OpenStreetMap
amm
- Mapper since:
- December 16, 2007
- Last map edit:
- August 09, 2017
I enjoy the occasional mapping here in Colorado and use it as an excuse to go out and explore my surrounding and the Rocky Mountains.
Most of my time I have spare to devote to OSM however goes into helping developing parts of the software of OSM. Particularly the map rendering toolchain with osm2pgsql and mod_tile for which I am currently the maintainer.
I started off with OpenStreetMap in 2009, when I was looking for an offline map for my old feature phone, as I kept getting lost while cycling through london, and OSM was the only available option. I used and quickly started developing and improving GpsMid (http://gpsmid.sourceforge.net/) which is a java midlet to get vectorized osm data onto your phone for offline navigation. And I have “stuck” with OpenStreetMap ever since.
I also help maintain the Wikipedia efforts of integrating OpenStreetMap into Wikipedia on the toolserver.
Latest Diaries
Unconnected ways and other data quality issues
Increasing numbers of areas in OSM are starting to become "complete" or at least have a good coverage of the basic features. With this, the focus i...
It is always fascinating to see all the different places around the world where people work on the this project and how constantly the map is evolv...
When out and about, I often notice a small detail here and there missing in the map such as a post box or atm and of cause I want to add it. But by...