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Jake Coppinger
Personal blog · jakecoppinger.com · on HN as jakecoppdatapolitics
Jake Coppinger's personal blog at jakecoppinger.com covers data and politics. Since 2022, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times, most often “Lane-accurate street maps with OpenStreetMap – writing a vector tileserver”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-12, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Jake Coppinger's 2022 post on creating aerial imagery, in a thread about building a mini Google Street View. The link is cited as a previous HN submission, with no comment on the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Jake Coppinger's blog and portfolio.
Most-linked posts?
- Lane-accurate street maps with OpenStreetMap – writing a vector tileserver2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-01-17
- Green Lights More Often: The Secret 2018 Study of Sydney's Traffic Signals2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-09-23
- Creating aerial imagery with a bike helmet camera (GoPro) and OpenDroneMap2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-12-11
What Hacker News says?
> [shared lanes] They're awful both for cyclists and pedestrians. People riding bikes would always prefer a dedicated separated cycleway. Cyclists want to be on the footpath less than people walking want them there - they would only use it because it's safer than the road. What usually happens here (and I assume is common in the US!) is the state transport department veto's taking away space from cars to build a pro…
Comment linking /2024/09/another-broken-westconnex-promise-secret-sydney-park-junction-design-changes/
on “Fatbikes are wreaking havoc in Sydney's wealthy beach suburbs”Submitted Show HN: Visualising real-time Sydney bus congestion with Marey charts as a story · 56 points
HN discussionWithout excusing the behaviour around illegal electric motorbikes, there has also been absolutely shocking media coverage in Australia on road deaths. Here's a summary of a particularly bad week of coverage: https://jakecoppinger.com/2025/12/why-wont-the-media-report-... Did you notice this article doesn't have a single mention of safe bike lanes? In Australia we spend ~0.2% of our transport budget on cycling and wa…
Comment linking /2025/12/why-wont-the-media-report-accurately-on-road-deaths/
on “Fatbikes are wreaking havoc in Sydney's wealthy beach suburbs”Submitted Why Won't the Media Report Accurately on Road Deaths? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionMany of the Road authorities in the EU run vehicles to image their roads and surroundings with kit similar to G's Streeetview. If you are working with the local government they could reach out to RA's in neighboring countries. Also https://www.mapillary.com/ This was also posted on HN recently: https://jakecoppinger.com/2022/12/creating-aerial-imagery-wi...
Comment linking /2022/12/creating-aerial-imagery-with-a-bike-helmet-camera-and-opendronemap/
on “Ask HN: How to Build Your Own (Mini) Google Street View?”Submitted Green Lights More Often: The Secret 2018 Study of Sydney's Traffic Signals as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI also wrote a blog post on beg buttons in the Sydney CBD: https://jakecoppinger.com/2022/12/sydney-cbd-is-bringing-bac... (194 comments on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34058004 )
Comment linking /2022/12/sydney-cbd-is-bringing-back-pedestrian-beg-buttons/
on a deleted threadSubmitted Green Lights More Often: The Secret 2018 Study of Sydney's Traffic Signals as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Another broken WestConnex promise: secret Sydney Park Junction design changes as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Which Australian councils are building the most cycleways? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Generating aerial imagery with your iPhone's Lidar sensor as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Creating aerial imagery with a bike helmet camera (GoPro) and OpenDroneMap as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Just one more lane: TfNSW revives WestConnex zombie Alexandria to Moore Park as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Did the Chicken Catch the Metro? 'Cause It Was Faster Than Crossing the Road as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Subterranean Sydney: A Cross-Section of Town Hall Station Made with iPhone Lidar as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Observations from Australia's First Micromobility Conference as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mapping every QMS ad billboard in Sydney with OpenStreetMap as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Shining a Light on the Traffic Signals of Sydney as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Writing a Vector Tileserver for Osm2streets as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lane-accurate street maps with OpenStreetMap – writing a vector tileserver as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Swimming in the Sydney CBD – Marrinawi Cove as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sydney CBD is bringing back pedestrian “beg buttons” as a story · 1 points
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