Poruri Sai Rahul

Join us tomorrow (7 March) at 11 AM to listen to @contrapunctus talk about @OSMIndia - https://fossunited.org/c/fosshack/2026-builders-1

Every Saturday this month (March), we’ll be listening to builders from the Indian FOSS ecosystem as part of the @fossunited FOSS Hack 2026!

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Builder profile - Contrapunctus @ OSM

Builder profile - Contrapunctus @ OSM is being organized on Saturday, 7 March 2026 by FOSSHack Community. Join us and learn about Contrapunctus and his experience in the Open Street Map (OSM) community - contributing to OSM, bringing in new [...]

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Show threadPoruri Sai RahulMar 7
@contrapunctus @OSMIndia @fossunited this was fun! stream at https://youtube.com/live/DfuLLNZEg8k
FOSSHack Builders Profiles #1 - contrapunctus (OpenStreetMap India)

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@OSMIndia @fossunited

@contrapunctus (https://hdyc.neis-one.org/?contrapunctus) briefly talked about his experience in the OSM India community - how he started in 2016, where he usually maps, others from the OSM India community to look up to, and the recent SoTM India 2026 event. He then talked about how prominent companies in India use OSM, e.g., Zepto (https://blog.zeptonow.com/boosting-geospatial-performance-at-zepto-learnings-from-scaling-tile38-c31fd1b5ebc2), Ola Maps (https://blog.sahilister.in/2024/07/ola-maps-and-openstreetmap-data/, https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Ola_-_Organised_Editing)

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Show threadPoruri Sai RahulMar 7
@OSMIndia @fossunited @contrapunctus - he then briefly commented on how organizations like Doctors without Borders use OSM for disaster relief, e.g,. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/get-involved/missing-maps-project and https://www.missingmaps.org/
Show threadPoruri Sai RahulMar 7
@OSMIndia @fossunited @contrapunctus - he then briefly introduced https://www.openstreetmap.in, and one of the participants shared a project that he is building on top of OSM https://github.com/ni5arga/sightline
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Show threadPoruri Sai RahulMar 7
@OSMIndia @fossunited @contrapunctus - in the end, he highlighted projects like StreetComplete (https://streetcomplete.app/), MapComplete (https://mapcomplete.org/), OSM OSE (https://osmose.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/), Unmapped places of the OSM World (https://neis-one.org/2024/12/unmapped-places-osm-2024/), Quests of GoMap!!, and more as possible ways for newcomers to participate in the OSM community. For people interested in organizing mapping parties, he shared his process - https://codeberg.org/OpenStreetMap-Delhi/mapping-party-process
Show threadPoruri Sai RahulMar 7

If you're interested in joining the OSM India community, consider joining an online or in-person mapping party. Information about future events can be found here - https://osmcal.org/?in=India. You could also follow @OSMIndia and @contrapunctus on the Fediverse.

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