User:Micheletobias
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| Name: | Michele Tobias | |
| Job Title: | GIS Data Specialist | |
| Company: | University of California Davis DataLab & Library | |
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| City: | Davis | |
| State: | California | |
| Country: | United States | |
| Local Chapter: | California | |
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OSGeo Experience and Roles:
Michele Tobias has been a user of QGIS since 2006, and an active participant in OSGeo activities since about 2010. She holds a PhD from UC Davis in biogeography and geospatial technologies.
FOSS4G Software & Open Data Projects:
Lead Programmer: Literature Mapper Plugin for QGIS – Allows researcher to add locations to entries in a Zotero bibliography database
Data Creation Lead: UC Davis Library’s American Viticulture Area boundary data creation project
Contributor: Open Drone Map – Contribute low-altitude (kite & balloon) aerial photography example data, user experience, photogrammetry expertise
OSGeo-Related Memberships:
OSGeo California Chapter Member
Re-Founding member of QGIS US users group – in progress, collaborating with Randall Hale and Kurt Menke to establish goals before working with a broader audience
OSGeo-Related Skills
GIS: QGIS, GRASS, SAGA GIS
Programming Languages: R, Python, HTML, Leaflet (Javascript library for web maps)
Databases: SQLite, PostGRES, PostGIS, SpatiaLite
Other Skills: Cartography & Graphic Design, Inkscape (vector illustration software similar to Illustrator), Photogrammetry & Aerial Photograph Interpretation, Kite Aerial Photography
Participation in OSGeo Activities: FOSS4G Presentations & Workshops:
Tobias, M.M. 2017. Cartography with QGIS & Inkscape. Workshop. Free & Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference. Boston, MA. August 14-19, 2017.
Tobias, M.M. 2017. Custom QGIS Symbols with Inkscape. Free & Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference. Boston, MA. August 14-19, 2017.
Tobias, M.M. 2016. Cartography with Inkscape. Free & Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) North America Conference. Raleigh, NC. May 2-5, 2016.
Tobias, M.M. & A.I. Mandel. 2015. The Drone Alternative: Multispectral Kite Aerial Photography & Photo Processing Workflow. Free & Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) North America Conference. San Francisco, CA. March 9-12, 2015.
Tobias, M.M. 2014. Open Source Work-flow for Surface Interpolation with Curvilinear Anisotropy. Free & Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference. Portland, OR. September 8-13, 2014.
Tobias, M.M. 2011. Quantum GIS & Inkscape: Cartographic Tools for Attractive Maps. Free & Open Source Software for Geospatial Conference. Denver, CO. September 12-16, 2011.
OSGeo California Chapter Meetings:
Organizing Committee for Annual Meetings: • 2011 • 2013 • 2015
Tobias, M.M. & A.I. Mandel. 2016. Literature Mapper: Zotero Goes Spatial. Open Source Geospatial Foundation, California Chapter Meeting. Davis, CA. January 23rd, 2016.
Tobias, M.M. 2011. Quantum GIS & Inkscape: Cartographic Tools for Attractive Maps. Open Source Geospatial Foundation, California Chapter Meeting. Davis, CA. October 22nd, 2011.
Open Source Geospatial Tools at Other Venues:
Tobias, M.M. 2017. Introduction to QGIS. Workshop. UC Davis Library. June 13, 2017.
Tobias, M.M. & A.I. Mandel. 2016. Literature Mapper: Zotero Goes Spatial. Association of American Geographers Meeting, Disrupt Geo Session. March 31st, 2016.
Tobias, M.M. & A.I. Mandel. 2015. QGIS Workshop. Workshop. California GIS Conference, Sacramento, CA. June 1 – 3, 2015.
Tobias, M.M. 2015. Maps with LeafletR. Davis R Users Group. Davis, CA. February 21st, 2015.
Tobias, M.M. 2014. Introduction to Open Source GIS. California Natural Resource Agency's GIS Day. Sacramento, CA. November 13, 2014.
Tobias, M.M. 2014. Using R for Climate Raster Data Extraction. California GIS Conference, Monterey, CA. April 14-16, 2014.