Minh Nguyễn
Minh is a mapper and community organizer for OpenStreetMap and OpenHistoricalMap. He organizes Silicon Valley’s volunteer mapping community as part of Open Source San José. He also facilitates software development for the OpenStreetMap Foundation and serves as an advisor to OpenHistoricalMap. On any given day, you can find him roaming the streets of San José looking for quirky and intriguing things to add to both maps.
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Since 2007, our volunteer group has maintained and developed OpenStreetMap’s coverage of Silicon Valley and the Bay Area. As a relatively small local community per capita, we take creative approaches to upholding the map’s credibility and relevance.
OpenHistoricalMap has bolted the time dimension to OSM’s data model and software. Cracks are starting to show. How can the FOSS4G community help overcome these challenges and establish open data at the heart of historical GIS?
OpenStreetMap’s core website and API have quietly undergone a transformation in recent years. Find out about the changes we’ve made to better serve mappers, the friends we’ve made along the way, and some possibilities for future development.