OpenStreetMap US

Welcome session for Mapping USA (Spring 2021) with Executive Director, Maggie Cawley, and the OSM US Board: Minh Nguyễn, Jubal Harpster, Diane Fritz, Dani Waltersdorfer, & Martijn van Exel.

Speakers

Maggie Cawley

Maggie is currently the full time Executive Director for OpenStreetMap US, based in Richmond, Virginia, working to support and grow the organization. She was a board member for two years before becoming Executive Director in 2019, and served as the chair of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee from 2022-2025. Her background includes work in urban planning, GIS analysis, project management, and field data collection.

Daniela Waltersdorfer

Daniela is a Transportation Engineer/Planner at Cambridge Systematics and a proud advocate of opensource data and spaces. She is from Lima, Peru, and currently resides in Washington D.C. with her dog, Milou.

Diane Fritz

Dr. Diane Fritz is an associate scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado and teaches remote sensing at the University of Colorado. She holds a PhD in geological sciences. Her avocations can be described as “anything outdoors.”

Minh Nguyễn

Minh is a mapper, Wikipedian, and incurable roadgeek. He lives in San José, California.

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