My fellow MapLibre family members,
My name is Devesh, and I’m happy to be serving on the MapLibre Governing Board for the 2026 term.
In 2014 I shipped my first map, a transit app for my city. I fought proprietary tiles, metered pricing, and an SDK I couldn’t open or fix, and when it finally rendered I realized I owned none of it. That night I stopped believing the software that draws our world should belong to a few companies who rent it back to us. That refusal is why I found MapLibre, and it is why I’m running.
I’m head of engineering for the AWS Geospatial org at Amazon, lead Amazon Location Service, and own Amazon’s contributions to MapLibre, because this work lets me pour serious engineering into geospatial technology anyone can use.
Through Amazon’s sponsorship, I’ve put engineers behind the code, from Metal rendering for iOS and Vulkan for Android to MapLibre Tile format generation and ingestion, along with the unglamorous fixes that keep the project stable for newcomers. Amazon runs MapLibre in production every day, from its delivery fleet to Amazon Location Service. I grew Amazon’s MapLibre fund to USD 500K and put engineers on the problems this community voted most important.
I would also like to help with funding and new sponsorship. Beyond Amazon, I work with other industry leaders at Esri, HERE, Precisely, Stamen, SparkGeo, Grab and more. I would help renew existing sponsors, introduce new backers from partners I already know, and explore grants and proposals as added support. And I will spend my time with you, in the issues and on the calls, carrying what I hear into every decision.
I’m convinced MapLibre can become the renderer the world reaches for first, on every screen. I will drive roadmap efforts to completion. The Plugin API will extend Native without forking, the graphics modernization and WebGPU work will strengthen both SDKs, and the MapLibre Tile Format, with its Rust codec and tooling, will set a new standard for map tiles. Roadmaps do not ship themselves, so I will pair engineers and partners with each until they land in real products.
My disclosure, in fairness. I’m an Amazon employee and this MapLibre work is part of my job. Amazon is a MapLibre sponsor. Where Amazon’s interests and the community’s could diverge, I’ll step out of the decision.
I’ve spent a decade betting on open mapping and backing it with code, dollars, and partnerships. With your vote, I’ll turn that conviction into a stronger, freer MapLibre for all of us.
Thank you. Dev