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This user lives in the United States of America. This user is a Sergeant First Class in the United States Army 25 This user has visited 25 of the 205 countries in the world. This user has created 500+ maps for Misplaced Pages This user contributes to Wikimedia Commons. This user is a Wikipedian cartographer This user is a Freemason. Virtus Junxit Mors Non Separabit File:Delta Chi Coat of Arms.JPG This user is an alumni of Delta Chi ΔΧ File:TTcrest.gif This user is an alumni of Theta Tau ΘΤ Warning to Vandals: This user is armed with VandalProof. This user is interested in maps. en This user is a native speaker of the English language. es-3 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel avanzado de español. pl-2 Ten użytkownik posługuje się językiem polskim na poziomie średnio zaawansowanym. This user is a Wisconsin Badger. UIUC This user is or was a student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. MBA This user is an MBA student. LFG This user spends entirely too much time playing Guild Wars. This user is of German ancestry. This user is of English ancestry. Template:Wikiproject Turkey

This user supports the European Union.

This user supports the independence of Kurdistan.

This user supports the independence of Cyprus.

This user supports the independence of Western Sahara.

This user supports the independence of Kosovo.

This user believes in a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

This user supports the independence of Kashmir.

This user is the proud owner of a Toyota FJ Cruiser.

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About Me

I became wikified in December, 2005.

I am a cartographer by trade, and I am always interested in maps - seeing them, creating them, etc. If anyone ever needs assistance in creating or locating a map, simply send me an email via Wiki (or leave a note on the discussion page) and I will be more than willing to help. I currently work as a GIS Manager for an international telecommunications company. In addition, I am also a volunteer GIS Technician for the United Nations Geographic Information Working Group, focusing on editing the Second Administrative Level Boundaries (SALB) for various parts of the world.

I am a "career military" person. I have spent 20 years serving with the military, including 8 years in the United States Marine Corps and 12 years in the United States Army (Illinois National Guard). I have deployed a total of 4 times throughout my career to various places around the globe.

Awards

• "Best Cartographic Product", 1998 Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) Conference, San Francisco, California
• 2nd Place, 2002 MapInfo MapWorld Conference, San Diego, California
• "Map of the Week", Directions Magazine in April, 2003

The Graphic Designer's Barnstar For your many maps, I award you with this Barnstar OrbitOne

The Original Barnstar For your hard and amazing work to supply maps to Turkey articles Thank you on behalf of WikiProject Turkey! Baristarim 19:34, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

The Mapmaker's Star For consistently adding more and more administrative-level maps that are high quality for Misplaced Pages 130.126.146.133 21:27, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Travels

• Countries I have visited:
  

(including and )

• Countries I am visiting in the near future:
  

 (Apr 2008),    (Jun 2009),  (Jun 2010)

• Countries I would like to visit in the future:
  

• I wish to one day

Walk on the Great Wall of China (planned - in 2008)

Ride the Trans-Siberian Express (planned - in 2009)

Visit Iguassu Falls

Explore Macchu Picchu

Visit the Taj Mahal

Tour the fjords of Norway

Meditate at the Holy Land

Go fishing in Alaska

Visit the Berber culture in Morocco

Go on safari in the Serengeti

Bungee jump off of the bridge near Victoria Falls

Take a walk along the Skeleton Coast in Namibia

Go hiking and have a Forst beer with Icsunonove in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol

• Favorite places

Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic

Krakow, Poland

Copenhagen, Denmark

Barcelona, Spain

Munich, Germany

Paris, France

Current Projects

I specialize in working on administrative-level mapping for a variety of countries throughout the world. I have uploaded a photo (seen on the right) of the database I am working on (and updating on a regular basis). If you wish to contribute to this, let me know!

Current working on: Indonesia - 2nd level regencies (kabupaten) and municipalities (kotamadya), and 3rd level sub-districts (kecamtan) - administrative boundaries, maps to appear soon

• Huge project to create maps for the arrondissements (329 total) and cantons (3,879 total) of France.
• Creating maps for:

1. Territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2. Districts of Somalia
3. Municipalities of Angola
4. Municipalities of Zimbabwe
5. Communes of Burundi
6. Collines of Burundi
7. Communes of Niger
8. Counties of Uganda

• Add more maps to Districts of Tanzania if they are not finished

Notable Contributions

Article pages created:

I am also constantly contributing to the Atlas.

Undeniable Facts

• Bozcaada is "Bozcaada", not "Tenedos"
• Gökçeada is "Gökçeada", not "Imbros"
• Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol is "Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol", not "Trentino-South Tyrol"
• Province of Bozen-South Tyrol is "Province of Bozen-South Tyrol", not "South Tyrol"
• Lake Skadar is "Lake Skadar", not "Lake Scutari"

The proper names are the ones used by such entities as the formal governments by which they are assigned, the United Nations, and other official sources. The latter names have to do with popularity contest and failure to abide by cultural awareness.

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