PS - I'm already working on fixing those boundaries, so no worries.

Hey there! Thanks for making so many great additions to the map!
One bit of advice: I see you're using the iD editor. iD is a fantastic tool, but it can often lead to objects being snapped to one another that shouldn't be. Some of your landuse additions got snapped to Plainfield's administrative boundary. In general, admin boundaries shouldn't snap to anything but other admin boundaries.
In iD, you can open the Map Data menu and turn boundaries off, and that will prevent you from accidentally editing boundaries.
Happy Mapping!

JOSM seems to have sent my changeset even though I was still typing...
What the changeset comment should also say:
removing landuse=forest, tagging FP areas as nature_reserves. removing duplicate/overlapping features and dissolving arbitrary internal boundaries. adding some natural features, making other fixes to adjacent features. naming parking / picnic areas rather than nature reserves following public domain FP data from Cook County.
source: Cook County Open Data, local knowledge, aerial imagery.
more to come!

forgot to add: also removed "Kentland" hamlet point. It's a GNIS feature that has *long* since stopped referring to any legitimate populated place.

If you *really* wanted to do it that way, you can use josm-tested.jar w/ a command-line argument (use a batch file or shell script) to load a custom preferences XML.

That way, you can have one shortcut for Account A, and one for Account B, even open both simultaneously.

Hey there! I was browsing around the state, cleaning up some admin boundaries, and these caught my eye. I'm not a local, but is Frat Park really a place? And if it is, it it really an *administrative* unit? Or just a neighborhood?

Hey there! While I always appreciate seeing other folks editing the area, we prefer to maintain businesses as POIs, rather than merging into the building features. There are a variety of reasons for this, which I'd be happy to elaborate on, but simply put, it's not the preferred method of the local mapping community to merge these features.

Hey there! Nice to see new users in the area. The shape you drew would be fine for a retail area, but the building itself is smaller than that. Also, the web editor does a good job picking up brand names, and will auto-suggest the right tags for you, so in the feature type menu, you could just search "Casey's".

It does make a difference, as OSM maintains all the old data, even if it's deleted, in what's known as the "attic". Being able to see the history of an element is quite useful.

Preserving and modifying features is preferable in most cases, especially when the replacement object is essentially the same thing.

See: osm.wiki/Keep_the_history

More generally: osm.wiki/Editing_Standards_and_Conventions

Sounds good. I hope I'm not discouraging you from editing; most of your edits are valuable additions, and I'm glad to see another active user in the area.

Merging adjacent boundaries between res/farm and things like that are generally a good move.

Since you're using iD, take a look at the Map Data tab (press the F key). You can turn off certain categories of data, like boundaries, in order to avoid editing other features inadvertently.

Happy Mapping!

Also: PLEASE don't just snap nodes together willy-nilly. Not all features should be joined together, even if their nodes are close by.
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Doesn't have a name, unless the local residents nearby call it something. Per USGS / County records.
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Please do not delete features just to re-add them. You can simply adjust a tag, move nodes, or split features.
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Please square buildings after editing.
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Please make note of your imagery offset settings, and be sure the imagery aligns with existing features before adding new things. Otherwise, very nice work with all these sidewalks.
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Remember to square building corners.
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PS - I happen to be the person who maintains the county's legal boundaries data, and that's not even where the parcel lines are at.
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OSM doesn't typically track features like lot and parcel lines.
Also, it looks like your edit modified existing administrative boundaries, and merged nodes/ways that should not have been. Please be careful with your edits.
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also, it looks like that was totally my fault. sorry!

Hey there! Thanks for adding some details to OSM! Just a heads up, the natural=wood tag should apply to the "wooded area", not to the preserve itself. A single nature reserve may have areas of scrub, grass, open water, or woods, as is the case here.
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