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Quincy Morgan

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OpenStreetMap pro. Folk traveler. NYC. Building open source geospatial software. Thinking about trains and wild places. 🦬🗺️🛤️🌾⛰️🛶🤙

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Joined August 12, 2025

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https://waysidemapping.org

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https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/quincylvania

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Quincy Morgan @waysidemapping@mastodon.social · Feb 23, 2026

Replying to @forteller@tutoteket.no

@forteller@tutoteket.no Happy to help! Thanks for opening that ticket :)

Quincy Morgan @waysidemapping@mastodon.social · Feb 21, 2026

Replying to @stefan@stefanbohacek.online

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online Thanks! Time to make a map haha

Quincy Morgan @waysidemapping@mastodon.social · Feb 21, 2026

Replying to @arthurwelle@mastodon.social

@arthurwelle@mastodon.social Okay I found the license. The icons are Apache 2.0 which has a few strings in the redistribution clause which seem to prevent inclusion in a CC0 library: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Quincy Morgan @waysidemapping@mastodon.social · Feb 21, 2026

Replying to @ctoney@fosstodon.org

@ctoney@fosstodon.org That's the goal! Hopefully just a start

Quincy Morgan @waysidemapping@mastodon.social · Feb 21, 2026

Replying to @jspath55@chaos.social

@jspath55@chaos.social Thanks! I thought it was cute

Quincy Morgan @waysidemapping@mastodon.social · Feb 21, 2026

Replying to @arthurwelle@mastodon.social

@arthurwelle@mastodon.social looks cool but appears to be copyright 🤔

Quincy Morgan @waysidemapping@mastodon.social · Feb 21, 2026

Replying to @raquel_ivides_org@mastodon.social

@raquel_ivides_org@mastodon.social I just drew that today! Glad it’s already useful :)

Quincy Morgan @waysidemapping@mastodon.social · Feb 20, 2026

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Here are some of the more interesting icons I drew that are "exclusive" to Pinhead, including reimagined icons for OSM curb types

Quincy Morgan @waysidemapping@mastodon.social · Feb 20, 2026

Here’s a little something I put together this week: Pinhead Map Icons. I was tired of digging through a bunch of different sources to find good cartographic icons, so I compiled all the public domain sources I could find into one unified set. You’ll see familiar faces from the likes of iD, OSM Carto, and National Park Service maps, plus some newcomers. Let me know what you think!

https://pinhead.ink/

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Quincy Morgan @waysidemapping@mastodon.social · Aug 25, 2025

Replying to @waysidemapping@mastodon.social

I'm currently available for hire, so don't hesitate to reach out if you have any similar work 🤝

Quincy Morgan @waysidemapping@mastodon.social · Aug 25, 2025

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Beyond design, I developed a preview webpage for the Temaki library (where my icons live) to help developers find the icons they're looking for.

Quincy Morgan @waysidemapping@mastodon.social · Aug 25, 2025

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I also made an effort to cultivate a consistent design language by building related icons in series, reusing common elements.

Quincy Morgan @waysidemapping@mastodon.social · Aug 25, 2025

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Prior to my custom designs, many similar features in iD were represented by identical icons. This is confusing. I tried to give each feature a unique, descriptive icon to highlight the differences between them.

Quincy Morgan @waysidemapping@mastodon.social · Aug 25, 2025

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OSM is full of jargon that beginners shouldn't be expected to know. Icons can give mappers confidence that they're using the right tags, particularly if the app isn't well translated into their language.

Quincy Morgan @waysidemapping@mastodon.social · Aug 25, 2025

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If you've ever edited OSM, you've seen icons like these but probably haven't thought much about them. In fact, these icons are key to helping mappers understand the connection between OSM data and real-world objects.

Quincy Morgan @waysidemapping@mastodon.social · Aug 25, 2025

Back when I worked on iD (the default OpenStreetMap editor) I designed over 270 bespoke map icons to illustrate various feature types. These are free and open source.

A guided gallery of my icon work is now available on my portfolio: https://waysidemapping.org/projects/id-preset-icons/

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