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Vector Scope AI LLC. Building Global Ski Atlas and other GIS cloud projects: resort maps from OpenStreetMap, a skiing AI, and a ski game on real terrain.

Joined December 2014
Ski Mammoth's Cornice Bowl and Hangmans Hollow on real 3D terrain. OpenStreetMap runs and lifts, from Broadway Express to Panorama Gondola. Hover Sunshine Glades, Dragon Alley, then Goldhill. Climax or the Dropout Chutes first? #skiing #California
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Ski @BlueMtnResort in Ontario on real 3D terrain. OpenStreetMap runs from Happy Valley to Apple Bowl, plus 7 named chairlifts like Silver Bullet Express. Hover Sunrise, Cruiser and Rinus Run. Kandahar or Elevator Shaft first? #skiing #Ontario
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Ski Devil's Elbow and Wild Turkey on real 3D terrain: Wintergreen, Virginia. OpenStreetMap runs from Sunrise Glades to The Gap, plus 5 named chairlifts. Hover Dobie, Blue Ridge Express, then Potato Patch. Cliffhanger or Outer Limits first? #skiing #Virginia
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How many birds can you spot on Beaver Creek's trail map? Goshawk, Peregrine, Osprey, Ptarmigan, Screech Owl: all OpenStreetMap runs on real 3D terrain, plus 18 named lifts like Birds of Prey Express. Hover C-Prime, Ford's Way, then Raven Ridge. #skiing #Colorado
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From 735 m to 3,718 m in one 3D ski scene: Les Arcs, France. 65 named OpenStreetMap lifts, from Transarc to Aiguille Rouge. Hover Bois de l'Ours, Pré-Saint-Esprit, then Col de la Chal. Vallée de l'Arc or Robert Blanc first? #OpenStreetMap #threejs
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Ever skied King Tut and Cleopatra in the Poconos? Camelback, PA on real 3D terrain: 39 named OpenStreetMap runs, from Sphinx to Nile Mile, and 15 named lifts. Hover Nile Mile, The Glen lift, then Lower Cleopatra. Pharaoh or Marc Antony: which do you ski first? #skiing #maps
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Royal Coachman, Grey Ghost, Wooly Bugger: Saddleback's runs read like a fly box. Saddleback, Maine on real 3D terrain: 61 named OpenStreetMap runs and 5 named lifts. Hover Dazzler, Red Devil, then Lower Hudson Highway. Which run would you ski first? #OpenStreetMap #skiing
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Ski Snowmass on real 3D terrain. 129 named OpenStreetMap runs and 18 named lifts on a DEM from 2,426 to 3,887 m. Hover the Elk Camp lift, Bull Run, then the Sheer Bliss lift. Cirque Headwall or Hanging Valley: where do you drop first? #ScreenshotSaturday #skiing
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Replying to @berttemme
I put a cutoff of 40m for the game to run. Tavascan’s only real descent, Bosc (143 m), is marked review_needed in OSM and the two approved runs are under the 40 m cutoff, so the loader rejects the whole mountain. I’ll let the game use that descent when nothing approved clears.
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Global Ski Atlas now refreshes itself. An old mini PC runs a Docker pipeline that rebuilds one resort at a time from OpenStreetMap and terrain tiles, so the whole atlas gets fresh data every week. #openstreetmap #docker #homelab #skiing
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