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Richard

Mapper since:
12 август 2005
Last map edit:
28 июль 2025

When editing OpenStreetMap, be liberal in what you add, cautious in what you change.

I’ve been involved in OpenStreetMap since the very first months back in 2004. I’m based in Charlbury as all good map ninjas should be.

I’m building the world’s best cycling directions using OpenStreetMap data at https://cycle.travel/ .

I do OSM consulting work: find out more and contact me.

Latest Diaries

Diary Entry tilemaker v2.4: faster, happier, more productive

I’ve released a new version of tilemaker, the command-line utility that takes OpenStreetMap data in .osm.pbf format and makes vector tiles out of i...

Comments 0 comments Date 31 март 2023

Diary Entry New Potlatch 3 release

A handful of minor changes, mostly around changeset behaviour: You can now choose to automatically close a changeset after saving Trying to s...

Comments 0 comments Date 24 гыйнвар 2022

Diary Entry Potlatch 3 is here!

As many of you will be aware, Flash Player is about to be disabled in web browsers. I’m pleased to announce that Potlatch continues to be availabl...

Comments 4 comments Date 31 декабрь 2020

Diary Entry Potlatch 3.0 beta

You can now download a development version of Potlatch 3.0 to run on your desktop. At https://www.systemed.net/potlatch/download/ , you can downlo...

Comments 14 comments Date 18 ноябрь 2020