OpenStreetMap
ElliottPlack
- Mapper since:
- March 12, 2009
- Last map edit:
- July 20, 2025
Elliott is a professional geographer in the GIS consulting industry. Elliott is from the Towson/Timonium area of Baltimore County, Maryland, USA and currently live in the county. Elliott is a member of the OpenStreetMap Foundation Data Working Group.
About Elliott
An avid cyclist, runner, and outdoorsman, my edits tend to focus around outdoor features that I spot along my activities. I especially enjoy adding green items to the map, e.g. parks, nature reserve, paths, playgrounds, and woods. I use a Garmin bike computer to navigate on the roads which is powered by OpenStreetMap, so I’m attentive to routing issues for bicycle and pedestrian navigation.
OSM History
I joined the project in 2009 but started contributing more actively when fellow geography undergraduate PhilR8 and me decided to detail map our college campus, Towson University, around 2011. Since then, I’ve led several major building imports and an import of Maryland’s parks and protected lands. In 2021, I joined the Data Working Group
Get in touch
- Find me on the OSM US Slack
- My user stats are available here
Related OSM Accounts
- OSM Wiki: osm.wiki/User:ElliottPlack
- Github: https://github.com/talllguy
- HOTOSM: https://tasks.hotosm.org/users/ElliottPlack
- Missing Maps: https://www.missingmaps.org/users/#/ElliottPlack
- Import Account: osm.org/user/EP_Import
- Repair/revert Account for DWG work.: osm.org/user/EP_Repair
Latest Diaries
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Mapping Baltimore City's Storm Drains
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Mapping Baltimore Buildings in 3D
There is an interest in modeling 3D buildings on OpenStreetMap and in the community. Updates from map providers like Mapbox and Mapzen now support ...