Richard Fairhurst

cartographer and developer of Potlatch within OSM
Person human Q115360412
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Richard Fairhurst

Summary

Richard Fairhurst is a human[1]. He worked as a cartographer[2], OpenStreetMap contributor[3], and cyclist[4].

Key Facts

  • Richard Fairhurst's professions included cartographer[2].
  • Richard Fairhurst worked as an OpenStreetMap contributor[3].
  • Richard Fairhurst's professions included cyclist[4].
  • A notable work attributed to Richard Fairhurst is Potlatch[5].
  • A notable work attributed to Richard Fairhurst is switch2OSM[6].
  • Richard Fairhurst received the Ulf Möller Memorial Award[7].
  • Richard Fairhurst is recorded as male[8].
  • Richard Fairhurst's instance of is recorded as human[9].
  • Richard Fairhurst's residence is recorded as Charlbury[10].
  • Richard Fairhurst's website account on is recorded as www.openstreetmap.org[11].
  • Richard Fairhurst's website account on is recorded as OpenStreetMap community forum[12].
  • Richard Fairhurst's website account on is recorded as Behance[13].
  • Richard Fairhurst's official website is recorded as https://www.systemeD.net[14].
  • Richard Fairhurst's product or material produced is recorded as Handcrafted map[15].
  • Richard Fairhurst's participant in is recorded as State of the Map 2022[16].
  • Richard Fairhurst's official blog URL is recorded as http://blog.systemed.net/[17].
  • Richard Fairhurst's X is recorded as richardf[18].
  • Richard Fairhurst's GitHub account is recorded as systemed[19].
  • Richard Fairhurst's uses is recorded as Adobe Illustrator[20].
  • Richard Fairhurst's uses is recorded as Mapnik[21].
  • Richard Fairhurst's uses is recorded as Ordnance Survey Linked Data[22].
  • Richard Fairhurst's affiliation string is recorded as Éditions Système D[23].
  • Richard Fairhurst's Hacker News username is recorded as doctor_fegg[24].

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Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include cartographer[2], OpenStreetMap contributor[3], and cyclist[4].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include Potlatch[5], a geographic information system[25], founded in 2006[26] and switch2OSM[6], an OpenStreetMap subproject[27].

Recognition

Richard Fairhurst received the Ulf Möller Memorial Award[7].

FAQs

What did Richard Fairhurst do for work?

Richard Fairhurst worked as cartographer[2], OpenStreetMap contributor[3], and cyclist[4].

What awards did Richard Fairhurst receive?

Honors received include Ulf Möller Memorial Award[7].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] . systemed.net. systemed.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . systemed.net. systemed.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wiki.openstreetmap.org. wiki.openstreetmap.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . Q364. wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . systemed.net. systemed.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [5] . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . pocketnavigation.de. pocketnavigation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . twitter.com. Retrieved . twitter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . systemed.net. systemed.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . systemed.net. systemed.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . Q364. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . news.ycombinator.com. Retrieved . news.ycombinator.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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