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bdhurkett

Mapper since:
April 10, 2012
Last map edit:
July 13, 2025

I live in Burnie, NW Tasmania, and tend to edit around here because it’s what I know.

Data for edits usually come from walking surveys and aerial imagery.

Latest Diaries

Diary Entry Using suburb boundaries to align imagery & data in Burnie, Australia

I’m undertaking a bit of a project in Burnie, a city in the state of Tasmania in Australia, and thought that I should leave a more public note abou...

Comments 7 comments Date November 18, 2021

Diary Entry Another day, another confusing sign

Most of the addressing I’ve been doing recently has been straightforward - particularly if I happen to be doing it on the refuse collection day, si...

Comments 1 comment Date March 06, 2015

Diary Entry Personal benefits of contributing to OSM

The big goal of OpenStreetMap and the various themed projects is to provide a free & editable map of the world, or something like that, which i...

Comments 4 comments Date October 25, 2014

Diary Entry A year's difference, locally

I’m not exactly why I did it at the time, but this day last year I saved a screenshot of my town in OSM. Today seems a good opportunity to see what...

Comments 6 comments Date September 20, 2014