Adam C. F. Cox

MLIS, MS Geography
Geospatial & Web Developer
mr.adamcox@gmail.com
mradamcox.github.io
November 2025
Key Skills
  • Problem-solving
  • Self-guided learning
  • Communication + documentation
  • Full-stack programming
  • Data pipelines & ETL
Key Interests
  • GIS instruction & core concepts
  • Geopatial data infrastructure
  • Improving access to public data
  • Cultural heritage crowdsourcing
  • Historical maps
Community Involvement
  • NolaDevs, local programming interest group
  • IIIF-Maps group
  • GeoBlacklight
  • Arches Forum
  • The Spatial Community (Slack)
  • 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, UIUC – Sr Research Software Engineer2023–2025
  • Lead engineer for public health data projects, e.g. SDOH & Place Project (sdohplace.org), Opioid Environment Policy Scan (oeps.healthyregions.org)
  • Create instructional materials and led sessions on GIS fundamentals for Community Toolkit
  • Mentor students and interns providing technical guidance and spatial data support
  • Manage GitHub organiations, AWS, Google BigQuery, Netlify, and Mapbox accounts
  • 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
  • Designed and taught community course, Intro to QGIS
  • 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 and wrote ArcGIS Python toolbox, 30+ tools for Cultural Landscape Inventory
Projects
  • OldInsuranceMaps.net – Creator / Software Developer2019 - present
  • Designed, created, and implemented collaborative georeferencing platform for LOC Sanborn Maps; master thesis → ongoing independent project
  • 35,000+ crowdsourced georeferenced layers, 600+ volumes from 300+ cities/towns, 300+ contributors
  • Facilitated several community "georeference-a-thons" for public engagement
  • Collaborators U. of Michigan, U. of Richmond Digital Scholarship Lab, Morgan State U., OpenHistoricalMap, HistoryForge, OSU Libaries, Rowan U, UGA Community Mapping Lab
Selected Conferences / Workshops
  • GIS Day @ HeRoP Lab – 2024 – University of Illinois, Ill.Facilitator
  • Community georeferencing events with Morgan State & UChicago
  • NACIS – 2024 – Tacoma, Wash.Presenter
  • Handling Complex Content within Georeferenced Historical Atlases
  • State of the Map US – 2023 – Richmond, Va.Co-presenter
  • Mapping Turn of the Century Richmond with OldInsuranceMaps.net & OHM
  • 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
  • Liverpool John Moores University – 2017 – Liverpool, U.K.Tech Support
  • Arches Training and Workshop
  • Louisiana Studies Conference – 2013 – Natchitoches, La.Presenter
  • Mapping the American Cemetery: Using GIS in Historic Preservation
Technical Capabilities
Geospatial Software
QGIS · ArcGIS Pro & ArcGIS Online · PostGIS · Geoserver · GRASS · ENVI
Front-end Web Development
JavaScipt · Svelte · NextJS/React · MapLibreJS · OpenLayers · Leaflet · HTML · CSS
Back-end + Systems
Python · Django · PostgreSQL · GDAL · git + Github · Linux · bash · AWS · Linode · GeoBlacklight · Solr
Standards + Specs
SHP · JSON/GeoJSON · GeoTiff/COG · LAS · WMS/WMTS · IIIF · STAC