I am sorry to here of your loss. Mike, like me, may not have met any other mappers. Over the years I have been contributing I have had a few messages of help, advice and sometimes why have you done it like that? but I don’t know them. I have had two close encounters. I attended an open talk in a Cambridge university building about climate and co2 and some students were selling Fredrick Ramms OSM book, so i guess they may have been mappers but foolishly didn’t ask. and I wish I’d brought the book!, and also near Cambridge while on a walk a Rambler friend said an acquaintance of hers in the Cambs Cycling group and a cycle map maker, who’s good work I had noticed, and who had queried one of my mapping errors. had been in the pub that lunch time. So good luck with your search. I am sure your Dad enjoyed his mapping as much as I do and I see he made quite a lot of contributions, they will be an additional memorial to him.
Indirectly, a lot of people will benefit from the time and effort he invested - be it people using car navigation systems, hikers, cyclists, planners, or many, many more.
It’s a very sad loss to lose Mike from our Mappa-Mercia group. Mike started contributing in 2009 and was regularly present at the Birmingham social meets, often turning up at out of the way places around the West Mids having made the trip by bus.
He made a massive contribution to building tracing in Birmingham, helping us reach the target of mapping all buildings back in 2012.
He was on the organising group for SOTM 2013 in Birmingham and helped make it a fantastic event for everyone.
His health had been poor recently but he still made it to the last two pub socials at The Bull at the beginning of March and April.
This is very sad news indeed, Mike will be very missed. His contribution to OSM in the Black Country was massive and will stand the test of time. I remember a foul April day in West Bromwich when he gamely met me in the Billiard Hall for a pint and some subsequent very wet and cold mapping. Mike doggedly learnt new digital skills and plodded slowly around the streets of the West Midlands at various mapping parties. He was also agreat asset in helping to organise the global SotM conference in Aston in September 2013 and being a volunteer helper for the three days of the conference. Many condolences to his family for their loss from his “mapping family”.
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Comment from andy mackey on 6 May 2014 at 05:10
I am sorry to here of your loss. Mike, like me, may not have met any other mappers. Over the years I have been contributing I have had a few messages of help, advice and sometimes why have you done it like that? but I don’t know them. I have had two close encounters. I attended an open talk in a Cambridge university building about climate and co2 and some students were selling Fredrick Ramms OSM book, so i guess they may have been mappers but foolishly didn’t ask. and I wish I’d brought the book!, and also near Cambridge while on a walk a Rambler friend said an acquaintance of hers in the Cambs Cycling group and a cycle map maker, who’s good work I had noticed, and who had queried one of my mapping errors. had been in the pub that lunch time. So good luck with your search. I am sure your Dad enjoyed his mapping as much as I do and I see he made quite a lot of contributions, they will be an additional memorial to him.
Comment from CloCkWeRX on 6 May 2014 at 13:47
Sorry for your loss.
You might be interested to know more about Mike’s contributions.
You can see how his focused on places he knew and expanded over the years. http://yosmhm.neis-one.org/?zoom=7&lat=53.76065&lon=-1.77102&layers=B0T&u=Miked29
A lot of his recent edits are focused on buildings, there’s a good chance he was contributing to something like http://osmbuildings.org/?lat=52.49899&lon=-1.96484&zoom=15
Indirectly, a lot of people will benefit from the time and effort he invested - be it people using car navigation systems, hikers, cyclists, planners, or many, many more.
Comment from blackadder on 6 May 2014 at 14:29
It’s a very sad loss to lose Mike from our Mappa-Mercia group. Mike started contributing in 2009 and was regularly present at the Birmingham social meets, often turning up at out of the way places around the West Mids having made the trip by bus. He made a massive contribution to building tracing in Birmingham, helping us reach the target of mapping all buildings back in 2012. He was on the organising group for SOTM 2013 in Birmingham and helped make it a fantastic event for everyone. His health had been poor recently but he still made it to the last two pub socials at The Bull at the beginning of March and April.
He will be greatly missed.
Comment from brianboru on 7 May 2014 at 12:23
This is very sad news indeed, Mike will be very missed. His contribution to OSM in the Black Country was massive and will stand the test of time. I remember a foul April day in West Bromwich when he gamely met me in the Billiard Hall for a pint and some subsequent very wet and cold mapping. Mike doggedly learnt new digital skills and plodded slowly around the streets of the West Midlands at various mapping parties. He was also agreat asset in helping to organise the global SotM conference in Aston in September 2013 and being a volunteer helper for the three days of the conference. Many condolences to his family for their loss from his “mapping family”.