Elections to the OpenStreetMap US board of directors are on and I’m running again. With your vote we’ll grow OpenStreetMap in the US. Read more on how we can accomplish this below and join OpenStreetMap US until October 18th to cast your vote.

I am proud of the work we’ve done with OpenStreetMap US and now is the time to grow our community further by tapping into the huge networks that have started to adopt OpenStreetMap like education, civic hacking and government. Growing our community will bring in more diversity and new energy to make an even better map.

I’ve served on the OpenStreetMap US board of directors for three years and I can’t wait to jump into another one. In the next year I want to work with everyone on the board and the community to strap on the rocket boosters and reach more people by connecting us with networks who’ve already started using OpenStreetMap.

At my work at Mapbox we use and contribute to OpenStreetMap extensively. I am helping build a team that so far has made a quarter million edits to the map, we work in the open and we are key contributors to open source tools for mapping like the web editor iD and the QA tool To-Fix. The beauty and power of OpenStreetMap is it’s providing this one space for everyone to collaborate resulting in a map of amazing quality and coverage available entirely openly. That’s what drives my passion for this community, OpenStreetMap US, my work and for my personal contributions to the map.

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The annual OpenStreetMap conference is coming up next week June 6–8 in New York City — over on medium I wrote up the topics I will be paying attention to.

You can still register for the event until June 1st: http://stateofthemap.us/

Hope to see you in New York City!

Our partners at the United Nations shared in today’s blog post on OpenStreetMap.us what excites them about hosting this years’ State of the Map US:

“Many of the benefits that OpenStreetMap offers are issues that are close to the heart of the United Nations: to empower nations and individual citizens, to facilitate economic progress and to create a level playing field where all have access to accurate and up-to-date information. OpenStreetMap is already being used by the UN in disaster management and emergency response and there are many more fields where it could provide great value.”

I would love to see you at the conference http://stateofthemap.us/

The Mexican statistical institute INEGI opened their data last November, terms are now compatible with OpenStreetMap. My colleague Rub21 has rendered out a first layer for mapping - take a look at our blog.

Mapear con los nuevos datos abiertos de México

En Noviembre el Instituto de Estadística y Geografía de México (INEGI) abrió sus datos. Los nuevos términos son compatibles con OpenStreetMap.

Mi colega Rub21 acaba de crear una capa para mapear - échale una mirada en nuestro blog.

Red Nacional de Carreteras de INEGI

The OpenStreetMap contributions in Japan from 2007 to 2014 show a fascinating pattern. Why do you think they look this way?

OpenStreetMap contributions in Japan from 2007 to 2014 by Eric Fischer. 2007: blue, 2008: purple, 2010: red, 2012: orange, 2014: yellow.