
Creator13
- Mapper since:
- May 27, 2017
- Last map edit:
- May 02, 2025
About me
Hi, I’m Casper! I started mapping hiking trails and tracks in my second home area of Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle, France. Then I noticed what else needed to be done. I’ve been fixing the problems with land registry imports, adding anything that’s missing, etc. In my spare time / when I can’t go out to survey, I try to help other projects.
When I go out hiking or mountain biking, I try to record as much GPS traces as possible to add to the OSM database.
Website: cvanbattum.com
Mapping in New Brunswick Canada
Currently working on imroving the map based on high-quality imagery in New Brunswick, Canada. Lots of buildings to be added, fixing the CanVec imports and generally adding missing features. Lots of work, lots of fun. In case you want to know more about what I’m doing here and why, or if you want to help out and follow the same conventions as I do (or discuss them), you should read this diary entry: osm.org/user/Creator13/diary/394298
I created a little tool to help me track my progress: https://github.com/Creator13/BuildingAnalyzer
Mapsnap
I created a command line tool for mappers to help create progress timelapses! Check it out on github or my website.
Mapsnap is a tool that will download an area of tiles from the OSM tileserver, and stitch them together in one image. The area data is saved to a file so you can download a snapshot of the same image again after you make changes.
In the future I plan adding a feature to create timelapses with the same tool, but for now you can make the timelapses yourself using any kind of gif editor.
The tool has compiled binaries for x64 windows and linux, and the source code can be compiled against .NET 6.0 for any other platform.
Latest Diaries
Chronicles of mapping a Canadian village
A few years ago, Esri got their hands on amazing, high-res imagery of a few urban areas in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. I found this out ...
Trouble with the French land registry
While I was looking through the area I’m busy mapping, I noticed all kinds of weird errors in the French land registry. Now, we all know French bur...
Mapping the area of Le Thillot, Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle and Bussang
Hi everyone! This is my first user diary here! Recently I’ve began to map the area around the towns Le Thillot, Fresse-sur-Moselle, Saint-Maurice-...