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<h2 id="projects">Projects</h2> <p>Mapzen's hosted products were powered by open-source components, including: </p> <ul><li><a href="https://pelias.io/">Pelias</a> - a <a href="/facts/Geocoder/KtTELe73">geocoder</a>/search engine</li> <li><a href="https://tangrams.readthedocs.io/">Tangram</a> - a set of cross-platform 3D map rendering libraries</li> <li><a href="https://github.com/tilezen">Tilezen</a> - vector map tiles based on <a href="/facts/OpenStreetMap/Hd3yejum">OpenStreetMap</a> data</li> <li><a href="https://valhalla.readthedocs.io/">Valhalla</a> - a multi-modal routing engine</li> <li><a href="https://www.transit.land">Transitland</a> - an open transit data platform that aggregates <a href="/facts/GTFS/FbKYYUrI">GTFS</a> feeds</li> <li><a href="https://whosonfirst.org/">Who's on First</a> - a <a href="/facts/Gazetteer/sb5TooQl">gazetteer</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://mapzen.com/">Mapzen · an open, sustainable, and accessible mapping platform</a></li> <li><a href="https://mapzen.com/documentation/">Documentation · Mapzen</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Bliss, Laura (2015-05-12). "Interactive Maps Can Now Get the 'Matrix' Treatment". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-08-16. <a href="http://www.citylab.com/design/2015/05/interactive-maps-can-now-get-the-matrix-treatment/392981/" target="_blank">http://www.citylab.com/design/2015/05/interactive-maps-can-now-get-the-matrix-treatment/392981/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Mapzen - OpenStreetMap Wiki". wiki.openstreetmap.org. <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapzen" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapzen</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Made With Mapzen · Mapzen". www.mapzen.com. <a href="https://www.mapzen.com/blog/made-with-mapzen/" target="_blank">https://www.mapzen.com/blog/made-with-mapzen/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Mapzen". GitHub. <a href="https://github.com/mapzen" target="_blank">https://github.com/mapzen</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>https://www.linkedin.com/in/randymeech/ [self-published source] <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/randymeech/" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/randymeech/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>AppleInsider (2015-06-30). "Samsung subsidiary Mapzen hiring Apple cartographers, designers for maps initiative". AppleInsider. Retrieved 2017-08-16. <a href="//appleinsider.com/articles/15/06/30/samsung-subsidiary-hiring-apple-cartographers-designers-for-maps-initiative" target="_blank">//appleinsider.com/articles/15/06/30/samsung-subsidiary-hiring-apple-cartographers-designers-for-maps-initiative</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Mapzen Shutdown :( · Mapzen". www.mapzen.com. <a href="https://www.mapzen.com/blog/shutdown/" target="_blank">https://www.mapzen.com/blog/shutdown/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Marshall, Aarian. "An Open Source Startup Dies, But Mapping Is Still Hotter Than Ever". WIRED. Retrieved 9 August 2018. <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/mapzen-shuts-down/" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/mapzen-shuts-down/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Mapzen Open Source Data and Software for Real-Time Mapping Applications to Become A Linux Foundation Project". The Linux Foundation. 2019-01-28. Retrieved 2019-01-28. <a href="https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-release/2019/01/mapzen-open-source-data-and-software-for-real-time-mapping-applications-to-become-a-linux-foundation-project/" target="_blank">https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press-release/2019/01/mapzen-open-source-data-and-software-for-real-time-mapping-applications-to-become-a-linux-foundation-project/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>