making things. saying things.

Mapzen is building a gazetteer of places. Not quite all the places in the world but a whole lot of them and, we hope, the kinds of places that we mostly share in common. You might want to get a cup of coffee or maybe a drink if you’ve been thinking about this sort of thing for as long as we have (or maybe longer).

Mapzen interns making maps happen via NYC's Summer Youth Employment Program

Want to learn more about making maps with Tangram? Follow this tutorial.

Exit OSRM; Enter Valhalla

Follow this new tutorial to learn how to download OpenStreetMap data through Metro Extracts and display the layers in QGIS.

Why Mapzen uses exclusively open data for its maps

Iterating over all the tiles in the world to show OSM road connectivity!

OSM is growing fast and needs more servers! Donate today!