Building the Simplest Mapping Library: Volodymyr Agafonkin

Volodymyr Agafonkin is the creator of Leaflet, an open-source JS mapping library started in 2008 that is used pretty much everywhere on the Internet today. We end up nerding out on what makes building simple open source software & rendering maps online tricky but also so endlessly interesting. Volodymyr lives in Ukraine, a country shaken by a war for the past few years, which we also talk about. Sponsor: Nimbo by Kermap: https://maps.nimbo.earth/ Try out Kermap's monthly mosaic viewer Nimbo for yourself Support the podcast on Patreon:   / mindsbehindmaps   About Volodymyr Twitter:   / mourner   LinkedIn:   / agafonkin   Website: https://agafonkin.com/ Listen to this episode audio only as a podcast on your favourite app Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0u5guiZ... Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/search/Mi... Shownotes Note: Links to books are Amazon Affiliate links. I earn a small commission if you buy any of these books. Leaflet: https://leafletjs.com/ Mapbox blogpost on adaptive map projections: https://www.mapbox.com/blog/adaptive-... CloudMade: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/C... How Simplicity Will Save GIS: https://vimeo.com/106112939 Books & Podcasts The Storyteller by Dave Grohl (Affiliate Link) https://amzn.to/4cBj4hD My Effin’ Life by Geddy Lee (Affiliate Link) https://amzn.to/3vqOFlw Reply All podcast: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all Search Engine podcast: https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/welcome... Heavyweight podcast: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/heavywe... Timestamps (00:00) - Intro (01:50) - Sponsor: Nimbo (03:26) - Volodymyr Describes Himself (04:22) - The story behind Leaflet (13:31) - Cloudmade Backstory (16:42) - From closed software to open source (23:43) - Maintaining high quality code (27:56) - Cloudmade today (31:21) - Leaflet, funding, sustainable (35:09) - Raster vs Vector maps (41:34) - Map projections (46:36) - Current main challenges to mapping (50:52) - Future of Leaflet (51:54) - Leaflet and Ukraine (01:05:39) - Book & Podcast recommendation (01:09:35) - Support the podcast on Patreon Support the podcast on Patreon:   / mindsbehindmaps   My video on an introduction to satellite images:    • I Couldn't Find a Video Explaining Satelli...   Website: https://mindsbehindmaps.com/ My Twitter:   / maxlenormand   Podcast Twitter:   / mindsbehindmaps   Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter: http://tinyurl.com/nzc796ym Edited by Peter Xiong:   / cellobuddy   Find more of his work: https://symphoniclandscapes.squarespa...