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Worldwide, affordable geocoding and geosearch using open data. Since 2013. https://opencagedata.com
We organize Geomob events/podcast: https://thegeomob.com
Based in Germany, serving customers worldwide.
We organize Geomob events/podcast: https://thegeomob.com
Based in Germany, serving customers worldwide.
We present for your weekend reading pleasure ...
the latest edition to our #OpenStreetMap interview series is a discussion with Mikhail Kuzin, one of the makers of OSMPIE (the OpenStreetMap Perfect Intersection Editor), a new OSM editor for the challenging task of editing road intersections.
the latest edition to our #OpenStreetMap interview series is a discussion with Mikhail Kuzin, one of the makers of OSMPIE (the OpenStreetMap Perfect Intersection Editor), a new OSM editor for the challenging task of editing road intersections.
October 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We present for your weekend reading pleasure ...
the latest edition to our #OpenStreetMap interview series is a discussion with Mikhail Kuzin, one of the makers of OSMPIE (the OpenStreetMap Perfect Intersection Editor), a new OSM editor for the challenging task of editing road intersections.
the latest edition to our #OpenStreetMap interview series is a discussion with Mikhail Kuzin, one of the makers of OSMPIE (the OpenStreetMap Perfect Intersection Editor), a new OSM editor for the challenging task of editing road intersections.
13/ Time’s up! Thank you for delving into the oddities of 🇮🇳 🕓 Indian time with us
Any other countries with time-specific #geoweirdness we should explore? Let us know in the comments below.
As always we have many more geothreads over on our blog: https://blog.opencagedata.com/geothreads
Any other countries with time-specific #geoweirdness we should explore? Let us know in the comments below.
As always we have many more geothreads over on our blog: https://blog.opencagedata.com/geothreads
October 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
13/ Time’s up! Thank you for delving into the oddities of 🇮🇳 🕓 Indian time with us
Any other countries with time-specific #geoweirdness we should explore? Let us know in the comments below.
As always we have many more geothreads over on our blog: https://blog.opencagedata.com/geothreads
Any other countries with time-specific #geoweirdness we should explore? Let us know in the comments below.
As always we have many more geothreads over on our blog: https://blog.opencagedata.com/geothreads
13/ Time’s up! Thank you for delving into the oddities of 🇮🇳 🕓 Indian time with us
Any other countries with time-specific #geoweirdness we should explore? Let us know in the comments below.
As always we have many more geothreads over on our blog: https://blog.opencagedata.com/geothreads
Any other countries with time-specific #geoweirdness we should explore? Let us know in the comments below.
As always we have many more geothreads over on our blog: https://blog.opencagedata.com/geothreads
October 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
13/ Time’s up! Thank you for delving into the oddities of 🇮🇳 🕓 Indian time with us
Any other countries with time-specific #geoweirdness we should explore? Let us know in the comments below.
As always we have many more geothreads over on our blog: https://blog.opencagedata.com/geothreads
Any other countries with time-specific #geoweirdness we should explore? Let us know in the comments below.
As always we have many more geothreads over on our blog: https://blog.opencagedata.com/geothreads
12/ Unlike other regional times that were replaced in 1906, Bombay Time endured much longer, until 1955
October 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
12/ Unlike other regional times that were replaced in 1906, Bombay Time endured much longer, until 1955
11/ The Andaman and Nicobar Islands had their own time too — Port Blair Mean Time. Historical records describe it as 17 minutes and 17 seconds (UTC+6:10:37) ahead of Calcutta time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Blair_mean_time
#geoweirdness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Blair_mean_time
#geoweirdness
October 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
11/ The Andaman and Nicobar Islands had their own time too — Port Blair Mean Time. Historical records describe it as 17 minutes and 17 seconds (UTC+6:10:37) ahead of Calcutta time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Blair_mean_time
#geoweirdness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Blair_mean_time
#geoweirdness
12/ Unlike other regional times that were replaced in 1906, Bombay Time endured much longer, until 1955
October 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
12/ Unlike other regional times that were replaced in 1906, Bombay Time endured much longer, until 1955
11/ The Andaman and Nicobar Islands had their own time too — Port Blair Mean Time. Historical records describe it as 17 minutes and 17 seconds (UTC+6:10:37) ahead of Calcutta time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Blair_mean_time
#geoweirdness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Blair_mean_time
#geoweirdness
October 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
11/ The Andaman and Nicobar Islands had their own time too — Port Blair Mean Time. Historical records describe it as 17 minutes and 17 seconds (UTC+6:10:37) ahead of Calcutta time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Blair_mean_time
#geoweirdness
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Blair_mean_time
#geoweirdness
10/ Established in 1802 by John Goldingham, an astronomer at the British East India Company, Madras time was set at 5 hours, 21 minutes and 14 seconds ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, making it the closest regional time to today’s IST.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Time
October 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
10/ Established in 1802 by John Goldingham, an astronomer at the British East India Company, Madras time was set at 5 hours, 21 minutes and 14 seconds ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, making it the closest regional time to today’s IST.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Time
10/ Established in 1802 by John Goldingham, an astronomer at the British East India Company, Madras time was set at 5 hours, 21 minutes and 14 seconds ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, making it the closest regional time to today’s IST.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Time
October 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
10/ Established in 1802 by John Goldingham, an astronomer at the British East India Company, Madras time was set at 5 hours, 21 minutes and 14 seconds ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, making it the closest regional time to today’s IST.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Time
9/ Before IST was introduced in 1906, there were several regional time zones across the country.
Some of the offsets were… unorthodox.
The first time zone we’ll cover was “Indian Standard Railway Time” that used local Japalbur time, 34 minutes and 6 seconds behind Calcutta Time (UTC+5:53:20)
Some of the offsets were… unorthodox.
The first time zone we’ll cover was “Indian Standard Railway Time” that used local Japalbur time, 34 minutes and 6 seconds behind Calcutta Time (UTC+5:53:20)
October 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
9/ Before IST was introduced in 1906, there were several regional time zones across the country.
Some of the offsets were… unorthodox.
The first time zone we’ll cover was “Indian Standard Railway Time” that used local Japalbur time, 34 minutes and 6 seconds behind Calcutta Time (UTC+5:53:20)
Some of the offsets were… unorthodox.
The first time zone we’ll cover was “Indian Standard Railway Time” that used local Japalbur time, 34 minutes and 6 seconds behind Calcutta Time (UTC+5:53:20)
9/ Before IST was introduced in 1906, there were several regional time zones across the country.
Some of the offsets were… unorthodox.
The first time zone we’ll cover was “Indian Standard Railway Time” that used local Japalbur time, 34 minutes and 6 seconds behind Calcutta Time (UTC+5:53:20)
Some of the offsets were… unorthodox.
The first time zone we’ll cover was “Indian Standard Railway Time” that used local Japalbur time, 34 minutes and 6 seconds behind Calcutta Time (UTC+5:53:20)
October 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
9/ Before IST was introduced in 1906, there were several regional time zones across the country.
Some of the offsets were… unorthodox.
The first time zone we’ll cover was “Indian Standard Railway Time” that used local Japalbur time, 34 minutes and 6 seconds behind Calcutta Time (UTC+5:53:20)
Some of the offsets were… unorthodox.
The first time zone we’ll cover was “Indian Standard Railway Time” that used local Japalbur time, 34 minutes and 6 seconds behind Calcutta Time (UTC+5:53:20)
8/ However, more contemporary research suggests that perhaps, the optimal option for India 🇮🇳 isn’t sticking with any of the most commonly proposed options: Sticking with IST, introducing DST or introducing two timezones.
October 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
8/ However, more contemporary research suggests that perhaps, the optimal option for India 🇮🇳 isn’t sticking with any of the most commonly proposed options: Sticking with IST, introducing DST or introducing two timezones.
8/ However, more contemporary research suggests that perhaps, the optimal option for India 🇮🇳 isn’t sticking with any of the most commonly proposed options: Sticking with IST, introducing DST or introducing two timezones.
October 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
8/ However, more contemporary research suggests that perhaps, the optimal option for India 🇮🇳 isn’t sticking with any of the most commonly proposed options: Sticking with IST, introducing DST or introducing two timezones.
7/ Indeed, some have taken matters into their own hands!
Tea-growing communities in Assam use Tea Garden Time, or Chai Bagantime.
Tea-growing communities in Assam use Tea Garden Time, or Chai Bagantime.
October 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
7/ Indeed, some have taken matters into their own hands!
Tea-growing communities in Assam use Tea Garden Time, or Chai Bagantime.
Tea-growing communities in Assam use Tea Garden Time, or Chai Bagantime.
6/ The point which defines Indian Standard Time is 82°30'E, meaning the “Indian Greenwich” point sits in the Mirzapur district in Uttar
Pradesh.
Pradesh.
October 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
6/ The point which defines Indian Standard Time is 82°30'E, meaning the “Indian Greenwich” point sits in the Mirzapur district in Uttar
Pradesh.
Pradesh.
5/ But sticking to the modern concept of time, as many of you will know, DST, or summer time, involves moving clocks back, normally by one hour, so that days end a bit later and days are “longer”.
October 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
5/ But sticking to the modern concept of time, as many of you will know, DST, or summer time, involves moving clocks back, normally by one hour, so that days end a bit later and days are “longer”.
4/ Before we go further it is also worth noting that many different cultures and religions of India 🇮🇳 have their own traditional concepts of time, and you can easily lose a few hours over on wikipedia going down rabbit holes like
October 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
4/ Before we go further it is also worth noting that many different cultures and religions of India 🇮🇳 have their own traditional concepts of time, and you can easily lose a few hours over on wikipedia going down rabbit holes like
2/ We start with the basics.
India 🇮🇳 uses Indian Standard Time (IST) with an offset of UTC+5:30. It is referred to as Echo Star (E*) in military/aviation time and Asia/Kolkata in the IANA time zone database.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time
India 🇮🇳 uses Indian Standard Time (IST) with an offset of UTC+5:30. It is referred to as Echo Star (E*) in military/aviation time and Asia/Kolkata in the IANA time zone database.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time
October 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
2/ We start with the basics.
India 🇮🇳 uses Indian Standard Time (IST) with an offset of UTC+5:30. It is referred to as Echo Star (E*) in military/aviation time and Asia/Kolkata in the IANA time zone database.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time
India 🇮🇳 uses Indian Standard Time (IST) with an offset of UTC+5:30. It is referred to as Echo Star (E*) in military/aviation time and Asia/Kolkata in the IANA time zone database.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time
In most of the northern hemisphere it is almost time ⏲️ to turn the clocks back
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
October 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
In most of the northern hemisphere it is almost time ⏲️ to turn the clocks back
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
2/ As ever, over on the blog you can find:
- the full list of our #OpenStreetMap and #OpenData efforts:
https://blog.opencagedata.com/tagged/givingback
- the full list of OSM interviews going back over 10 years:
- the full list of our #OpenStreetMap and #OpenData efforts:
https://blog.opencagedata.com/tagged/givingback
- the full list of OSM interviews going back over 10 years:
October 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
2/ As ever, over on the blog you can find:
- the full list of our #OpenStreetMap and #OpenData efforts:
https://blog.opencagedata.com/tagged/givingback
- the full list of OSM interviews going back over 10 years:
- the full list of our #OpenStreetMap and #OpenData efforts:
https://blog.opencagedata.com/tagged/givingback
- the full list of OSM interviews going back over 10 years:
2/ as always you can find all the SDKs for our geocoding API here: https://opencagedata.com/sdks
We now have more than 40 languages and frameworks
We now have more than 40 languages and frameworks
September 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
2/ as always you can find all the SDKs for our geocoding API here: https://opencagedata.com/sdks
We now have more than 40 languages and frameworks
We now have more than 40 languages and frameworks
Great news for PowerShell users, Allison Ragasa has published a PowerShell module for using our geocoding API
Details on the blog: https://blog.opencagedata.com/post/powershell-module-for-the-opencage-geocoding-api
#powershell
Details on the blog: https://blog.opencagedata.com/post/powershell-module-for-the-opencage-geocoding-api
#powershell
September 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Great news for PowerShell users, Allison Ragasa has published a PowerShell module for using our geocoding API
Details on the blog: https://blog.opencagedata.com/post/powershell-module-for-the-opencage-geocoding-api
#powershell
Details on the blog: https://blog.opencagedata.com/post/powershell-module-for-the-opencage-geocoding-api
#powershell
2/ this is our 8th #OpenStreetMap interview of 2025, so we are almost keeping to our goal of one per month 💪
Who should we speak with next?
As always, you can find all the interviews - including with many country or regional OSM communities - over on the blog:
Who should we speak with next?
As always, you can find all the interviews - including with many country or regional OSM communities - over on the blog:
September 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
2/ this is our 8th #OpenStreetMap interview of 2025, so we are almost keeping to our goal of one per month 💪
Who should we speak with next?
As always, you can find all the interviews - including with many country or regional OSM communities - over on the blog:
Who should we speak with next?
As always, you can find all the interviews - including with many country or regional OSM communities - over on the blog:
Today we’re at The Things Conference in Amsterdam, our very own @freyfogle will be speaking at 10:00 in Forum Two
https://www.thethingsconference.com/agenda-2025/recozeye5qo3ahbyx
See you there!
#thethingsconference
https://www.thethingsconference.com/agenda-2025/recozeye5qo3ahbyx
See you there!
#thethingsconference
September 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Today we’re at The Things Conference in Amsterdam, our very own @freyfogle will be speaking at 10:00 in Forum Two
https://www.thethingsconference.com/agenda-2025/recozeye5qo3ahbyx
See you there!
#thethingsconference
https://www.thethingsconference.com/agenda-2025/recozeye5qo3ahbyx
See you there!
#thethingsconference
2/ Dustin will be among the speakers at the next Geomob London #geomobLON coming up on 🗓️ 22 Oct:
https://thegeomob.com/post/oct-22nd-2025-geomoblon-details
We hope you can join us there.
As always, you can find all of our #OpenStreetMap interviews over on the blog:
https://thegeomob.com/post/oct-22nd-2025-geomoblon-details
We hope you can join us there.
As always, you can find all of our #OpenStreetMap interviews over on the blog:
September 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
2/ Dustin will be among the speakers at the next Geomob London #geomobLON coming up on 🗓️ 22 Oct:
https://thegeomob.com/post/oct-22nd-2025-geomoblon-details
We hope you can join us there.
As always, you can find all of our #OpenStreetMap interviews over on the blog:
https://thegeomob.com/post/oct-22nd-2025-geomoblon-details
We hope you can join us there.
As always, you can find all of our #OpenStreetMap interviews over on the blog: