
mvexel
- Mapper since:
- June 10, 2007
- Last map edit:
- July 26, 2025
Hi, thanks for stopping by! My name is Martijn van Exel. I have been contributing to OSM as a mapper, community organizer and developer since 2007. I was on the OSMF board between 2015 and 2018 and on the OSM US board between 2012 and 2021. I created MapRoulette, the open source micro-tasking tool, and maintain some smaller OSM-related open source software projects. I run OpenStreetMap Utah. We hold monthly events where local mappers meet up. I have presented at many OSM conferences on a variety of topics. YouTube has some recordings.
I have been involved with OpenStreetMap in a professional capacity before: at Telenav (2011-2018) where I helped transition our map data backend to 100% OSM, then at TomTom (2018-2021) where I was part of a small R&D team and at HERE Technologies (2021-2022) where I was involved in open data product strategy. My current job does not involve OpenStreetMap in any significant way.
You can message me here or in the OSM US Slack. If you happen to be in the Salt Lake City area, please drop me a line, I love to meet OSMers from everywhere!
I am on Mastodon.
Current mapping interests
Cleaning up after old imports, particularly TIGER, is an enduring pastime. Pedestrian and bike infrastructure. POIs (shops and other businesses). Mobile mapping (GoMap!!).
Other OSM things I currently work on
Organizing meetups! Making sure MapRoulette and the other OSM US Charter Projects keep going in a good direction.
My contributions to OSM in any form are on personal title unless otherwise stated.
Latest Diaries
My MapRoulette presentation at SOTM US
I had a fantastic time at SOTM US. Thanks to all at OSM US for their work putting the event together. I gave two presentations, one on MapRoulette...
A note on old imported landuse=quarry in the United States
In the early days of OSM, when the map was formless and empty, mappers in the United States conducted data imports without much discussion, because...
Yesterday's OpenStreetMap Salt Lake City Meetup
I organize the OpenStreetMap Salt Lake City monthly meetups. I don’t usually write reports on the individual meetups, but I had even more fun than ...
Rapid v2.0 launching this week
Rapid 2.0 launches this week. The Rapid team will host webcasts on April 4 (tomorrow at the time of writing), April 5, and April 6 for Europe / Af...