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Adding Gate Numbers in klia2 (Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Terminal 2)
I have recently submitted a changeset to add gate numbers in klia2. Although this seems easy, this terminal have a unique odd-even gate number assignments, which is unlike the Terminal 1. There is still work to be done in adding gate numbers to the other piers of the terminal, but I would be glad for others (especially…
Behind The Changesets: From A Missing Rest Area in OpenStreetMap
That’s a lot of changesets! Back then, when my relatives come back from Bandung, Indonesia to Jakarta, I was told by them that they were in a rest area on the 97 kilometer mark of the Purbaleunyi toll road. I tried to search on OpenStreetMap and there were no results. Apparently, that rest area were…
Major Changes in Central Park Mall Jakarta
This post was originally published for OpenStreetMap. Changeset details: https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/56642302 The Central Park Mall is one of the popular shopping malls in West Jakarta, Indonesia. It is also inspired by the design of the Central Park in New York City. This mall has a park for visitors to walk around, called the Tribeca Park. Aside from…
Who owns Android?
Note: This was posted as an answer on Quora. Android was originally founded by Andy Rubin in 2003 under the company name Android, Inc. It is correct that he previously worked for Apple and Microsoft, however he quit Apple, Inc. at about 15 years before the original iPhone was launched. At 2005, Google finished their acquisition of…
Q&A: What are the pros and cons of Android and iOS that most people are not aware of?
Android If you think that Google invented Android, you are absolutely wrong. Andy Rubin, an ex-Apple employee, founded Android, Inc. and Android as an open source OS before Google purchased and acquired Android. Advantages of Android Open source, anyone can take the source code of some AOSP (Android Open Source Projects) Applications and Components. That’s…
Q&A: Which were the first browsers that claimed to have at least partial HTML5 support?
Since most of the HTML5 components are come from previous versions (such as from basic HTML to HTML 4.01), HTML4-capable browsers still can support it. Since the HTML5 is released in 2012–2014, there were few browsers who claimed to have HTML5 support. According to Which Browsers Support HTML5? Chrome 10 had the highest score in…
Q&A: Are there any easter eggs in iOS apps?
I think this site may help: 5 Genius Easter Eggs Hidden on Your iPhone Also on: Quora
Q&A: What are some types of maps? How are they used?
There are many different types of maps used, from citizens to analysts. By default, Google Maps have these types: By default, Google Maps show streets and places. This is commonly called as city maps and tourist maps, and they are used for travelling daily. Traffic layer is a feature to show recent traffic conditions. On…
Q&A: Will anything replace iOS or Android in the near future?
Currently and previously there are many alternatives to iOS and Android, but they are having problems with gaining developers’ interest and user base. Symbian OS. If you have a Nokia smart feature phone with Nokia Ovi App Store instaled it means that the feature phone is powered by Symbian. Symbian also powers many feature phones…
Q&A: What is the most visited website in the world that makes no use of JavaScript?
Even though current popular websites are mostly using JavaScript, the first webpage in the world on http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html is just containing a simple HTML text with links. There are no CSS and JavaScript scripts, no images, no HTML5, no Java Applets/Flash and Silverlight Objects, and even no PHP at all. The webpage is “ugly” due to…
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