A Brief Introduction

My name is Julius Koroma Lahai, a geologist with a keen interest in environmental research and mapping. I’m a graduate of the University of Sierra Leone, Fourah Bay College. I’ve had enough experience with remote sensing and geographic information systems. I started using Open Street Map when I realized that my village, where I spent 14 years, was not visible on maps. My experience with OSM has been amazing, such that I am able to make changes to specific areas that I am very familiar with. In 2020, I was the team leader for the first digital cartographic mapping with Statistics Sierra Leone to delineate enumeration areas ahead of the 2021 Mid-Term Census. I am currently working on the financial inclusion geospatial mapping for the Bank of Sierra Leone under JenMaa Consultants.

Why do I edit and map places with OSM?

Geo-coding is a beautiful methodology for locating a number of addresses on a map using third-party applications like QGIS. Mapping places with OSM makes it easier to geocode any location within a mapped area. I am happy that my village is now very visible on the map.