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Hello! I made my 1000th edit today which also just so happened to roughly coincide with the 1 year mark of my OSM journey. I have had so much fun learning about OSM and connecting with so many cool members of the community.
I started my work on OSM improving the data in my home town of Wilson Wyoming, which continues to be my main focus, although I have done some smaller projects outside of this area. It has been so rewarding to watch my work come together to create such a carefully detailed representation of its unique and beautiful geography. Through all this work I have not only deepened my passion for geographic data, I have had the pleasure of developing the understanding necessary to truly comprehend the marvel of the world’s greatest map, the open street map. I couldn’t be happier to be a part of such a remarkable feat of humanity and commendation to our planet.
Speaking of Wilson, I began a series of diary entries early on where I would provide updates for my “Wilson WY data overhaul project”… I have since stopped doing this and kinda wish I could delete them (if you know how to delete them let me know). Anyways, I bring this up because Wilson has served as a kind of playground where I have and continue to develop my process for creating the most useful, high detail, well tagged, good-lookin’ data possible. This unfortunately hasn’t happened without some growing pains if you will. There are many things that I am not super proud of. For example, the fact that Fish creek has 30 versions in its way history, or the many driveways, roads, and ponds that have an absolutely egregious amount of nodes due to my disdain for jagged curves and my proclivity for getting carried away in my endeavour to make every curve pretty. I am a victim to the coastline paradox. However, this is something I believe I have improved on. Anyways, this entry is mostly for my own personal posterity, but if you are reading this, or are interested in the work I have done on OSM please reach out to me. I absolutely love to make connections with other mappers!
Discussion
Comment from Robot8A on 25 March 2026 at 12:38
Congratulations on the achievement, and thank you for contributing to the project! 🎉
Comment from Adrian Shobrooke on 26 March 2026 at 11:25
Hi Grayforsyth,
Nice work! I found your diary entry reading random entries in English.
Your comment about Fish Creek had me look a little further. You certainly have some patience for all those nodes, but kudos for your detail.
I did spot something I think might be improved. The water area here https://waterwaymap.org/#map=17.94/43.500956/-110.868891 breaks the waterway network (The network is simplified in this map for speed). I think you can continue the incoming stream, or use a flowline, through the area to join Fish Creek and that the area should stop at the river bank line, not the river way. The river is reasonably wide, so could also be represented as an area - natural=water, water=river. Then the map shows how the width changes. osm.wiki/Waterways#Wide_rivers,_lakes,_reservoirs_and_islands
There are two waterways connected to the east end of the the pond area, on flows in, one flows out. Is the flow out correct? I ask because it connects through to an upstream pond that feeds a waterway that becomes the flow into the Fish Creek pond. Water can’t flow in loops under gravity, so perhaps there is a pump in the network? Or the flow direction is wrong for this waterway and some linked waterways?
Once again, some great mapping.
Adrian
Comment from Raquel Dezidério Souto on 26 March 2026 at 17:10
Congratulations! I am near to complete 1000 edits and thinking in a story to tell. I think it can estimulate others to map. A log life with OSM for you. Regards from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Comment from Raquel Dezidério Souto on 26 March 2026 at 17:11
*long life ;) not log life :0
Comment from darkonus on 28 March 2026 at 13:12
Congrats! Also a fellow micromapping enthusiast :)