Community Engagement Associate at HOT (2022 - )

Retired Cartographer (1970 - 2008). Last position was Senior Cartographer for Philip’s World Reference and School Atlases :

Associate Member of Openstreetmap Foundation : Voting Member of HOT :

HOT mapper since 2013 >http://tasks.hotosm.org/users/RAytoun< : Tutor and Validator Supervisor at Missing Maps Mapathons, London : My Heat Map: http://www.yosmhm.neis-one.org/?RAytoun# : My OpenStreetMap contributuions: http://hdyc.neis-one.org/?RAytoun : Active on the OpenStreetMap Forum: https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/raytoun/activity : Wiki user: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:RAytoun : Github user:https://github.com/RAytoun :

Co-Chair of HOT Quality Control and Assurance Working Group : Co-Chair of HOT Activation Working Group : Member of HOT Training Working Group : A manager of HOT Global Validator Team :

Was member of HOT Strategic Planning Group, HOT Microgrants Selection Group, HOT COVID-19 Response Team, Lead Validator Coordinator for HOT,

Worked with West African Motorbike Mappers in Sierra Leone

Worked with Warwick University (Institute of Science of Cities) with mapping of slums for research

Worked with Portsmouth University (Crisis & Disaster Management) on post disaster mapping in Dominica

Helped Crowd2Map in Tanzania with campaign against FGM

Liaising with US GeoNames Database regarding Place Names on OSM