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Steve Coast: Discussing the Future of Maps & Tech with the Founder of OpenStreetMap (& why he thinks maps will disappear) - MBM #30
Manage episode 342770695 series 2913396
Steve Coast is the Founder of OpenStreetMap, one of the most successful open source projects; started in 2004 and now used everywhere from Apple's Maps, Mapbox and even Pokemon Go recently. Steve has worked at places like Microsoft, TomTom, Telenav & Digital Globe.
We talk about the future of mapping and Tech in general as well as how Steve thinks maps will disappear.
Buckle up this is a long one, but well worth it.
I highly recommend you watch this one on YouTube
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About Steve:
Shownotes
- OSM timelapse over England from Geofabrik
- Peter Thiel: Zero to One
- Mark Zuckerberg on The Joe Rogan Experience
- Naval
- Cellular Automaton
- Rule 110 (not 238 as I eluded to)
- John Boyd
- The book of OSM
- Stephen Wolfram
- Neal Stephenson: The Diamond Age
- James Dyson: Invention: A Life
- The 48 Laws of Power
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
- Podcast Recommendation: EconTalk
- Book Recommendation: Travels by Michael Crichton
Timestamps
03:47 - Conversation begins, Steve Describes Himself
06:30 -Why Does Steve think he's Good at Predicting Trends
12:22 - Steve's Predictions for the Future of Maps
21:36 - Maps will Disappear
26:46 - Incentives for a Location Based Social Media
33:26 - Steve's Detachment to Maps
38:17 - Past Achievements as Mental Frameworks
50:37 - The Start of OpenStreepMap
59:33 - Why Did OpenStreetMap work (and not other projects)?
01:04:44 - Simplicity Over Anything Else
01:17:05 - How does one build Simple Products?
01:20:35 - The influence of Cellular Automaton
01:25:18 - Pushing One's Self to Think Outside the Box
01:32:53 - Steve's Understanding of Maps when he started OSM
01:36:38 - Everything is Illegal, Except Tech
01:52:40 - Steve's Current Interests
01:58:00 - Crypto, Why it's At Least Worth Paying Attention To
02:03:22 - Putting Maps on the Blockchain, and Why You'd Even Want to Do That
02:12:13 - The Next Thing that Will Kill OpenStreetMap
02:21:10 - All the Maps are the Same Today, But Don't Need to Be
02:31:28 - Believing (or Not) in Early Projects
02:33:38 - Advice for (not Only) Young People
02:44:53 - Steve on Podcasts
02:49:02 - Steve's Book Recommendations
Feel free to reach out!
- Website
- My Twitter
- Podcast Twitter
- Previous Newsletter: Why I want to do more interviews in person
- Sponsor the Podcast
- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work
76 episodes
Manage episode 342770695 series 2913396
Steve Coast is the Founder of OpenStreetMap, one of the most successful open source projects; started in 2004 and now used everywhere from Apple's Maps, Mapbox and even Pokemon Go recently. Steve has worked at places like Microsoft, TomTom, Telenav & Digital Globe.
We talk about the future of mapping and Tech in general as well as how Steve thinks maps will disappear.
Buckle up this is a long one, but well worth it.
I highly recommend you watch this one on YouTube
---
Episode Sponsor: OpenCage
Use OpenCage for your geocoding needs with their API.
They have a generous Free trial you can sign up to!
---
About Steve:
Shownotes
- OSM timelapse over England from Geofabrik
- Peter Thiel: Zero to One
- Mark Zuckerberg on The Joe Rogan Experience
- Naval
- Cellular Automaton
- Rule 110 (not 238 as I eluded to)
- John Boyd
- The book of OSM
- Stephen Wolfram
- Neal Stephenson: The Diamond Age
- James Dyson: Invention: A Life
- The 48 Laws of Power
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
- Podcast Recommendation: EconTalk
- Book Recommendation: Travels by Michael Crichton
Timestamps
03:47 - Conversation begins, Steve Describes Himself
06:30 -Why Does Steve think he's Good at Predicting Trends
12:22 - Steve's Predictions for the Future of Maps
21:36 - Maps will Disappear
26:46 - Incentives for a Location Based Social Media
33:26 - Steve's Detachment to Maps
38:17 - Past Achievements as Mental Frameworks
50:37 - The Start of OpenStreepMap
59:33 - Why Did OpenStreetMap work (and not other projects)?
01:04:44 - Simplicity Over Anything Else
01:17:05 - How does one build Simple Products?
01:20:35 - The influence of Cellular Automaton
01:25:18 - Pushing One's Self to Think Outside the Box
01:32:53 - Steve's Understanding of Maps when he started OSM
01:36:38 - Everything is Illegal, Except Tech
01:52:40 - Steve's Current Interests
01:58:00 - Crypto, Why it's At Least Worth Paying Attention To
02:03:22 - Putting Maps on the Blockchain, and Why You'd Even Want to Do That
02:12:13 - The Next Thing that Will Kill OpenStreetMap
02:21:10 - All the Maps are the Same Today, But Don't Need to Be
02:31:28 - Believing (or Not) in Early Projects
02:33:38 - Advice for (not Only) Young People
02:44:53 - Steve on Podcasts
02:49:02 - Steve's Book Recommendations
Feel free to reach out!
- Website
- My Twitter
- Podcast Twitter
- Previous Newsletter: Why I want to do more interviews in person
- Sponsor the Podcast
- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work
76 episodes
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