Mapzen Captures Copenhagen For Sweden

In Apr Mapzen's Pelias geocoder accidentally started suggesting that Denmark's Copenhagen was inward Sweden. Mapzen of degree chop-chop rectified the mistake. However to atone for this error Mapzen has published an interesting article which explains how the error was made, how Pelias has been fixed together with why Copenhagen is not inward Sweden.

The Assault on Copenhagen is non exclusively an interesting read inward damage of how Pelias mistakenly placed Copenhagen inward Sweden (damn those pesky centroids) only besides a actually interesting trouble concern human relationship of the Second Northern War, 1655-1660. In this footling history lesson Mapzen explains how Kingdom of Denmark was able to agree 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 inward his get to capture the metropolis for Sweden.