OpenStreetMap
jcarlson
- Mapper since:
- May 04, 2017
- Last map edit:
- September 02, 2025
Me
My name is Josh Carlson.
I’m now the GIS Developer for Kendall County, Illinois. You can find my “work profile” under the the name Kendall County GIS.
Interests
I like to map a bit of everything, but have a particular interest in
- Pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure
- Accessibility tagging
- Micromapping
- That warm feeling when you fix really bad TIGER data
- Comprehensive highway tagging (lanes, surface, etc)
Mostly, I just want my local area to be really, really well mapped, and I’ll broaden out from there.
Contact
Latest Diaries
A random discussion on the OSM World Discord server yesterday led me to do two things I don’t do often: Edit the OSM Wiki Map outside my area...
See, this is why OSM and similar communities are amazing. I’m still pretty new around here, and even though I’ve gotten pretty deep into some of th...
#DigitizeRacine - Next Steps and Priorities
Thanks to some excellent feedback from the community, the #DigitizeRacine project is moving forward with great efficiency. Microsoft’s building fo...
A lot of the counties around here provide publicly available building footprints. Mine doesn’t. Inspired by some of the more rigorous OSM efforts t...