Skora, Will

Changeset: 153304189 OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

interesting: I reimported + fixed Cleveland's boundaries in OSM in '24 (b/c they were unintentionally moved over the years by editors), and used the census' ; www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/15... which have the jagged shaker heights + East CLE boundaries;

oops, my map is unusable on Mobile 😔

thanks for the reference: I don't offhand; now, I'm very intrigued! I didn't get to that area yet w/ my still in progress historical annexations map (skorasaur.us/maps/annexat...) my coworkers would definitely be able to help cpl.org/topic/history

(and there's a real tradeoff here - map loading really suffers for the user once you go above a few hundred markers!)

april 4th

panel of nvda listing form fields that includes "hi world button" and "cluster of 2 markers button" the number varies from 2 to 3.

some improvements to web map libraries id propose: geocoding the location of marker clusters and including it in the aria-label; marker clusters current aria-label is typically set as "marker cluster of 36". someone using AT & going through a list of marker clusters just gets numbers of markers!

for web map cartographers, there's no fits all solution for making a map w/ makers accessible, but on mapbox/maplibre, adding your point data as markers instead of as a map layer is a good first step (compared to adding yr data as a map layer)

new blog post on assessing #accessibility of markers & markers in web #maps skorasaur.us/2026/01/maps... #a11y #gischat - all web libraries have improvements to make; we should also listen to blind folks & their various perspectives. 1/?

i like to point out everything that's wrong with AI although in this case, the AI likely refers to Al, aluminum. (not sure if you're serious or not :))

He coulda been any number of things. He could have been unemployed and eaten goober grape straight from the jar off a shoehorn. He didn't deserve that. No one does. No one being harmed by ICE deserves what is happening to them. NO ONE.

Bill Kristol to the left of most Democrats in Congress.

Incredible.

US court allows ICE to arrest and pepper-spray peaceful protestors in Minnesota

Appeals Court Stays Restrictions on Federal Tactics in Minnesota The Eighth Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request to block, at least for now, a lower court’s injunction limiting how federal agents interact with protesters in the state.

One court decision, two different headlines.

Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?

same! I recently started following bsky.app/profile/stec... a handy bot that labels when a poster has posted >50 times or changed profile more than 3x in last 24 hrs it's helpful for identifying possible bots & how are ppl spending so much time on here?!

Nice workshop on georeferencing coming up Jan 31 w/ @oldinsurancemaps.net @openhistoricalmap.org & more as a part of the @osmus.bsky.social virtual conference - openstreetmap.us/events/mappi...

YouTube video by RidingEasy Records Granicus - Cleveland, Ohio

Granicus (cleveland 70s prog rock band) youtu.be/yem5x2Eg-rM?... > granicus (govt contractor)

RTA will be cutting service next year, but hey the climate champion mayor will save us one backroom deal at a time.

i always wondered why STM had a team but the other nearby Catholic schools (CC, OLGC, Leo's) didn't.

The story of GTFS is so cool, it really captures the vibe and hope around tech in late 2000s/10s

A public servant notices how hard it is to navigate transit in new cities, finds a couple peers who still get Fridays for side projects at Google, and they create a data standard that 100+ countries use

did you end up with one yet? your expérience ?

voici la archive.ph/rVXF5

/waves to both from Cleveland!

and #pubtransit, #urbanplanning #numtot folks in #Cleveland, check out this list search.cpl.org/MyAccount/My... cc @tkovach.bsky.social @schmangee.bsky.social

oh, and if you want to read any of these? if you're an ohio resident, you can get a Cleveland public library card! (cpl.org/library-cards) if you already have a card w/ another CLEVNET library, you can still access CPL books, search yr library's catalog & they'll appear in there.

we didn't forget about you @tkovach.bsky.social - check cpl.org/sustainability for recommended reads from our librarians on climate/environment.

I'm excited that our library's new catalog allows staff & patrons to make lists! I've made: my fav. #map & cartography books search.cpl.org/MyAccount/My... ; essential Cleveland novels according to Cleveland magazine search.cpl.org/MyAccount/My... (cc @nickoloffoff.bsky.social ) 1/?

A plan for faster buses We can speed up the bus at (almost) no cost

New from me! Chicago has far too many bus stops to provide efficient service for its riders—nearly twice the national standard. I reimagined what Chicago's bus network could do to make it look like its peers.

citythatworks.substack.com/p/a-plan-for...

@theeferringer.bsky.social the city of Cleveland ( @courier429.bsky.social and i) asks that you use antirender next time you go in front of the city planning commission (& maybe throw in something if you do it w/o AI).

i appreciate a vendor's candor when they recall the last time they accidentally deleted another customer's database/setup in production.

beautiful work, great job. agreed that Virginia set a high bar.