OpenStreetMap
b-unicycling
- Mapper since:
- August 14, 2013
- Last map edit:
- December 19, 2025
Interested in history: field names, castles, benchmarks, ringforts, milk churn stands, jostle stones…, but adding modern things too.
How much have I contributed to OSM?
https://hdyc.neis-one.org/?b-unicycling
Using JOSM for longer edits, iD editor for quick edits. Surveying mostly with OSMAnd and EveryDoor.
Specific activities
January 2021: Started YouTube tutorial series for mapping historical features (OSMForHistoryBuffs).
February-March 2021: Contracted to add Electoral Divisions in Northern Ireland for The Sensible Code Company.
Saved overpass-turbo queries
(o-t won’t let me save my queries any longer, so I’ll leave them here, maybe they’re useful for others)
Latest Diaries
Diary Entry mounting blocks
As usual, I don’t remember what site got me interested in the topic, but here we are anyways. What are mounting blocks? They are raised platforms ...
Diary Entry Binding stones
EDIT: I had to rename the tag due to the more common UK usage, but I’m leaving the title of the diary entry: historic=tyring_platform [On with ori...
Diary Entry Barrow Navigation - waterway mapping and water-level imagery
My parents had rented a barge to explore the Barrow Navigation in Ireland for a week. I joined them on three days to capture water-level imagery wi...
Diary Entry Tracking new rural bus route & capturing street-level imagery
Some days ago, I searched online for a bus route that was supposed to be newly introduced to go from Kilkenny to New Ross. I didn’t find it, but I ...