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Minh Nguyen
Mapper since:
April 08, 2008
Last map edit:
April 22, 2026
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Hi, I’m Minh Nguyễn, an armchair mapper since 2008, shoe-leather mapper since 2015, and wiki-fiddler since time immemorial. I currently serve as
Core Software Development Facilitator
and
Software Dispute Resolution Panelist
for the OpenStreetMap Foundation, as well as an advisor to
OpenHistoricalMap
. Previously, I served on the board of
OpenStreetMap U.S.
from 2019 to 2023, most of that time as president. I’m a software developer by trade, specializing in frontend mobile and Web development.
Most of my mapping contributions are clustered around the Greater Cincinnati area (where I grew up in
Loveland
) and the Santa Clara Valley (where I now live in
San José
and co-organize the local mapping community with
Open Source San José
). I use the Web-based iD editor for virtually all my editing, because I like well-designed UIs and also want to stay in touch with how ordinary mappers experience the project. I’ve participated in large-scale imports of
buildings and addresses in New Orleans
sidewalks and buildings in San José
, and
buildings and addresses in Cincinnati
. Occasionally I also
whip out my phone camera
or
commit some code
to OSM-related projects.
I originally started mapping to cope with homesickness and procrastinate on homework, but what keeps me coming back is OpenStreetMap’s potential to democratize mapmaking and help narrow the digital divide. Since the beginning, I’ve contributed to the map entirely in a personal capacity, and I consider my contributions to be in the public domain. This includes my tenure at Mapbox from February 2015 to January 2023. As the world continually evolves, I hope my decades of past contributions will eventually find their way to OpenHistoricalMap for safekeeping.
Say hello
on the Community forum
or
Slack
. You may occasionally see me post stuff from
nguyễn.cincinnati.oh.us
; that’s my personal domain, not affiliated in any way with the City of Cincinnati.
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April 25, 2022