Matt Hampel
@matthampel.bsky.social
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Announcing deck.gl-raster: 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐎𝐆 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. No server required.
1.3 𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐭𝐞 COG, streamed directly into the browser: developmentseed.org/deck.gl-rast...
- GPU-accelerated raster reprojection
- GPU image processing for colormaps, nodata values
- Efficient use of COG overviews
1.3 𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐭𝐞 COG, streamed directly into the browser: developmentseed.org/deck.gl-rast...
- GPU-accelerated raster reprojection
- GPU image processing for colormaps, nodata values
- Efficient use of COG overviews
January 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Announcing deck.gl-raster: 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭-𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐎𝐆 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. No server required.
1.3 𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐭𝐞 COG, streamed directly into the browser: developmentseed.org/deck.gl-rast...
- GPU-accelerated raster reprojection
- GPU image processing for colormaps, nodata values
- Efficient use of COG overviews
1.3 𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐭𝐞 COG, streamed directly into the browser: developmentseed.org/deck.gl-rast...
- GPU-accelerated raster reprojection
- GPU image processing for colormaps, nodata values
- Efficient use of COG overviews
Man I miss listening to the Longform podcast.
January 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Man I miss listening to the Longform podcast.
What fun, weird features would you include on a print map of a town? Tree types? Real local-knowledge landmarks? Commercial property owner names? Visually name local businesses? Sledding hills?
December 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
What fun, weird features would you include on a print map of a town? Tree types? Real local-knowledge landmarks? Commercial property owner names? Visually name local businesses? Sledding hills?
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Okay, folks. I’ve been asked by a lot of friends who aren’t following the AI discourse to sort of clarify what the main camps are arguing, how they approach the issues, etc. As a thoughtful observer, I’m happy to provide this orienting service. No questions or comments, please. Hope it helps!
July 11, 2024 at 3:54 AM
Okay, folks. I’ve been asked by a lot of friends who aren’t following the AI discourse to sort of clarify what the main camps are arguing, how they approach the issues, etc. As a thoughtful observer, I’m happy to provide this orienting service. No questions or comments, please. Hope it helps!
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THREAD: Just about every one of us has a bottle of generic medication somewhere in our house. But how much do we know about who made those drugs, and how?
The @fda.gov has made it difficult to find any of those details. 1/
www.propublica.org/article/fda-...
The @fda.gov has made it difficult to find any of those details. 1/
www.propublica.org/article/fda-...
Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You.
The agency’s decision to conceal drug names on inspection reports has prevented doctors, pharmacists and patients from knowing whether medications made overseas are tainted by manufacturing failures t...
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
THREAD: Just about every one of us has a bottle of generic medication somewhere in our house. But how much do we know about who made those drugs, and how?
The @fda.gov has made it difficult to find any of those details. 1/
www.propublica.org/article/fda-...
The @fda.gov has made it difficult to find any of those details. 1/
www.propublica.org/article/fda-...
I love this hyper-specific DTW baggage carousel ad
December 17, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I love this hyper-specific DTW baggage carousel ad
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new pmtiles CLI feature (the most requested one)
pmtiles merge input input output
docs.protomaps.com/pmtiles/cli#...
download new version here:
github.com/protomaps/go...
pmtiles merge input input output
docs.protomaps.com/pmtiles/cli#...
download new version here:
github.com/protomaps/go...
pmtiles CLI | Protomaps Docs
Technical Documentation for Protomaps
docs.protomaps.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:33 AM
new pmtiles CLI feature (the most requested one)
pmtiles merge input input output
docs.protomaps.com/pmtiles/cli#...
download new version here:
github.com/protomaps/go...
pmtiles merge input input output
docs.protomaps.com/pmtiles/cli#...
download new version here:
github.com/protomaps/go...
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Happy to share the announcement of what we've been working on for the last several months: editable data layers in Felt, with live updates to map tiles, stats, search, and everything else. felt.com/blog/lightni...
Introducing Lightning: Real-time editing for tiled data
Lightning, Felt's breakthrough technology delivers fast maps that are fully editable.
felt.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Happy to share the announcement of what we've been working on for the last several months: editable data layers in Felt, with live updates to map tiles, stats, search, and everything else. felt.com/blog/lightni...
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On Jan 1, I’ll be joining Rolling Stone as National Investigative Correspondent. Grateful to Vanity Fair for the years of opportunity and support. Looking forward to joining Sean Woods and his talented Rolling Stone team to report on national security, politics, and public health.
December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
On Jan 1, I’ll be joining Rolling Stone as National Investigative Correspondent. Grateful to Vanity Fair for the years of opportunity and support. Looking forward to joining Sean Woods and his talented Rolling Stone team to report on national security, politics, and public health.
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I’ve been working on a new chapter for my upcoming DuckDB book (duckdb.gishub.org), focusing on large-scale geospatial analytics. As part of the chapter, I generated an H3 heatmap of 2.5 billion global building footprints from Overture Maps.
Stay tuned for the book release!
#geospatial #duckdb
Stay tuned for the book release!
#geospatial #duckdb
November 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I’ve been working on a new chapter for my upcoming DuckDB book (duckdb.gishub.org), focusing on large-scale geospatial analytics. As part of the chapter, I generated an H3 heatmap of 2.5 billion global building footprints from Overture Maps.
Stay tuned for the book release!
#geospatial #duckdb
Stay tuned for the book release!
#geospatial #duckdb
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Tariffs are bad, but I'd have more sympathy for US transit agencies if they weren't inflating the costs of new buses by customizing absolutely everything (and fighting against efforts to lower costs by standardizing designs).
North American bus manufacturers, transit associations brace for new 10% bus tariff
Without relief mechanisms, transit agencies could lose buying power and have to delay climate-driven purchases.
www.masstransitmag.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Tariffs are bad, but I'd have more sympathy for US transit agencies if they weren't inflating the costs of new buses by customizing absolutely everything (and fighting against efforts to lower costs by standardizing designs).
@agoldman.bsky.social thought you might appreciate this wild Halloween heydon reference
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
@agoldman.bsky.social thought you might appreciate this wild Halloween heydon reference
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Impossible! Ann Arbor is a special place. No lessons from other cities apply here. We have to invent everything from scratch with a process that takes a minimum of 20 years and involves at least a dozen postcards sent registered mail to each homeowner (but no renters, please) #a2council
Similar stuff happening in Cambridge 🙄
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Impossible! Ann Arbor is a special place. No lessons from other cities apply here. We have to invent everything from scratch with a process that takes a minimum of 20 years and involves at least a dozen postcards sent registered mail to each homeowner (but no renters, please) #a2council
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Shocking absolutely no one, people with PtP signs on Granger are not handing out candy tonight. #a2council
October 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Shocking absolutely no one, people with PtP signs on Granger are not handing out candy tonight. #a2council
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
Can we turn the Ypsilanti data center into a municipal steam system?
October 20, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Can we turn the Ypsilanti data center into a municipal steam system?
I wish @aadl.org had delivery. Mostly because I’m too lazy to pick up my holds today. I’d pick up some volunteer shifts to cargo bike books to folks …
October 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I wish @aadl.org had delivery. Mostly because I’m too lazy to pick up my holds today. I’d pick up some volunteer shifts to cargo bike books to folks …
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Beautiful to see such a diverse group of voices sharing why they love Ann Arbor and believe in building a more welcoming, sustainable, and connected city. These talks capture the best of who we can be together. #a2council
www.youtube.com/@MoreNeighbo...
www.youtube.com/@MoreNeighbo...
October 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Beautiful to see such a diverse group of voices sharing why they love Ann Arbor and believe in building a more welcoming, sustainable, and connected city. These talks capture the best of who we can be together. #a2council
www.youtube.com/@MoreNeighbo...
www.youtube.com/@MoreNeighbo...
This week -- frost expected tonight.
October 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This week -- frost expected tonight.
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In continuation of my spotless record of earnestly oversharing about my career, I offer yet another blog post: www.mapcenter.com/blog/budget-...
Budget Cuts and the End of the Line — The Map Center
Well, the budget cuts come for us all, in the end. For the past year I've been a contractor for Amtrak where I've been working remotely from my desk at The Map Center. I've effectively been doing two ...
www.mapcenter.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
In continuation of my spotless record of earnestly oversharing about my career, I offer yet another blog post: www.mapcenter.com/blog/budget-...
Still getting a good dahlia collection out!
October 2, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Still getting a good dahlia collection out!
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We are thrilled to announce that @aadl.org plans to acquire the Ann Arbor Observer!
Public ownership of local news media is more important than ever, and this acquisition builds on years of partnership and archival work to ensure the future of this priceless community asset.
aadl.org/node/647334
Public ownership of local news media is more important than ever, and this acquisition builds on years of partnership and archival work to ensure the future of this priceless community asset.
aadl.org/node/647334
The Ann Arbor District Library Plans to Acquire the Ann Arbor Observer | Ann Arbor District Library
aadl.org
September 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
We are thrilled to announce that @aadl.org plans to acquire the Ann Arbor Observer!
Public ownership of local news media is more important than ever, and this acquisition builds on years of partnership and archival work to ensure the future of this priceless community asset.
aadl.org/node/647334
Public ownership of local news media is more important than ever, and this acquisition builds on years of partnership and archival work to ensure the future of this priceless community asset.
aadl.org/node/647334
If you see this, post a bridge.
www.jazzadvice.com/lessons/paul...
www.jazzadvice.com/lessons/paul...
September 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
If you see this, post a bridge.
www.jazzadvice.com/lessons/paul...
www.jazzadvice.com/lessons/paul...
Something of a garden cleanout bouquet this week. Sage, broccoli and basil flowers, with the usual ammis and zinnias.
September 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Something of a garden cleanout bouquet this week. Sage, broccoli and basil flowers, with the usual ammis and zinnias.