Wow, time flies when you’re making edits. I’ve already made over 350 of them, and didn’t realize it until today.

I’ve moved around a bit the last few years. In that time, I’ve tried to maintain OSM wherever I’ve lived. I’ve straightened roads, added buildings and parking lots. I’ve worked on maproulette a number of times, crossing the country and the globe looking for inconsistencies. And as the missus and i are adopting from Africa, I’ve looked over our kids’ country of origin and tried to fix a few things there.

As for the tools of my trade, I’ve pretty much relied on ID. I don’t know if JOSM would be an improvement, since most of my work is done on a rinky-dink laptop with a track pad for a mouse.

In my early days, I probably made some errors in the stuff i added. I guess we all start out that way. It’s part of the learning process. But it has been fun to watch the areas I’ve worked on grow and develop.

I support OSM because it’s a great free community-based resource. It’s interesting to see who has cared enough to fix this or that. I hope this good work continues.