making things. saying things.

Mapzen will only sponsor events with a strong code of conduct in place. Open source mapping is for everybody!

We made an Android SDK for running location services without using Google. We think it's kind of a big deal.

You get a geocoder, and YOU get a geocoder, and YOU get a geocoder. How to set up Pelias with a custom dataset, from start to finish.

All roads (and rails, sharrows, and BRT corridors) lead to Washington, D.C. this month--if you’re a transit nerd, that is.

What if people could contribute to open source 3D maps just by taking and sharing photos? These experiments with generating point clouds are an attempt to figure out how to make that possible.

"You boys going to get somewhere, or just going?"—Jack Kerouac, On The Road.

Open is a proof of concept, meant to show the state of open source mobile mapping tools and open data.

With the advent of Halloween, what better way to celebrate than with adding an element of spookiness to our tiles