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OpenBrian

Mapper since:
2012年08月09日
Last map edit:
2025年06月28日

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

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Latest Diaries

Diary Entry 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...

Comments 9 comments Date 2024年08月09日

Diary Entry Microcosms Ready for Feedback

What’s Microcosms Microcosms is a upcoming feature in the OpenStreetMap website to support local communities of mappers. Each microcosm is focuse...

Comments 10 comments Date 2020年06月07日

Diary Entry Routing with OSRM

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...

Comments 0 comments Date 2017年05月19日

Diary Entry Share with Twitter / Facebook

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...

Comments 4 comments Date 2016年12月14日