Steve Coast
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| Steve Coast | |
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.jpg) Steve Coast in 2009 |
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| Born | Stephen Coast[1] 20 December 1980 |
| Known for | founder of OpenStreetMap |
Steve Coast (born 20 December 1980) founded OpenStreetMap (OSM) in July 2004.[2] In 2007[3] he founded CloudMade.
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Career [edit]
Coast interned at Wolfram Research before studying computing science at University College London (UCL).[4] With Nick Black, he set up ZXV Ltd, a technology consultancy in 2006. In 2008 this became CloudMade after investment by Nikolaj Nyholm and Sunstone Capital.[5] Steve resigned from CloudMade in October 2010,[6] although he is still a shareholder. On 23 November 2010 Coast announced that he had accepted a position as Principal Architect at Microsoft's Bing Mobile.[7]
Personal life [edit]
Coast grew up in Walderslade and London, England. In 2008 he moved to San Francisco and in late 2009 moved to Colorado. Steve and his wife Hurricane Coast (née: McEwen) live in Denver. On 23 November 2010 Coast wrote that he will be moving to Seattle, Washington.[8]
References [edit]
- ^ OpenStreetMap Foundation filing to Companies House (UK) on 17 September 2008.
- ^ Mathieson, S. A. (11 May 2006). "A sidestep in the right direction". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
- ^ "About CloudMade". CloudMade. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ Gorman, Sean (30 June 2008). "Will the Real Steve Coast Please Stand Up?". FortiusOne. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
- ^ "Steve Coast - profile". CloudMade. Archived from the original on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- ^ "I've resigned from CloudMade - SteveC". Blog.stevecoast.com. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
- ^ "I’m working at Microsoft and we’re donating imagery to OpenStreetMap!". Steve Coast. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ "I’m working at Microsoft and we’re donating imagery to OpenStreetMap! - SteveC". Blog.stevecoast.com. 23 November 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
External links [edit]
- Steve Coast's website and Blog
- Steve Coast on Twitter
- Keynote speech at 2007 The State of the Map conference
- "Londonist Interviews...OpenStreetMap Guru Steve Coast". Londonist. April 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
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