Brazil Singh
| Brazil Singh | |
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 Brazil Singh in 2025 | |
| Born | 25 May 2002 Magura, Khulna, Bangladesh |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Bangladeshi |
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| Known for | Director OpenStreetMap Foundation, Open Mapping Guru |
| 🌐 Website | {{URL|example.com|optional display text}} |
Brazil Singh[1] (born 25 May 2002) is a Bangladeshi entrepreneur and the director of the OpenStreetMap Foundation, a non-profit organization whose aim is to support and enable the development of freely-reusable geospatial data.
Early life
Brazil grew up in Magura District and for higher studies he moved to Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Career
Brazil studied computing science at Eastern University (Bangladesh)[2].
In July 2024, he was selected as a Youthmappers Leadership Fellow and in 2025 he became the Regional Ambassador in Asia.[3] In January 2025, he became a voting member of Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.[4] In September 2025, he was appointed as a Board of Director at Openstreetmap Foundation.[5]
Personal life
Brazil Singh is an active contributor to Openstreetmap, he is known as Open Mapping Guru[6], where his efforts have played a crucial role in training communities, hosting mapathons, and responding to disasters. His passion for mapping has led him to actively participate in mapping projects and disaster response initiatives.
References
- ↑ OpenStreetMap Foundation filing to Companies House (UK) on 17 September 2008.
- ↑ "We are incredibly proud to share that Brazil Singh, a student from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Eastern University, has been appointed as the Regional Ambassador for Asia by YouthMappers!".
- ↑ "2024 YouthMappers Leadership Fellows".
- ↑ "voting Members". Humanitarian Openstreetmap Team (HOT). 2025-09-14. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
- ↑ "Board of Directors". OSM Foundation. 2025-09-14. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
- ↑ "Access free past training sessions hosted by Open Mapping Gurus". OSM Wiki. 2025-09-14. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
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References
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