursquare, Location Data

148 points by po 1 day ago | 25 comments

Foursquare Open Source Places: Foundational dataset for the geospatial community (foursquare.com)
In an effort to change that dynamic, we are announcing today the general availability of a foundational open data set, Foursquare Open Source Places (“FSQ OS Places”).

Open Source, Geospatial Data, Data Sets, Community

7 points by pr337h4m 1 day ago | 0 comments

Show HN: OpenFreeMap – Free OpenStreetMap Vector Tile Hosting (openfreemap.org)
OpenFreeMap provides free map hosting so you can display custom maps on your website and apps.

Mapping, Open Source, Web Development, Geospatial Data

14 points by hyperknot 63 days ago | 2 comments

Revisiting Overture's Global Geospatial Datasets (marksblogg.com)
Since November, Overture Maps has been publishing global, open geospatial datasets every month. They've also expanded the topics they cover from building footprints and road networks to address lists and AI-generated land use data.