2025 State of the Map US - From map gazing to humanitarian action - My journey through OSM and the world of open mapping

I presented my talk, “From map gazing to humanitarian action - My journey through OSM and the world of open mapping” on Friday, June 20th at 15:15 local time in the Metcalf Small Ballroom at Boston University’s George Sherman Union.

Talk synopsis #

This talk explores how I went from staring at subway transit maps to learning that loving maps is something one can do for a living. We’ll journey together through my getting started in OSM, becoming a community organizer, and ending up working at the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. It’s been a wild ride! If you are new to the world of OSM and want to hear about someone’s winding path to make mapping in OpenStreetMap into a career, this talk is for you.