TuanIfan
- Mapper since:
- March 12, 2012
Hi my name Tuan (Tony) and I am part-time cartographer and a mapping nerd.
I live in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and work as a marketing assistant at a local Vietnamese newspaper. Work involves understanding the local marketing, so I can apply a bit of my mapping skills into my tasks and make it easier.
I have been an OSM contributor for 7 years and I am a crazy mapper.
Why do I love OSM and mapping?
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I have a passion for maps since my childhood, and I could spend hours “reading” a map. Printed maps and large heavy atlas books were my close friends at home.
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I came to OSM in 2012, after a few weeks of contributing to Google maps in its Mapmaker project. I was pissed off my the negative attitude of moderators in the Vietnam group. OSM was different and welcoming, and contributor-friendly.
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Thanks to Potlatch 2 and OSM Wiki, I have learned more about the mapping language and basics of it.
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an OSM Mapper in Melbourne recommended JOSM to me in 2013, and since then I have used it more than iD.
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Since I began mapping particular localities (by enriching the area’s map), I had to browse through various books and historical resources to gain understanding of the area. Therefore I have a chance to learn the region’s history and cultures.
Mapping activities:
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I contribute to OpenStreetMap in my free time, usually when I am home or at weekends.
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Sometimes I go out to do survey where I add points of interests (POIs) into the map.
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Other times, I stay home or in library, drawing roads and adding facilities into the maps.
Main objectives:
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Never leave a town, city or place without streets
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Drawing streets is not enough, make it “living” by enriching it
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Mapping is art and passion and a hobby.
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Mapping helps save the world, as HOTOSM.org has shown.
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A cartographer is a person who makes rich and beautiful maps which can be applied by many people to gain knowledge and benefit their lives and work.
Main tasks in ENRICHING a map:
I believe a map with streets is not enough. It should be enriched in the following way:
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adding amenities : schools, hospitals, city council or local government offices,
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natural features : parks, mountains, and lakes and rivers
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draw buildings for main facilities : hospitals, schools and government councils and public buildings.
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draw administrative boundaries.
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Name everything you draw.
Current concentration:
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Hà Nội : adding amenities and buildings around the urban districts (the core urban districts) of Hà Nội, Government Centre, Hanoi Old Citadel, Old Quarters and surrounding districts
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adding multilingual names localities, amenities and roads in Chinese, Indonesian and Russian (when I cannot use a computer).
Past concentrations:
VIETNAM
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Ho Chi Minh City: several districts, mainlyDistrict 4 (where I lived), and the city centre around Nguyen Hue Street
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Huế : mainly the Imperial Citadel and the southern bank of Hương river.
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Hà Nội : edited Yên Viên town and surrounding villages and amenities. Cổ Nhuế ward
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Bắc Ninh province : edited the town of TỪ SƠN including: town centre, Đình Bảng old village, Đồng Kỵ, Tam Sơn and surrounding villages (too many of them!)
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Hải Dương province: edited xã Quyết Thắng of Thanh Hà district (my father’s homeland), added city of CHÍ LINH
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Quảng Ninh : edited HẠ LONG City (in full) including the new Library and 30-10 square, Sun Group theme park, Hà Lầm ward, CẨM PHẢ City, MÓNG CÁI City (major wards only)
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Điện Biên province : added Mường Lay town and surroundings
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Lai Châu province : added several small villages near border, such as xã Ma Ly Pho
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Lào Cai province : added several new subdistricts of Lào Cai city.
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Lạng Sơn province : added the town of Đồng Đăng before Kim Jong-un’ arrival.
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Kiên Giang: added the city of Rach Gia (in full) and some villages nearby.
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Sóc Trăng province: added places in Soc Trang City, Mỹ Xuyên town of My Xuyen district, Vinh Chau town, and Tran De district.
AUSTRALIA
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Melbourne metro area : adding POIs and buildings in suburbs: Springvale, Clayton, Noble Park, DANDENONG, Murrumbeena, Carnegie.. to be UPDATED….
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Bundaberg, QLD: adding POIs, boundaries and landuse.
Platforms:
- JOSM: mainly.
- Go Map!!
- iD: rarely do I use it.
- OSMAND : for viewing map in many languages and seeing contours.
Rankings:
- How did I contribute to OSM: https://hdyc.neis-one.org/?TuanIfan
- Heat Map: https://yosmhm.neis-one.org/?TuanIfan
Education
- I have a master’s degree at The University of Melbourne
- Major : International Relations
- Additional language study : Bahasa Indonesia
Location & Contact
Feel free to connect with me, and catch up for a beer or coffee anywhere. And yes, add my Facebook for better communication.
- Current address : Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/vutuan202
- Email : vutuan202@gmail.com