OpenStreetMap
OpenBrian
- Mapper since:
- 9. August 2012
- Last map edit:
- 28. Juni 2025
Former board member of OpenStreetMap US and organizer of MappingDC, osm.wiki/MappingDC.
Interests
open source software, CAcert, Debian, KDE, OpenMoko, Nominatim, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, the Planet, sustainability, carbon, science
I head up MappingDC, the Washington DC group which supports OSM.
I am OpenBrian on twitter.
http://hdyc.neis-one.org/?OpenBrian
I have a blog which i wrote from scratch about 9 years ago. I’m more into writing the software than actually blogging.
Outside OSM, I brew beer.
Previously known as osm.org/user/brian_252
Latest Diaries
Introducing Communities: A Proposed Feature for OpenStreetMap
After years of development, I am excited to introduce a proposed feature for OpenStreetMap called Communities. Formerly called Microcosms, this fea...
What’s Microcosms Microcosms is a upcoming feature in the OpenStreetMap website to support local communities of mappers. Each microcosm is focuse...
Setting up OSRM is very easy because it’s using Docker. Here are the steps to take to set up your own router. You can run this locally or on a se...
Hey I just posted to my diary! Where’s the checkbox on this form that says “Share with Twitter” or “Share with Facebook”? In fact, where the link...