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I want to get the locations of users who have ever made contributions to a specified area, and possibly the locations of their edits. Any suggestions? Thanks!

asked 05 Oct '10, 18:34

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There is OWL, as already explained here.

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answered 05 Oct '10, 19:38

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Thank you very much for the response! It looks like that only user names are available. Is there a way to get the location of users (e.g., which cities are they in? IP addresses)? Thanks!

(06 Oct '10, 22:56) linna

You can find a list of several applications and web services here to find out the activity of certain mappers inn certain areas.

For your special purpose i would recommend the service "OSM Mapper" from itoworld.com

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answered 07 Oct '10, 16:46

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I don't think there's any way to automatically find out where users are located, or their IP addresses.

If you go to your user page on openstreetmap.org, and have set your home location, then it will show you "other nearby users". But this is limited to the nearest 10 users, and not all users will have set their home location anyway

Also, some users might have an account on the wiki, and have added their user page to the appropriate subcategory of Category:Users by geographical region. But that's probably only a small percentage of OSM editors. And the locations may not necessarily be accurate, eg people might list themselves in several different cities if they visit them regularly. And some people might have a different username on the wiki to on openstreetmap.org.

I think the best way to find out where a particular user is located, is to send them a message and ask them. It would probably help if you explained why you are interested in knowing this, then people would be more likely to reply.

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answered 07 Oct '10, 17:59

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Thank you very much for all these helpful suggestions! I will try them!

(07 Oct '10, 22:04) linna

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