Mastodawn

Join us at our next @PrototypeFund event to celebrate the end of our first Second Stage 🎉

No Demo Day this time, but a “I can’t take a day off for this”-friendly networking event at @publix - an occasion to chat with our grantees, get to know the people behind Prototpe Fund or hang out with the super awesome #FOSS community we are lucky to have around us 🫶

Everyone is welcome! All you need is to get a free ticket (first come, first served): https://www.prototypefund.de/events/communityabend-01

Communityabend 01

Prototype Fund

Michael Kreil Feb 18

Ich glaube, China hat den Westen im nächsten Technologiebereich mal ganz lässig überholt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUmlv814aJo

Martial arts robots dazzle at 2026 Spring Festival Gala #CoolChina #springfestival2026 #kungfu

YouTube

Michael Kreil Feb 11

VersaTiles Feb 10

Free satellite imagery for 11 EU countries — now live on our open tile server!
https://tiles.versatiles.org/#map=11.09/52.3749/4.8705&style=satellite

Want the full 720 GB dataset? Download it here:
https://download.versatiles.org/

You can find a list of the current data sources here.
https://versatiles.org/sources/

Yes, there are still a lot of bugs, but we can work on improving them step by step.
https://github.com/versatiles-org/orthophotos/issues

VersaTiles

Michael Kreil Jan 12

In diesen schweren Zeiten tut es gut, ein leuchtendes Symbol der Hoffnung zu entdecken.
Etwas, das für Mut, Anstand und Gerechtigkeit steht: Avengers-Tütensuppe

Michael Kreil Dec 9

VersaTiles Dec 9

Two new experimental updates:
1. The latest map data now includes 11 languages!
2. We have developed a new 'Maplibre VersaTiles Styler' tool to help you create map styles interactively.
You can test both features here: https://tiles.versatiles.org/

Michael Kreil Dec 8

Having spent years monitoring Twitter/X, I have accumulated around 150 TB of research data on a wide range of public discourse topics, including: Covid-19, Ukraine, George Floyd, and many more. However, legal restrictions imposed by X prevent researchers from sharing this data with the scientific community.
If you are aware of any lawful methods or partnerships that could help us to make this research accessible, please get in touch.

Michael Kreil Oct 8

VersaTiles Oct 8

Great news! We are releasing the first demo of our new free satellite map data. It's still a work in progress, but you can help us cover more countries.
https://versatiles.org/satellite_demo/

VersaTiles Satellite Demo

Try the beta version of our free satellite map tiles.

Michael Kreil Apr 28, 2025

I can highly recommend the guide "Best Practices - Diversity and Inclusion in Open Source Projects" by NLNet! The individual aspects are explored in handy question lists:
https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/bestpractices/DiversityAndInclusionGuide-v4.pdf

Michael Kreil Feb 20, 2025

Die Faschisten sind auf dem Vormarsch - schon wieder - und wir machen genau die gleichen Fehler - schon wieder.
https://datajournal.org/schon-wieder/

Schon wieder

Der Aufstieg der NSDAP/AfD

Michael Kreil Feb 10, 2025

VersaTiles Feb 10, 2025

Today we are releasing the pre-alpha version of our free map editor. This allows e.g. newsrooms to quickly and easily create and publish their own maps.
https://versatiles.org/node-versatiles-svelte/map-editor#45L70LWY8VJzI6vPDCYGERYjRnneZXMWM85kuirjXDiZMVFcK6jsFGNdU08j61SW54x2eozmzu6qopfZ1rNwa6xiYPA2YmAwYpA79ncR476fDaxgMRtm17wUsPCkOYsZ9/Q0QoVZg0sSi0oYGIyY5FnOLVjMyN7PXL+su5G1hYmhlQmsxIOJgQdsKhcDAwMA
Feel free to play with it, find bugs, collect ideas for improvements and features and, if possible, add a new GitHub issue: https://github.com/versatiles-org/node-versatiles-svelte/issues

Web	https://michael-kreil.de
GitHub	https://github.com/michaelkreil