Hello! I’m a resident of Metro Vancouver that’s interested in hiking, trail running, whitewater/sea kayaking, gravel/mountain biking, rock/ice climbing, canyoneering, and paragliding.

Current projects:

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My main contributions to date have been:

1. Trails and Resource Roads
2. Waterfalls
3. Emergency Shelters, Fire Lookouts, and Cabins
4. Parks, Rec Sites, Rec Reserve, and Conservation Area Boundaries
5. Paragliding takeoffs, landings, and wind socks
6. Rock & Ice Climbing Crags and Routes
7. Campsites and Camp Pitches
8. Misc. Park Amenities (bathrooms, fountains, picnic tables, etc.)
9. Mountain Peaks, Passes (saddles), Pinnacles, and Ridges
10. Natural landscape (specifically aimed at mountain or water navigation)
11. Rural properties
12. Bicycle racks
13. Indigenous place names
14. Whitewater (Put-ins, Rapids, etc.)

Questions/Concerns:

If you have a question, notice an issue, or have concerns about any of my mapping or OpenStreetMap in general, please feel free to get in touch or create a discussion topic on the OpenStreetMap Community forum. I welcome constructive feedback and am happy to provide rationale, revisit or review edits, and answer questions. Community input helps keep OpenStreetMap accurate and useful for everyone.

Rumors:

From time to time, rumors, speculation, and outright lies circulate about my mapping activities and those of others. Many of these claims are inaccurate, based on misunderstandings, or become exaggerated as they are repeated.

I understand that people may have questions, but I am not in a position to respond to every rumor, comment, or allegation that appears online or elsewhere. My focus remains on contributing accurate, verifiable data to OpenStreetMap and engaging constructively with the community.

If you have a specific question or concern about my mapping, I encourage you to contact me directly rather than relying on secondhand information.

Trail Safety

A significant portion of my work, amounting to thousands of volunteer hours, has been dedicated to improving trail safety and trail information. This includes refining trail alignments, adding difficulty ratings, documenting legal access, labelling social and unsanctioned trails, and maintaining a wide range of trail metadata in line with best practices developed by the OpenStreetMap US Trails Stewardship Initiative (a collaboration of government, volunteer, and private sector stakeholders working to address issues in trail mapping, outdoor recreation, and public land management).

I do my best to keep this information accurate and up to date, but it’s impossible to be everywhere at once. If you notice an issue or spot information that needs updating, please don’t hesitate to reach out. I’ll be happy to review it and see what can be done.

Regarding “informal” tag

I mark social and unsanctioned trails with informal=yes to follow best practice guidelines developed by the OSM US Trails Working Group.

osm.wiki/United_States/Trail_Access_Project

Removal requests

Chances are you want a trail or other backcountry feature removed. Please read the following wiki page in it’s entirety.

osm.wiki/Why_can%27t_I_delete_this_trail%3F

After reading the wiki page in its entirety, please feel free to contact me if you would like me to review the feature in question. I would be happy to work with you to find a solution that aligns with OpenStreetMap’s policies. I am also willing to work collaboratively with landowners, government agencies, and other stakeholders to identify appropriate in-person solutions that address concerns.

As a last resort, you can reach out to the Data Working Group, the moderation group of OpenStreetMap, to request a removal.

osm.wiki/Data_Working_Group

If you like my edits and want to support my work

I encourage you to donate to an outdoor organization of your choosing. Some I recommend are the BC Mountain Foundation, Nature Trust of BC, BC Parks Foundation, Metro Vancouver Regional Parks Foundation, Hope Mountain Centre for Outdoor Learning, BC Marine Trails, Chilliwack Parks Society, North Shore Mountain Biking Association, Fraser Valley Mountain Biking Association, Squamish Access Society, and the Sea to Sky Bolt Fund Society to name a few.