Coastal Maine is broken in OpenStreetMap (county lines, Nominatim)

I want to do a few tiny mapping projects in Maine, because I have some local knowledge, and I know people there who need maps. But I’ve run into a ...

Went for a hike today and added some trails

I went for a lovely afternoon hike today, and added a partial set of hiking trails through some nice woods. These are marked highway=footway. You s...

First street numbers! (And GNIS continues to be entertaingly wrong)

I added by first street numbers today, up along Route 5 and some of the surrounding streets. I think I'm getting the hang of it: addr:housenumber a...

My first day contributing to OSM

I spent today walking around with a Nexus One and OSM Tracker for Android. It reported 2m accuracy in the open, and about 3 or 4m near buildings, w...