Adam C. F. Cox

MLIS, MS Geography
Geospatial Developer
mr.adamcox@gmail.com
mradamcox.github.io
July 2024
Key Skills
  • Problem-solving
  • Self-guided learning
  • Geospatial programming
  • Data pipelines & ETL
  • GDAL & rasters
Key Interests
  • Open source software
  • Geopatial data infrastructure
  • Historical maps and archives
  • Facilitating public access to public data
Community Involvement
  • IIIF-Maps group
  • GeoBlacklight
  • Arches Q/A Forum
  • The Spatial Community Slack workspace
  • NACIS member
Education
  • MLIS, MS Geography – Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La.2022
  • Thesis: Creating a Public Space for Georeferencing Sanborn Maps: A Louisiana Case Study
  • BA Anthropology – Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis. – Phi Beta Kappa2011
Relevant Experience
  • Healthy Regions & Policies Lab (UI Urbana-Champaign) – Sr Research Software Engineer2023–present
  • Web admin and engineer for public health data projects, e.g. US Covid Atlas (uscovidatlas.org), Opioid Environment Policy Scan (oeps.healthyregions.org)
  • Manage multiple GitHub repositories, plus AWS, Google BigQuery, and Mapbox accounts
  • Provide students and interns with technical guidance and spatial data support
  • Legion GIS – Owner / Geospatial Developer2016 - present
  • 40+ GIS projects for 20+ clients, in U.S. and abroad (both public and private sector)
  • Planned and carried out 15+ Arches cultural heritage inventory implementations – ETL support, create custom extensions, e.g. Heritage Monitoring Scouts – hms.fpan.us
  • Managed multiple Linux servers to host GIS web applications and spatial layers
  • Core contributor to (and maintainer or) Arches documentation – arches.readthedocs.io
  • National Park Service – GIS Specialist2012 - 2015
  • Created spatial database for NPS Cultural Landscape Inventory (CLI) program
  • Implemented spatial data transfer-standards, feature-level metadata
  • Designed, built, and published ArcGIS Python toolbox with 30+ tools to support use of CLI spatial database
Projects
  • OldInsuranceMaps.net – Creator / Software Developer2019 - present
  • Designed, created, and implemented collaborative georeferencing platform for LOC Sanborn Maps; master thesis → ongoing independent project
  • 2,000+ georeferenced layers, 300+ volumes from 150+ cities/towns, 100+ contributors
  • Sponsors U. of Michigan Partners U. of Richmond DSL, OpenHistoricalMap, HistoryForge
Conferences / Workshops
  • State of the Map US – 2023 – Richmond, Va.Co-presenter
  • Mapping Turn of the Century Richmond with OldInsuranceMaps.net & OHM
  • NACIS – 2022 – Minneapolis, MN.Presenter
  • Crowdsourced Georeferencing Sanborn Maps of Louisiana
  • NACIS – 2021 – Oklahoma City, Okla.Presenter
  • Creating a Public Space for Georeferencing Sanborn Maps
  • GeoNode Summit – 2020 – onlinePresenter
  • Extending GeoNode to Support Historical Map Georeferencing
  • QGIS North America – 2020 – onlinePresenter
  • QGIS and GIMP for Enhancing Historical Maps
  • AAG Annual Meeting – 2019 – Washington, D.C.Attendee
  • AAG Annual Meeting – 2018 – New Orleans, La.Attendee
  • Liverpool John Moores University – 2017 – Liverpool, U.K.Tech Support
  • Arches Training and Workshop
  • FOSS4G International Conference – 2017 – BostonAttendee
  • Louisiana Studies Conference – 2013 – Natchitoches, La.Presenter
  • Mapping the American Cemetery: Using GIS in Historic Preservation
  • ESRI User Conference – 2013 – San Diego, Calif.Attendee
Technical Capabilities
Geospatial Software
QGIS · PostGIS · Geoserver · GeoNode · GRASS · ENVI · ArcGIS Pro/ArcMap · AGOL · TiTiler · MapServer
Programming
Python · GDAL · git · Github · Linux · VSCode · AWS · Linode
Web Development
Django · OpenLayers · Leaflet · HTML · CSS · JavaScript · Svelte
Design + Information Systems
GeoBlacklight · GIMP · Inkscape · Zotero · Adode CS · Tableau · Archives Space
Standards + Specs
JSON/GeoJSON · GeoTiff/COG · LAS · WMS/WMTS · IIIF · STAC