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mikelmaron

Mapper since:
November 07, 2005
Last map edit:
March 05, 2025

I’m the Advisory Board coordinator for OSMF, and active on the CWG and EWG. From OSMF Board Member.

Work at Earth Genome as Product Lead. Previously, Community Team Lead at Mapbox. Founded HOT. Founded Map Kibera.

Helped map Palestine. Mapped Brighton UK. Currently mapping in Santo Domingo.

Latest Diaries

Diary Entry Looking back at the White House Mapathon

10 years + a few days ago, we held the White House Mapathon. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2015/05/28/citizen-cartographers-unite-repo...

Comments 5 comments Date June 02, 2025

Diary Entry A workflow for using Overture places data in OSM

I want to use Overture Places to improve OSM, and want to share a few ideas on that. First the data is worldwide, and there’s definitely added val...

Comments 5 comments Date October 13, 2023

Diary Entry Notes from my keynote to State of the Map Nigeria -- what leads to accomplishment in OSM

Yesterday I gave a keynote talk to State of the Map Nigeria in Abuja. Despite numerous technical difficulties (I think I was on a phone giving the ...

Comments 0 comments Date October 13, 2023

Diary Entry What we need from the OSMF Board elections

2022 Board elections are coming up for OSMF. You can see what the details will be like on the wiki page from last year. There are three seats up fo...

Comments 7 comments Date October 12, 2022