User:Just

Just van den Broecke


Open Source Geospatial Professional at Just Objects B.V. and the Dutch OpenGeoGroep

Location: Amstelveen, the Netherlands

Just van den Broecke is a software consultant/architect with ample experience in various projects and products involving and integrating OSGeo and other Open Source software. Since 2011 Just is heavily involved in the OSGeo Dutch Language Local Chapter, first as initiator/trailblazer, currently as secretary of the board of the OSGeo.nl Foundation. He is a regular speaker at various OSGeo-related conferences on OSGeo-subjects ranging from highly technical like the OSGeo Live DVD and specific software/standards to Open Source and Open Data in general. He became OSGeo Charter Member in 2013.

Read more details on his homepage/blog and LinkedIn profile.


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 * Trailblazer for setting up the Dutch Language OSGeo Chapter  (2011) and Chairman of the Board of the OSGeo.nl Foundation
 * Presenter at FOSS4G 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2013 and FOSS4G-EU 2017. Chairing two sessions at FOSS4G 2013.
 * (Co-)organized several OSGeo.nl Days: 2012-2017, supported FOSS4G-NL
 * Organized and chaired the OSGeo Open Source Seminar at the Geospatial World Forum 2012
 * Presented OSGeo at the Geospatial World Forum Open Source Seminar 2012 and 2013
 * Keynote speaker at OSGeo.nl Conference 2012
 * Implementation of INSPIRE using OSGeo software in INSPIRE-FOSS project
 * Initiator and core developer for the Dutch NLExtract ETL project
 * Initiator and lead for the Heron Mapping Client
 * Initiator and lead for the Stetl ETL Framework
 * Committer for GeoNetwork Opensource
 * Contributions to OpenLayers, GeoWebCache, OpenLayers Editor, GeoExt, GXP and Wegue
 * Member of the GeoPython GitHub Community
 * Core developer GeoHealthCheck Project
 * Core developer and PSC pygeoapi Project
 * Owner/developer map5.nl map services, in cooperation with J.W. van Aalst, a.o. based on OpenTopo
 * Working experience in various projects promoting and deploying OSGeo software like the Dutch National SDI PDOK and the Dutch Kadaster.


 * Contact:
 * Email: just@justobjects.nl
 * Skype: justb4
 * Twitter: justb4


 * Spoken Language(s): Dutch (1st), English (2nd), German, French (modeste)


 * Profile last updated: August 15, 2019