Mapper of the Month: Matšeliso Thobei (Lesotho/Ireland)

Please introduce yourself

My name is Matšeliso Thobei from Maseru, Lesotho. I currently live in Ireland and study MSc Spatial Planning at Dublin Institute of Technology. I work as an Assistant Physical Planner at the Ministry of Local Government since September 2008. I love travelling; listening to music and watching movies and ever since I was introduced to OpenStreetMap mapping became one of my hobbies. I got my nickname tshedy from my name and it has been since I was a child.

Mapper of the Month: Tomoya Muramoto (Japan)

Who are you ?

My name is Tomoya Muramoto. I think many OSM mappers have some IT speciality, but I don’t. I’m a chemical engineer. I live in Yokohama, Japan.

When and how did you discover OpenStreetMap ?

I was a Geocacher. I discovered OSM when the map of Geocaching was changed to OSM. Many geocacher complained to OSM. But I noticed OSM is “a free map”, and it attracted me as “an endless game”.

Mapper of the Month: Yasunari Yamashita (Japan)

Please introduce yourself

I live in Tokyo, Japan. I work for a company that is not active in map-related activities.

When and how did you discover OpenStreetMap ?

I was introduced to OpenStreetMap by a friend in September 2009.

What do you map ?

In the past I was focussing on mapping all the roads. Recently, I started mapping shrines, temples and Japanese gardens.

OSM Meetup in Brugge

Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!

Hackerspace Brugge invites us to come over!

There will be time for new contributors to ask questions to more experienced members; and we might go out and map in the vicinity.

There might be a small talk why OSM is cool!

OpenStreetMap meeting in Brussels

Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!

The target audience is everybody! From hearing the word OpenStreetMap a few seconds ago to the total expert in no time. There will be someone you can discuss and have a drink with we’re an interational community speaking English, Dutch, French so come join us!

Mapper of the Month: Andrew Harvey (Australia)

Please introduce yourself

I’m Andrew Harvey, living in Sydney. I work in geospatial IT, so I’m lucky enough to work with OSM in my day job. I enjoy the outdoors and keeping active so do a fair bit of running, cycling, swimming, bushwalking and kayaking.

When and how did you discover OpenStreetMap ?

It was while I was at uni, at a time when I was discovering open source software and Creative Commons licensing.

Rencontre OSM à Namur

Let’s meet in Namur for the next Wallonia OpenStreetMap meetup on the 27 May 2018 , 6:30 PM ! Anyone interested in OSM is welcome, from the absolute beginner to the most experienced mapper. Do not hesitate to come if you are just curious about OpenStreetMap and participatory cartography. We have booked a room at Mundo-N (Rue Nanon, 98, Namur, 10 min. from the station) with a beamer, so anyone interested can bring a laptop and present something. Thema of the day: OpenStreetMap and Hiking

National Missing Maps Mapathon 2018

Help Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross to facilitate their rescue

After two succesful events, a third National Mapathon will take place on Saturday, March 24th, which is organized by the National Committee for Geography, in collaboration with OpenStreetMap Belgium. Several universities in Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia open their doors a whole day for a large collective mapping event. Come contribute - do not miss this opportunity and help Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross to facilitate their work in crisis areas.

Road completion workshop

What we’ll do

We found 13.000 missing roads in Flanders, Belgium! Help us map them with the tools we made. We’ll teach you how to do it, and if you’re interested tell you all about our plans with the project. Check out for more info

Open Belgium 2018

Let’s make Belgian knowledge open, usable, used, useful

Open Belgium is an annual event gathering industry, research, government and citizen stakeholders. Experience this one-day community driven conference with talks, discussions, panels, workshops and become part of the open community.

http://2018.openbelgium.be/