Andy Allan
gravitystorm@m.gravitystorm.co.uk
<p>Founder of <a href="https://www.thunderforest.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">thunderforest.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, creator of <a href="https://www.opencyclemap.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">opencyclemap.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> and general <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">openstreetmap.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> veteran</p>
Posts
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Post #4489770
Some git things that I&#39;ve learned in the last 3 months, having used git for over 17 years 😆 : `git commit --amend` - with staged changes. Instead of running `git rebase -i HEAD~2`. Found this by accident. `git branch --merged` - lists merged branches that are ready to be deleted. `git worktree` - I think I&#39;d heard of these before, but I&#39;ve started using them for real. Very useful for some of our Thunderforest stylesheets when variations (e.g. dark mode) live on long-li...
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Post #2953454
It&#39;s a sunny day today, which reminds me there are currently three community energy investment opportunities open on Ethex! https://www.ethex.org.uk/investments Kent Community Energy, Bath &amp; West Community Energy, and the Low Carbon Hub. The last one is particularly interesting to me because they are raising funds to buy a battery for an existing solar park - they produce more solar than they can export during the middle of the day, so want to do some time-shifting of that pow...
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Post #2953453
Yesterday I nerd-sniped myself while working on our next client-side style. I noticed that the dashes on one of the paths was occasionally not quite right, but I just couldn&#39;t put my finger on it. Cue several hours of noodling away on a problem that I&#39;m sure nobody else would ever notice! Eventually I figured out how to more clearly demonstrate the issue, and that it was a bug in Maplibre. I think the fix took them less time than me filing the issue! 🎉 https://github.com/mapli...
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Post #1980372
RE: https://mastodon.social/@_Davidsmith/116483228365521545 If you want to learn more about how we worked with David on the custom cartography used in Pedometer++ (including the Dark Mode that we created for him), we&#39;ve got an interview with him on our website: https://www.thunderforest.com/customers/pedometer/ &quot;I really appreciate that you do things in a way that is trying to make my life easier.&quot; - that&#39;s exactly what we aim for! 😃 #thunderforest #cartogr...
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Post #786428
We&#39;ve been working hard on our latest vector style - Transport! Our familiar global transportation map is now available in our Vector Styles API, for use with your #maplibre projects. https://www.thunderforest.com/maps/transport/preview/vector-styles-api/ It&#39;s our most complex client-side style so far, but I&#39;m very pleased with how it&#39;s turned out. Feedback is always welcome! #thunderforest