User:LastGrape

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This user submits data to OpenStreetMap under the name LivingWithDragons.

This user uses or has experience with a Garmin Legend HCx and is willing to answer questions on it from OSM users.

This user uses or has experience with a Android and is willing to answer questions on it from OSM users.

I support the license upgrade to ODbL v 1.0

LastGrape uses a Linux computer running Ubuntu.

My name is Gregory, I mainly contribute under the name LivingWithDragons. I'm a proud member of the OSMF, and part of the State of the Map Organising Committee since the 2013 conference in Birmingham. I'm on the board of directors for OpenStreetMap UK (a local chapter of OSMF).

Take a look at Living with Dragons and my project to map Durham.

Watch my YouTube videos at Mapper Diaries, which is a relaxed commentary/discussion more than it is tutorials.

I sometimes do map editing that is more organised/directed than my other edits. These will made clear in the changeset comment and often described on User:LastGrape/Organised Editing.

Pages I like to find

• List of OSM based Services, many many renderings, yay!
• Find Information based on subject interest.

Where I've mapped and events I've been to

• 2007 Southampton mapping party.
• Mapping round Sunbury and Hampton
• During the Richmond/Kew Mapping Weekend, I did some of Twickenham and hope to slowly fill the gap between there and Hampton.
• I spent a few days in round Bude, all uploaded now.
• ShoHo Mapping Party on the Saturday

• Mapping a lot of Durham. since September 2007

• Of course I went to Durham mapping party and organised it.
• Spent a week mapping Portheleven, Cornwall and bits of Falmouth while on holiday. Even mapped, Lizard Point, the most Southern point of the UK.
• Attended State Of The Map 2008, Ireland. And even did some mapping.
• Did some mapping on Sunday afternoon of Farnham Micro Mapping Party 2008, but never met anyone.

• Still mapping Durham.
• Attended (and mapped POIs) some London/Winter 2008-9 Random Pub Meetup
• Helped with the Sunderland/Mapping Party
• 2010 - Lived in Vancouver, Canada for 9 months and did some mapping.
• Attended some London Summer Mapping Meetups
• Attended SOTM10 in Girona, Spain.
• Mapping house numbers, buildings, and full detail in Durham.
• Attended Where Camp UK in Nottingham, 19th-20th November 2010.
• Attended, and presented a paper at State Of The Map Europe 2011 in Vienna, Austria.
• Attended [[SotM11] in Denver, USA.
• Did some mapping of Burrel, Albania in July 2012.
• Attended SotM12 in Tokyo, Japan.
• Attended State Of The Map Scotland 2012 in Edinburgh.
• On the team for State Of The Map 2013 in Birmingham.
• 2014/15 - joined the core State of the Map organising Committee as it reformed (and decided not to run a 2015 conference)
• Attended State of the Map Europe 2014 in Karlsruhe, Germany.
• Attended State of the Map Scotland 2015.
• 2016? - helped Newcastle Friends of MSF run some Missing Maps events, and got them to point of not needing me.
• On the team for State Of The Map 2016 as Master of Ceremonies(MC), Code of Conduct Lead, along with other team duties.
• 2017 - a founding director of the UK local chapter.
• On the team for State of the Map 2017 as Code of Conduct lead and other team duties.
• 2018 - Mapped some more bit of Cornwall, including all house names/numbers in Breage, Cornwall.
• Did some mapping in South Wales, trying to encourage mapping bilingual names.
• Visited Bosnia and Herzegovina(BiH), did a little bit of mapping in Sarajevo and places passed on the way to Konjic.
• In BiH led a micro-mapping workshop (as part of a larger private event)
• On the team for State of the Map 2018 as MC, Code of Conduct lead, programme selection, and other duties.
• Did some mapping in Aberdeen, the most Northern place I've mapped.
• 2019 - did some data checking of UK towns.
• On the team for State of the Map 2019 although involvement in pre-conference organisation was limited.

The future

• Durham as the first city to have complete house numbers/buildings mapped? Durham is defined as 186.68 square kilometres in 2007 on wikipedia, which could equate to Kimblesworth, West Rainton, Pittington, Bowburn, Parkhill, Croxdale, Hett, Brancepeth, Waterhouses, Esh Winning, Esh, Langley Park, Whitton Gilbert, Sacriston, and everywhere within.

The past

Dated parts from my user page/history that I'm too sentimental to delete (may be good for reference)

New Statesman articles

In the early days of OpenStreetMap, I wrote some articles for the New Statesman. They keep changing the URLs for these.

• The joys of geocaching 24th April 2007
• Mapping for the people 25th May 2007
• Bad news for burglars 22nd June 2007
• Living with Dragons 14th April 2008

OSMF Board Elections

I'm a candidate in the OSMF 2013 Board Elections. You can take a look at my manifesto and the election details.

Notes

I like to map university buildings with lots of tags, and hope to do something with this.

I should also get involved with map rendering/coding generally, if only there was time!

User:LastGrape/Raps, User:LastGrape/sotms15 Fun of OSM(talk notes

I am a groupie.

Need a map was a HUGE SUCCESS.
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.

I don't give a flying monkey's for tag voting, automatic changebots, endless discussions, categories, or any of that crap, but prefer to get on and actually do stuff.