Firefishy
- Mapper since:
- August 28, 2006
- Last map edit:
- March 12, 2026
About me
I have been part of the OpenStreetMap Operations Team since 2017 and since May 2022 I have been employed by the OpenStreetMap Foundation as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for the project.
I help maintain and operate the infrastructure that keeps OpenStreetMap.org running reliably for the global community.
I am also an active mapper with a strong interest in Southern Africa, where I have spent considerable time mapping railway infrastructure and power grid networks across the region.
Map layers and imagery
I maintain and help publish several aerial and historic map layers:
Southern Africa
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South African NGI Aerial Imagery (25cm)
https://aerial.openstreetmap.org.za/ -
South West Africa / Namibia 1:50k Topographic Maps (1970s–1980s)
https://namibia-topo.openstreetmap.org.za/ -
Swaziland / Eswatini Topographic Maps (1970s–1980s)
Coming soon -
Rhodesia / Zimbabwe Topographic Maps (1960s–1980s)
Coming soon
Other layers
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AGRI – Australian Geographic Reference Image
https://agri.openstreetmap.org/ -
OS OpenMap Local
https://os.openstreetmap.org/
Messaging and support
Please note that I am not able to provide individual user support via OpenStreetMap messages.
If you need help with OpenStreetMap, please consider:
- The OpenStreetMap Wiki
- The OpenStreetMap Community Forum
- Email: support [AT] openstreetmap DOT org
Messages requesting account actions or administrative assistance sent via the OSM messaging system are unfortunately unlikely to receive a response.
Thanks for understanding, and happy mapping!
Latest Diaries
Diary Entry Purchase Historical Eswatini Topographic Maps
I’m raising funds to purchase the historic 1:50,000 topographic map series of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), so I can preserve and share them onlin...
Diary Entry Help purchase 1:50k Topographic series of Swaziland?
A few years back, I successfully led a crowdfunding effort to raise £975 to purchase scans of the 1970s / 1980s 1:50k topographic map series of Sou...
Diary Entry Update OpenStreetMap's OS Street View instance
I recently updated http://os.openstreetmap.org/ Announced here: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2012-September/013789.html
Diary Entry First Post :-)
New server database server Ramoth is now online.