OpenStreetMap
UKChris
- Mapper since:
- August 03, 2010
- Last map edit:
- December 15, 2025
Somerset local who does a lot of driving around Somerset, and tries to populate map areas that are missing address data.
Over the last few years I’ve taken part in the Name Suggestion Index and tried to add many UK brands.
I’ve been trying to map properties in the TA (Taunton & Wellington) area as I’ve had a lot of time in the surrounding areas recently, with the support of the tool: https://osm.mathmos.net/addresses/pc-stats/TA/TA3/ and https://osm.mathmos.net/addresses/pc-stats/TA/TA21/
I’ve previously used OpenStreetCam to take street level photos while driving around, but have moved over to Mapillary to see how that works out.
Latest Diaries
Diary Entry Carphone Warehouse
In the UK, the brand “Carphone Warehouse” is closing all of its standalone mobile phone branches, and only having concession stands / counters insi...
Diary Entry UK Supermarket Cafe's - Name Suggestion Index
For those who aren’t aware, inside some OSM editors is something called the “Name Suggestion Index” or NSI, and this lets mappers use a consistent ...
Diary Entry Brands - Buzz Bingo suggestion
I’m starting to get my head around using the brand tag where available, and find the iD pre-suggestions helpful, but I’m not quite sure about sugge...
Diary Entry addr:county tag within Somerset
I’ve recently been going through Wellington and Taunton (in Somerset) to find addresses that didn’t have the tag addr:county=”Somerset”, aided by O...