Posts by Ian Wagner
Founder & President / COO
Ian is co-founder of Stadia Maps and leads engineering and operations. He works on routing, navigation, and the technical foundations that keep customer applications reliable at scale.
Precision Meets Privacy: Elevating the Consumer Search Experience
Stadia Maps geocoding API delivers structured search, reverse geocoding, and autocomplete across 1B+ locations — no user tracking, no ad-network bias.
Precision Meets Privacy: Elevating the Consumer Search Experience
Stadia Maps geocoding API delivers structured search, reverse geocoding, and autocomplete across 1B+ locations — no user tracking, no ad-network bias.
The Invisible Costs of Routing: Privacy, Pricing, and Avoiding the "MAU" Trap
Most mapping SDKs harvest user data and charge by MAU — penalizing your success. See how Stadia Maps eliminates both risks with private-by-design infrastructure and transparent, usage-only billing.
The Invisible Costs of Routing: Privacy, Pricing, and Avoiding the "MAU" Trap
Most mapping SDKs harvest user data and charge by MAU — penalizing your success. See how Stadia Maps eliminates both risks with private-by-design infrastructure and transparent, usage-only billing.
How We Fixed Water Feature Rendering Across All Zoom Levels in Our Basemaps
Mixing Natural Earth and OSM data at different zoom levels caused rivers to vanish, coastlines to shift, and islands to flicker. Here's how we unified our basemaps around a single Overture Maps dataset to fix it.
How We Fixed Water Feature Rendering Across All Zoom Levels in Our Basemaps
Mixing Natural Earth and OSM data at different zoom levels caused rivers to vanish, coastlines to shift, and islands to flicker. Here's how we unified our basemaps around a single Overture Maps dataset to fix it.
Beyond the Car: Routing for the Other 90% of Transport
Car-first routing APIs fail trucks, e-bikes, and LSVs. See how Stadia Maps uses Valhalla and OpenStreetMap to deliver modal-specific routing that respects each vehicle's physical and legal constraints.
Beyond the Car: Routing for the Other 90% of Transport
Car-first routing APIs fail trucks, e-bikes, and LSVs. See how Stadia Maps uses Valhalla and OpenStreetMap to deliver modal-specific routing that respects each vehicle's physical and legal constraints.
Why Basic OpenStreetMap Routing Needs Real-Time Traffic
OpenStreetMap is a world-class road network, but without real-time traffic it's a static dataset. Here's why algorithmic ETAs fall apart in production logistics and how Stadia Maps closes the gap with TomTom-powered routing.
Why Basic OpenStreetMap Routing Needs Real-Time Traffic
OpenStreetMap is a world-class road network, but without real-time traffic it's a static dataset. Here's why algorithmic ETAs fall apart in production logistics and how Stadia Maps closes the gap with TomTom-powered routing.
Precision Meets Privacy: Elevating the Consumer Search Experience
Stadia Maps geocoding API delivers structured search, reverse geocoding, and autocomplete across 1B+ locations — no user tracking, no ad-network bias.
Precision Meets Privacy: Elevating the Consumer Search Experience
Stadia Maps geocoding API delivers structured search, reverse geocoding, and autocomplete across 1B+ locations — no user tracking, no ad-network bias.
The Invisible Costs of Routing: Privacy, Pricing, and Avoiding the "MAU" Trap
Most mapping SDKs harvest user data and charge by MAU — penalizing your success. See how Stadia Maps eliminates both risks with private-by-design infrastructure and transparent, usage-only billing.
The Invisible Costs of Routing: Privacy, Pricing, and Avoiding the "MAU" Trap
Most mapping SDKs harvest user data and charge by MAU — penalizing your success. See how Stadia Maps eliminates both risks with private-by-design infrastructure and transparent, usage-only billing.
How We Fixed Water Feature Rendering Across All Zoom Levels in Our Basemaps
Mixing Natural Earth and OSM data at different zoom levels caused rivers to vanish, coastlines to shift, and islands to flicker. Here's how we unified our basemaps around a single Overture Maps dataset to fix it.
How We Fixed Water Feature Rendering Across All Zoom Levels in Our Basemaps
Mixing Natural Earth and OSM data at different zoom levels caused rivers to vanish, coastlines to shift, and islands to flicker. Here's how we unified our basemaps around a single Overture Maps dataset to fix it.
Beyond the Car: Routing for the Other 90% of Transport
Car-first routing APIs fail trucks, e-bikes, and LSVs. See how Stadia Maps uses Valhalla and OpenStreetMap to deliver modal-specific routing that respects each vehicle's physical and legal constraints.
Beyond the Car: Routing for the Other 90% of Transport
Car-first routing APIs fail trucks, e-bikes, and LSVs. See how Stadia Maps uses Valhalla and OpenStreetMap to deliver modal-specific routing that respects each vehicle's physical and legal constraints.
Why Basic OpenStreetMap Routing Needs Real-Time Traffic
OpenStreetMap is a world-class road network, but without real-time traffic it's a static dataset. Here's why algorithmic ETAs fall apart in production logistics and how Stadia Maps closes the gap with TomTom-powered routing.
Why Basic OpenStreetMap Routing Needs Real-Time Traffic
OpenStreetMap is a world-class road network, but without real-time traffic it's a static dataset. Here's why algorithmic ETAs fall apart in production logistics and how Stadia Maps closes the gap with TomTom-powered routing.