Talk:Markus Neteler

Markus Neteler


Head of the GIS and Remote Sensing unit at the Research and Innovation Centre of the Edmund Mach Foundation.

Location: Trento, Italy

Markus Neteler's research focus is remote sensing for environmental risk assessment, epidemiological GIS modelling and Free Software GIS development. He is principal GIS analyst in several European and national projects related to vector-borne diseases and biodiversity. He is author/co-author of two books on GRASS and various papers on GIS applications. He is founding-member of the OSGeo Foundation and served on its board between 2006-2011.


 * OSGeo Experience


 * OSGeo.org - former member of the Board of Directors (2006-2011) and of some committees since 2006
 * chair of the GRASS PSC and hence spending too much time on GRASS GIS :)
 * co-founder and member of FOSSGIS.de (formerly GRASS-Anwender-Vereingung e.V. - GAV), D-A-CH and GFOSS.it, Italy
 * co-founder of GDF Hannover, Germany
 * Sol Katz Award for 2006
 * Co-author with Helena Mitasova of the first book on Open Source GIS
 * enjoys FOSS4G conferences and community sprints
 * offers training courses


 * Contact:
 * Email: neteler DOT osgeo dot org
 * Homepage
 * Blog


 * Spoken Language(s): German, English, Italian


 * Profile last updated: 24 Sept 2012