Looking back at and looking forward to open mapping.

Mapzen Search is now powered by Mapzen's global Gazetteer, Who's on First

We're getting ready to power Mapzen Search with Who's on First, Mapzen's open data directory of worldwide places. It's a data source that's going to make it a whole lot easier to search the whole world. If you're an existing user, here's what you need to know and what anyone interested in Mapzen Search can get excited about.

A celebration of counties - the intermediate administrative areas we never knew we loved.

Making a demo that reveals an API is harder that you might think.

We sometimes find that big things are hard to put in order.

Building a data pipeline to keep Mapzen Search data fresh and available.

It’s been an exciting year for Mapzen Search and for our users. So we thought today would be a great time to look back at some of the most exciting things you’re doing with Mapzen Search!