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Sparks

Mapper since:
17. November 2008
Last map edit:
5. September 2025

About me

I enjoy hiking which means I use OSM data a lot. If I’m not using the data already in OSM I’m contributing to it for others to enjoy. I also enjoy participating in HOT activations and try to give my time whenever possible.

My contributions

Latest Diaries

Blog-Antrag North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea Trail complete (almost)

A few days ago I wrote about my plans to map the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, putting each segment into its own relation (and then putting all relations...

Comments 3 comments Datum 12. September 2020

Blog-Antrag Updating the North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea Trail

The North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea Trail extends from, as you might guess, the mountains of North Carolina to the ocean. The last time I had look...

Comments 2 comments Datum 10. September 2020

Blog-Antrag Adding food banks and soup kitchens

After updating lots of opening_hours changes, as well as adding new delivery options and takeout only tags, I realized that I was missing a subset ...

Comments 0 comments Datum 22. Mäerz 2020

Blog-Antrag Updating attributes for the Corona virus pandemic

Lots of changes to our geographic landscape has been happening since the beginning of the Corona virus pandemic (COVID-19). No, the land masses ha...

Comments 1 comment Datum 20. Mäerz 2020