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Bryan Housel

@bhousel.bsky.social

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maintainer of Rapid editor and other open source mapping curios

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Stephanie May @mizmay.com · 27/03/2025

Next up: Shaping the Future of Non-Motorized Mobility – How Transportation Data Tools Shape Discovery, Access, and Travel Experiences with some familiar names: Brian Ferris, Google, Bryan Housel, @bhousel.bsky.social, Open source contributor, Eric Plosky, MobilityData, Bill Howe, UW #OpenPath2025

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Bryan Housel @bhousel.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

DMs open, or find me on: github.com/bhousel www.linkedin.com/in/bhousel/

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Bryan Housel @bhousel.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Sad news - Meta is cutting their budget that includes the work I do on Rapid, so I’m looking for a new job. If you’re looking to hire someone remote/NYC with solid frontend skills, particularly maps, dataviz, WebGL (but I’m open to anything interesting), let’s talk!

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Bryan Housel @bhousel.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

ok hear me out..

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Bryan Housel @bhousel.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

☝️ Switch to Rapid! Bookmark rapideditor.org/edit and make it your editor of choice. ✌️ Want to help us make Rapid better? Follow us on Github at github.com/facebook/Rapid or find us on our social media or @openstreetmap.bsky.social community channels. And now, the airing of grievances! 6/6

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Bryan Housel @bhousel.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

👣 New Open Footways Dataset Meta has collected openly licensed data in 5 cities (more to come!) to make it easy to add missing sidewalks to @openstreetmap.bsky.social . You can find this new dataset in the Rapid menu too! Read more here: github.com/facebookmicr... 5/6

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Bryan Housel @bhousel.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

🌎 New Overture Places Dataset Another Festivus miracle! Overture Places is an open dataset of over 50 million places. We’ve added this dataset to Rapid as a read-only preview to make it easier to contribute missing businesses and points-of-interest to @openstreetmap.bsky.social 4/6

Browsing Overture Places around Wildwood, NJ

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Bryan Housel @bhousel.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

👨‍🦽‍➡️New Curb Validator Rapid can now detect whether curb ramps can been mapped at road crossings and prompt the user to add them with a one-click fix. These suggestions look different from the previous warnings raised by our validator - they show up with a small upgrade symbol ⬆️ 3/6

Adding missing curb ramps around Philadelphia, PA

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Bryan Housel @bhousel.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

🧚‍♂️ Pixi v8 Upgrade! We upgraded Rapid’s render to use the latest version of PixiJS game engine. This version gives Rapid a welcome performance boost - if you’ve aired any grievances about Rapid being laggy, the new Rapid should perform much better for you! 2/6

Rapid Editor displaying buildings and addresses around Atlantic City, NJ

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Bryan Housel @bhousel.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Happy Festivus from the Rapid Team! Today we released v2.5 of the Rapid editor for @openstreetmap.bsky.social just in time for the “Feats of Strength” 💪 Here’s 4 new features that we’re really proud of! … 🧵 1/6

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