My First Nix Derivation: OpenStreetMap Overpass Server

I stumbled upon Nix recently and I thought it was a very interesting project. If you’ve managed to find this post, then I imagine you already have an idea of what Nix is. But if not, they’ve provided a handy page describing exactly what makes it so convenient for developers. One of the things you find out very quickly when you start learning Nix is that a lot of information teaching Nix is in the form of blog posts from random people sharing what they’re doing to learn Nix....

October 23, 2022

Walking App (Application Concept)

A Godot-based application for tracking where you’ve been in the world, making use of OpenStreetMap data. This is a prototype for a larger idea that may be pursued in the future. Concept An application intended to help you thoroughly explore an area of the world. Pick an area of the world map with roads or paths that you’d like to explore every part of. Then, import GPX files tracking previous excursions through that area, and try to ‘fill out’ the entire map by visiting every point....

October 3, 2022