User:LastGrape

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This user submits data to OpenStreetMap under the name  LivingWithDragons (on OSM).

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 was a supporter of the license upgrade to ODbL v 1.0

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My name is Gregory, I mainly contribute under the name LivingWithDragons. I'm a proud member of the OSMF.

Currently based in Dundee, Scotland. Previously spent 17 years mapping Durham, England. Also have an interest in South West London and specific parts of South Africa.

I have given many talks about OpenStreetMap and led many workshops - sometimes with specialisations such as Humanitarian Mapping, Church/faith groups, and adding transport infrastructure. If you'd like me to give a talk or workshop to your group, send me a message.

Watch my YouTube videos at Mapper Diaries, which is a relaxed commentary/discussion and sometimes includes tutorials or reviews of OSM tools.

Take a look at Living with Dragons , originally a project to map Durham.

I've been part of the State of the Map Organising Committee (primarily 2013 to 2022). I was on the board of directors for OpenStreetMap UK (a local chapter of OSMF).

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.

Key places I've mapped and events I've attended

• 2007 Southampton mapping party.
• Mapping round Sunbury and Hampton
• During the Richmond/Kew Mapping Weekend, I did some of Twickenham and hoped 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.
• 2008, 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.
• Organised a mapping party weekend in 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.
• 2011, Attended, and presented a paper at State Of The Map Europe 2011 in Vienna, Austria.
• Created ToiletMap.org as a proof-of-concept with OSM data.
• Attended State Of The Map 2011 in Denver, USA.
• 2012, Did some mapping of Burrel, Albania in July 2012.
• Attended SotM12 in Tokyo, Japan.
• Attended State Of The Map Scotland 2012 in Edinburgh.
• 2013, 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.
• Participated in "Project Marmalade" involving 100s of bright orange "OpenStreetMap Surveyor Was Here" stickers.
• 2015, Attended State of the Map Scotland 2015.
• Joined discussions that would later result in "OpenStreetMap UK CIC", a local chapter of OSMF.
• Took part in a Newcastle Cloud Innovation hackathon called "Connecting the city".
• Created better and more accurate maps than RoSPA, about Durham River Safety.
• 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.
• Began a You Tube channel called "OSM Diaries".
• Ran some humanitarian mapping workshops with youth groups in Durham.
• 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.
• Ran a session Get involved in the OpenStreetMap Foundation and facilitated networking with the working groups.
• Did some mapping in Aberdeen, the most Northern place I've mapped.
• 2019 renamed my YouTube channel to "Mapper Diaries".
• Did some data checking of UK towns.
• On the team for State of the Map 2019 although involvement in pre-conference organisation was limited, I led an interview session "Meet an OpenStreetMapper".
• 2020, on the team organising SotM 2020 which took place online with the help of the South Africa team. I did a 2nd session of "Meet an OpenStreetMapper".
• Began humanitarian mapping parties at Emmanuel Church Durham.
• 2021, on the team organising SotM 2021 which was fully online.
• Recorded 2 videos "Faith and OpenStreetMap" and "Tutorial: Adding places of worship to OpenStreetMap" funded by United Religions Initiative(URI) Europe.
• 2022, attended SotM 2022 in Italy. Had taken a step back from the organising team but still helped out and was asked to lead the closing ceremony.
• Assisted a sustainable transport mapping workshop/mapping party in Leeds.
• 2023, volunteered at SotM Europe in Belgium. Co-led a participatory welcome session, and gave a talk on "The Art of OpenStreetMap".
• 2024, moved to Dundee, Scotland and began mapping here.
• 2025, led the planning and organisation of State of the Map Europe 2025

Current

Continuing to find new topics of objects to map while improving the base data of anywhere I am. I've also become more interested in tagging places if they have baby change facilities,.

OTher history

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 ran as a candidate in the OSMF Board Elections 2013, 2019, and 2026. These have not been consecutive years because I only run when I feel I can dedicate appropriate time, and I get involved in other things if not elected.

OSM UK CIC

I was a founding director of OpenStreetMap UK, and elected in. It soon became a local chapter of OSMF. I resigned in 2019, to create space for other directors. I served as a director for a number of years. When not a director, I have continued to serve the local chapter in a number of ways. Some proud moments:

• Minuted most of the pre-founding minutes, and several meetings after that
• Assisted with building of the website
• Wrote a number of case studies, and shared these at events
• Illustrated the organisation's aims, making them more tangible
• Chaired several efficient AGMs
• Met with government Cabinet staff to represent OSM
• Ran & planned State of the Map Europe 2025 at a profit

Notes

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