Representative's Activities
This page introduces the personal open-source and open-data activities of Hiroshi Miura, Representative of ILOHA OpenLab LLC. ILOHA OpenLab was founded on the foundation of this long-term community involvement and technical expertise.
Profile Overview
| Name | Hiroshi Miura |
|---|---|
| Title (Corporate) | Representative, ILOHA OpenLab LLC |
| Community Title | Executive Director, OpenStreetMap Foundation Japan |
| Core Expertise | OSS Ecosystem Support, Translation Tools, Geospatial Information Systems, Python Library Development |
External Profiles
Community & Educational Activities
Kobe Institute of Computing (KIC)
Role: Adjunct Professor (Apr 2005 – Mar 2008)
Lecturing on Operating Systems and Open Source Software (e.g., Linux kernel).
Aoyama Gakuin University, School of Global Studies and Collaboration (GSC)
Role: Part-time Lecturer (2026 – Present)
Teaching courses related to open source and geospatial information.
OpenStreetMap Foundation Japan (OSMFJ)
Role: Executive Director (2010 – Present)
A non-profit organization representing the OpenStreetMap community in Japan.
OmegaT Project
Role: Project Lead & Core Contributor (2016 – Present (Lead: 2023 – Present))
Free software CAT (Computer-Aided Translation) tool under the GNU GPL license.
WeeklyOSM
Role: Editor/Translator (English/Japanese)
International weekly news outlet reporting on the OpenStreetMap community.
Original & Maintained OSS Projects
| Project Name | Role | Overview | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| aqtinstall | Author & Maintainer | Another (unofficial) Qt CLI Installer on multi-platforms. Optimized for CI environments. | Link ↗ |
| pykakasi | Author & Maintainer | Python NLP library for converting Japanese text (Kanji/Kana) to Romaji. | Link ↗ |
| py7zr | Author & Maintainer | Python implementation of 7zip archive. Supports LZMA2, ZStd, PPMd, etc. | Link ↗ |
| omegat-textra-plugin | Author & Maintainer | NICT TexTra machine translation API plugin for OmegaT. | Link ↗ |
| gradle-omegat-plugin | Author & Maintainer | Plugin to integrate OmegaT translation memory into Gradle builds. | Link ↗ |
| unihandecode | Author & Maintainer | Multilingual library to decode Unicode characters to ASCII. | Link ↗ |
| pyppmd | Author & Maintainer | Python implementation of PPM (Prediction by Partial Matching) compression algorithm. | Link ↗ |
| inflate64 | Author & Maintainer | Python implementation of Enhanced Deflate (Deflate64) algorithm. | Link ↗ |
Contribution Highlights
Contributed to hundreds of open-source projects, including the Linux kernel, OmegaT, GDAL, OpenStreetMap editors (JOSM and others), and LibreOffice.
Awards & Recognitions
Chairman's Award of the Information Promotion Month Promotion Council (2011)
For contributions to the earthquake disaster support platform Sinsai.info project.
Japan Cartographers Association Special Award (2018)
Awarded to OSMFJ for contributions to citizen-participatory mapping through OpenStreetMap.
Financial Use Case Working Group Contribution Award (IOWN Global Forum, 2025)
For contributions to working group coordination and white paper authorship in the joint white paper project with MUFG.
Books & Translations
Infrastructure Design Patterns: 127 Design Methods for Stable Operation
Role: Co-author
Gihyo Publishing (2014)
Understanding the Linux Kernel, 1st Edition
Role: Translator (Co-translator)
O'Reilly Japan (2001)