OpenStreetMap
Jennings Anderson
- Mapper since:
- October 09, 2013
- Last map edit:
- March 24, 2025
GeoInformation Scientist researching the evolution of OpenStreetMap. Please see my OSM diary entries and personal website for more.
I collaborate with OSM researchers across both academia and the geospatial industry, always happy to chat about OSM Data Science.
OSM Teams for YouthMappers
YouthMappers has been supporting the development of OSM Teams to help track chapter membership. The data collected drives the Activity Dashboard.
If you are part of a YouthMappers Chapter, please make sure to join your chapter on OSM Teams! If you send me a message with the name of your chapter, I will reply with an invite link to join your chapter on OSM Teams. Thank you.
Latest Diaries
Diary Entry OpenStreetMap Contributor LifeSpans - Revisiting and expanding on 2018 research paper
In 2018, researchers Daniel Bégin, Rodolphe Devillers, and Stéphane Roche published a paper titled, The life cycle of contributors in collaborative...
Diary Entry How Many Hours A Day Do You Map?
Figure 1: The maximum number of hours spent editing OSM in a single day by any user, depending on the total number of days they have ever mapped....
Diary Entry State of the States 2020 - Mapping USA Talk
Here are the slides from my Mapping USA Talk: Cartogram of total edits per state in 2020. Color represents total edits per sq. km. – in equal si...
Diary Entry A 2021 Update on Paid Editing in OpenStreetMap
Recent articles and blog posts about paid editing in OSM has renewed interest in the topic on social media and OSM discussion channels. The data an...