OpenStreetMap
Jotam
- Mapper since:
- July 29, 2012
- Last map edit:
- August 25, 2025
I’m an OSM enthusiast with a strong interest in Uganda and East Africa in general. This region is still heavily neglected on OSM.
I also enjoy engaging with the community on different levels. I have contributed to the OSM wiki as well as to the CartoCSS stylesheet for Mapnik.
Latest Diaries
Since the year 2008 the Christian charity Water is Basic has managed to drill more than 500 water wells all over South Sudan. With their permission...
East Africa Tagging Guidelines on the Wiki
As the OSM Wiki was void with specific tagging guidelines for any East African country, I decided to take that work upon me. I wanted to do a count...
Airline offices in Kampala (UG)
When I realised that many airline offices in Uganda’s capital Kampala were missing, I decided to follow up on it and to put all major airlines on t...
OSM Seminar in the heart of Africa
Within the past two weeks I taught two seminar sessions on OpenStreetMap at Ndejje University. Ndejje University is a small Christian education ins...