User:Unen

Can Unen

About Me

• I have a Ph.D. in Geomatics Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and was a research assistant at the same department between 2005-2013. I was an assistant professor in Maltepe University between 2013-2019. I was an adjunct lecturer for MEF University starting at 2017, and I had been appointed as an assistant professor there in 2020.
• I was a research scholar at the Mid-America Earthquake Center of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2008 and 2009.
• I was a board member of Yer Çizenler Mapping for Everyone Association since 2017 and the board chair since 2018 until the dissolution of the legal body in Fabruary 2024.
• I was the interim country manager of Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team in 2018.
• I was a project coordinator with Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team between January 2019 and January 2021, functioning as the project lead within the Kaart editing team based in Turkey. The organized editor tag on my OSM username is only from the edits within this period.
• I was the OSM Trainer for the Open Mapping Hub Asia Pacific between January 2022 and July 2023.
• I was the Senior Manager for Community & partnerships for the Open Mapping Hub Asia Pacific between August 2023 and July 2024.
• I am a voting member of Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and an associate member of the Openstreetmap Foundation.

In a Nutshell

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Unen uses Overpass turbo, an OSM database search tool, and is willing to advise on it Unen uses QGIS, map viewing & editing app.

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Unen uses the Hotosm.slack.com workspace on Slack. (Request to join) Unen has an account on GitHub as @canunen. Unen messages as canunen.

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Unen can be contacted by e-mail via this wiki. Unen tweets as @unen Unen uses Telegram as @canunen Unen toots on Mastodon/Fediverse as  @canunen@masto.ai

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This user submits data to OpenStreetMap under the name unen. I support OSM by being a member of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. Are you? Unen submits data to OpenStreetMap using iD. Unen submits data to OpenStreetMap using JOSM. Unen submits data to OpenStreetMap using Every Door. Unen submits data to OpenStreetMap using StreetComplete. Unen submits data to OpenStreetMap using RapiD. Unen uses Organic Maps Unen enjoys solving MapRoulette challenges. Unen takes photos for Mapillary as unen. ...? Unen appreciates the use of Good changeset comments. Unen likes to help beginners. This user pledges to advocate for the participation of more women and girls in the OSM community.

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This user hails from Turkey. Unen uses a Linux-based computer. Unen uses an Android-based mobile device. Unen prefers Mozilla Firefox. Unen volunteers at Humanitarian OSM Team. Unen is part of the editorial staff of weeklyOSM. Unen is a biker This user plays the drums