User:Nate Wessel

I think it's helpful to offer some background on myself in order to provide context for my edits, establish a modicum of authority on certain topics, and acknowledge potential biases.

Places
I've lived in Ohio most of my life, in Canton and then Cincinnati. I currently live in Toronto, Canada.

Formal
My education was in urban planning and geography with a focus on GIS and quantitative methods in transport geography. Most of my work in grad school dealt with non-automotive forms of transport such as bicycles and public transit. I've also published in cartography and worked professionally in that area.

I have a PhD in urban planning from U of T, master's degree in geography (quantitative, human geography) from the University of Cincinnati, and my bachelor's is in urban planning, from the same university but a more design-oriented college (DAAP).

I currently work in transportation for the City of Toronto.

Informal and Hobbies
I've been sewing for about a decade now (recently knitting too), and contribute sometimes to pages on sewing and pattern-making.

Other Projects
I contribute regularly to OpenStreetMap under the same username.

My partner works in medical illustration / taxidermy / anatomy, and I sometimes upload some of his work to Wikimedia Commons.