Elliott Plack

Geographer. Dad. Explorer. Bicycle advocate. Baltimore-based. Technical Project Manager at @WBCM_AEC. 🇺🇸🇮🇶 Veteran.

[Elliott Plack @talllguy]

@_chrysanthe @dens CT & Dens: it was an honor to ride the wave with you as we built the SU3 community. That spirit of collaboration launched my OpenStreetMap career. I appreciate meeting all the great 4sq folks along the way.

[Tony Thornton @TonyOnTraffic]

Traffic Alert 🚨 All lanes CLOSED in both directions on I-95 near MD-100 due to a multiple vehicle crash. Take I-195, US-1, MD-295, US-29 as an alternate. @wbalradio @98Rock #mdtraffic #HowardCo #Elkridge

[Elliott Plack @talllguy]

Still no water for Towson.

[Elliott Plack @talllguy]

@BaltimoreBanner lots of reports of no running water around Towson and Ruxton on Nextdoor. Anyone information to report?

[Elliott Plack @talllguy]

@OpenTable Can you mark this restaurant closed so people will stop showing up to reservations? This happened to me on Valentine's Day. (luckily we got another spot nearby.) Look at the reviews. It has been closed nearly a month now. https://t.co/DLhMfYWJjS

[Baltimore Fire @BaltimoreFire]

BE ADVISED: BCFD is engaged with a large exterior fire at Coldspring Ln and Brand St.

Updates will be provided as they are made available.

[Elliott Plack @talllguy]

Strava has the best third party ecosystem… until now

[Ray Maker @dcrainmakerblog]

Strava’s just announced some massive changes that will ultimately kill off a lot of 3rd party apps, impact other platforms, and reduce the value of Strava. Here’s why this matters, who’s it going to break, and more: https://t.co/drUgsaEFKe

[Elliott Plack @talllguy]

@ElectRyanDorsey A ‘no-mow-lawn’ very good

[Elliott Plack @talllguy]

@TheMDTA FYI @MDSHA lists additional length and weight restrictions for FMT: “No moves over 11 feet wide, 14 feet 6 inches high, 85 feet long, and/or 55 tons permitted .” https://t.co/wH649ism6l

[Elliott Plack @talllguy]

Accurate. @pwramsey at #FOSS4GNA

[Elliott Plack @talllguy]

@chris_whong Check out the campus of Salisbury University in Maryland https://t.co/vkmjkYwCfI

[Elliott Plack @talllguy]

@chris_whong Does it support specifically tag tree genuses?

[Elliott Plack @talllguy]

There’s a fire behind my house due to the storm. Been on hold for over 8 minutes with @BaltCoEmergency 911 and still no answer. Is this normal? What if I was being held hostage? Crazy! @CouncilmanIzzy @BaltCoGov

[Elliott Plack @talllguy]

Love this outdoor seating space created by Good Neighbor coffee shop

[Elliott Plack @talllguy]

@Zeke_Cohen That change shifted the timeline on the issuance of bonds to get the project going. By then we had a new governor and he was able to halt the project.

[Elliott Plack @talllguy]

@Zeke_Cohen As I recall, a lot of people did support it, and the board was generally for it. However, when the Right Rail Alliance came along with their too-good-to-be true alternate proposal, it caused a number of influential people to give that thing serious consideration.

[Elliott Plack @talllguy]

@Zeke_Cohen Finally, H&S bakery proffered that last minute change to the stop that would’ve impacted their Harbor East development, causing further delays through the design process.

[Elliott Plack @talllguy]

@Zeke_Cohen Then, and critically, senior Democrats openly questioned the funding shortfall that nobody was giving an official response on in the governors office. This opened the door to further doubt in the project.

[Edoardo Neerhut @eneerhut]

"If you increase usage of data, you're more likely to improve the quality of the data."
@mprioleau on how Overture can benefit #openstreetmap.

@sotmus #sotmus

[Elliott Plack @talllguy]

#sotmus 360° selfie