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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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Steve interned at Wolfram Research before studying computing science at University College London (UCL).[4] With Nick Black, he setup 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 Steve announced that he had accepted a position as Principal Architect at Microsoft's Bing Mobile.[7]
Steve 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)[8] live in Denver. On 23 November 2010 Steve wrote that he will be moving to Seattle, Washington.[9]