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dalek2point3

Mapper since:
May 30, 2013
Last map edit:
August 06, 2019

I’m a researcher who studies OpenStreetMap. I’m currently working on the impact of TIGER data on the US OSM community and a project on the impact of Google Maps on OSM editing. If you have thoughts about either of these topics, please do reach out. If not, read more about me here: abhishekn.com

Latest Diaries

Diary Entry Who uses OpenStreetMap?

I have recently been interested in measuring how openstreetmap is being used in different services around the world. Now obviously, this is a very ...

Comments 4 comments Date October 24, 2014

Diary Entry Evolution of TIGER Data in OpenStreetMap US

NOTE: This post is mostly for my reference, might not make a lot of sense for other folks – but thought I’d put this out there in case you’re inter...

Comments 2 comments Date July 06, 2014

Diary Entry The Missing Mappers Problem?

While playing around with the changeset data I noticed an interesting pattern. There were some users who had made a lot of contributions to the map...

Comments 10 comments Date July 02, 2014

Diary Entry JetBlue Inflight Maps is using OpenStreetMap!

On my recent trip to San Diego, I casually started looking at the flight tracker on the JetBlue in-flight entertainment system, and lo-and-behold t...

Comments 2 comments Date June 28, 2014