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Stadia Maps

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Stadia Maps is a privacy-first location infrastructure platform that provides fast, reliable map, routing, and geocoding APIs for modern applications and AI systems. Try for free at stadiamaps.com or get help at support@stadiamaps.com.

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Stadia Maps@stadiamaps.com · 6d ago

Shadowmap by the numbers: 700,000+ monthly users, sunlight scores on Redfin and Willhaben listings, and more tile usage in the first half of 2026 than in all of 2025. So impressive that we highlighted them in a customer story!

The Platform to the Sun: How Shadowmap Uses Stadia Maps to Power Sunlight Simulation at Global Scale

How Shadowmap serves 3D sunlight simulation to 700,000+ monthly users — and powers Redfin's sunlight scores — with map tiles from Stadia Maps.

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Lat × Long@latlong.blog · last wk.

MapLibre GL JS 6.0 is available since last week. The update includes sixteen breaking changes, switching to ESM-only distribution, removing WebGL1 support, and updating TypeScript to ES2022 for better performance. latlong.blog/2026/07/mapl...

MapLibre GL JS 6.0: ESM-Only, WebGL2-Required, and Finally Mapbox-Free | Lat × Long

MapLibreGL released a major update with sixteen breaking changes, switching to ESM-only distribution, removing WebGL1 support, and updating TypeScript to ES2022 for better performance.

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Stadia Maps@stadiamaps.com · last wk.

HeiGIT built a custom openrouteservice instance for the German Red Cross's Venezuela earthquake response. It pulls in live road blockage data from HDX plus OSM, so routes avoid damaged bridges and closed roads in real time.

Dynamic routing for disaster response in Venezuela – HeiGIT

Following the catastrophic earthquakes in Venezuela on June 24, 2026, humanitarian organizations face a compromised operational landscape. With over 3,600 confirmed fatalities and tens of thousands missing, the immediate priority is delivering medical care, shelter, and psychosocial support to survivors. However, the physical destruction of entire urban blocks directly impairs the logistics of aid delivery. Deploying relief teams requires clarity on infrastructure reliability.

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Stadia Maps@stadiamaps.com · 2w ago

Thanks to @heigit.org, students recently learned how computer vision models get trained for humanitarian mapping, and why human verification still matters for data quality. Worth a read if you're thinking about AI plus crowdmapping for OSM data.

A Computer Vision Workshop with Tomorrow’s Mappers – HeiGIT

At Explore Science 2026, young students experimented with computer vision for humanitarian mapping: an occasion to learn how AI models are trained and why human input remains essential for generating quality data for urban planning and disaster management.

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Stadia Maps@stadiamaps.com · 2w ago

Store a geocoding result, and Mapbox or AWS charges you 6 to 8 times the normal query rate. Google mostly forbids it outright. Standard-tier Stadia Maps customers can cache results for the life of their subscription. No surcharges, no re-validation loops. #Geocoding #MapsAPI

Why Your Geocoding Bill Keeps Climbing

Google, Mapbox, AWS, and ESRI charge 6-8x more to store a geocoding result than to query it. Here's why the caching tax exists, and how Stadia Maps avoids it.

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Stadia Maps@stadiamaps.com · 3w ago

The openrouteservice from @heigit.org is behind Deep Time Walk: a 4.6km walk where each meter = a million years of Earth's history. Route Creator uses ORS for routing + elevation data to place "Earth Stations" on any trail. Pretty cool.

Use Case: Creating Deep Time Walk Routes with openrouteservice – HeiGIT

Deep Time Walk offers facilitated walks of 4.6 kilometers, where each meter represents one million years of our Earth's history. To empower their global network of facilitators, their new Route Creator tool makes planning these experiences accurate and grounded in real terrain, with the software making use of openrouteservice for snap-to-path routing, elevation data, and real-time distance calculation.

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Stadia Maps@stadiamaps.com · 4w ago

Proprietary geocoding data is a black box. Report an error, and it might get fixed years from now or never. We embed fix-it URLs directly in API responses, pointing to open datasets anyone can contribute to. Accuracy through transparency. #OpenData #Geocoding #BuildWithStadiaMaps

The Geocoding Engine Built on Open Data, Not Black Boxes

Stadia Maps builds geocoding & search on continuous open data streams — rapid updates, community fix-it loops, multilingual search, and precision reverse geocoding.

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Stadia Maps@stadiamaps.com · last mo.

The @overturemaps.bsky.social published how they keep Places data fresh: anonymized "heartbeat" signals from members refreshed 8.5M US POIs in the June release. A solid model for open location data.

Keeping Overture Places Fresh with Combined Signals - Overture Maps Foundation

Maintaining an accurate Places dataset at scale is challenging: Businesses are always changing, with 1 in 4 businesses opening, closing, or relocating each year. This requires a constant supply of...

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Stadia Maps@stadiamaps.com · last mo.

Google removed its Maps JS API's HeatmapLayer in May 2026. No migration path. Just "low customer usage." MapLibre GL JS has a better native heatmap. We helped a team migrate, and it's a lot simpler than you probably expect.

Google Deprecated Its Heatmap API: What to Do Next

Google's Maps JavaScript API HeatmapLayer was deprecated in May 2025 and removed in May 2026. Here's what broke, why it happened, and how to migrate to MapLibre GL JS with Stadia Maps tiles.

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Stadia Maps@stadiamaps.com · last mo.

Welcome, Rob and Rick, to the team! Both spent years at Linode (now Akamai) building a developer-loved business and picked Stadia Maps to do it again. Clean APIs. Transparent pricing. Human support. Zero end-user tracking. Maps as infrastructure, not an ad product.

Two New Leaders at Stadia Maps: What It Means for You

Rob Yoegel joins as Head of Growth and Rick Myers leads Success and Support at Stadia Maps, bringing Linode's developer-first playbook to location infrastructure.

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Stadia Maps@stadiamaps.com · last mo.

"Near me" searches are increasingly auctioned off to the highest bidder. Your geocoding API might be showing users what a platform was paid to show, not what's actually there. Our no-tracking policy means no behavioral profiles, no ad bias. #LocationPrivacy #Geocoding #BuildWithStadiaMaps

Precision Meets Privacy: Elevating the Consumer Search Experience

Most geocoding APIs are black boxes tied to ad networks. See how Stadia Maps delivers structured geocoding, global coverage, and honest search results with a strict no-tracking policy.

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