User:Rarelibra

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This user is a
Sergeant First Class
in the United States Army

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This user has created 310 maps for Wikipedia

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Click HERE to see the maps I have created for Wikipedia

About Me

I became a wikipedian 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 over 19 years serving with the military, including 8 years in the United States Marine Corps and over 11 years in the United States Army (Illinois National Guard). I have deployed with Operation Sharp Edge, Operation Desert Shield/Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Cajun Fury (in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom).

Awards

I received an award of "Best Cartographic Product" for a map at the 1998 Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) Conference in San Francisco, California. I also received an award of 2nd Place at the 2002 MapInfo MapWorld Conference in San Diego, California, and one of my maps was featured as "Map of the Week" for Directions Magazine in April, 2003.

Travels

• I have visited the following countries:
  

• I wish to one day

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

Visit Iguassu Falls

Explore Macchu Picchu

Visit the Taj Mahal

Tour the fjords of Norway

Meditate at the Holy Land

Go fishing in Alaska

See a play in the Globe Theatre (planned - in 2007)

Go on safari in the Serengeti

Bungee jump off of the bridge near Victoria Falls

Take a walk along the Skeleton Coast in Namibia

Visit the Berber culture in Morocco (planned - in 2007)

Go hiking in Trentino-Alto Adige

Current Projects

1. Huge project to create maps for the arrondissements (329 total) and cantons (3,879 total) of France.
2. Creating maps for Districts of Somalia
3. Creating maps for Municipalities of Angola
4. Creating maps for Municipalities of Zimbabwe
5. Creating maps for Communes of Burundi and Collines of Burundi
6. Creating maps for Districts of Sudan
7. Creating maps for Communes of Niger
8. Creating maps for Counties of Uganda
9. Redo maps for Departments of Gabon (separate by province)
10. Add more maps to Districts of Tanzania if they are not finished

Notable Contributions

Root pages created:
Collines of Burundi
Communes of Benin
Communes of Burundi
Counties of Uganda
Departments of Cameroon
Districts of the Republic of the Congo
Districts of Somalia
Districts and sub-districts of the U.S. Virgin Islands
Districts of Zimbabwe
Municipalities of Angola
Operation Cajun Fury
Prefectures of Togo
Sub-Prefectures of the Central African Republic