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Thursday, June 24, 2021

Mapzen Captures Copenhagen For Sweden


In Apr Mapzen's Pelias geocoder accidentally started suggesting that Denmark's Copenhagen was inwards Sweden. Mapzen of assort speedily rectified the mistake. However to atone for this error Mapzen has published an interesting article which explains how the fault was made, how Pelias has been fixed in addition to why Copenhagen is not inwards Sweden.

The Assault on Copenhagen is non alone an interesting read inwards price of how Pelias mistakenly placed Copenhagen inwards Sweden (damn those pesky centroids) simply equally good a actually interesting trace of piece of employment organisation human relationship of the Second Northern War, 1655-1660. In this petty history lesson Mapzen explains how Kingdom of Denmark was able to concur on to Copenhagen despite a serial of assaults on the metropolis past times Sweden.

The article is accompanied past times an interactive map which illustrates how King Charles X advanced on Copenhagen inwards his endeavor to capture the metropolis for Sweden.