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GIS Consultant, Septima
  
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Kurt is a spatial analyst, cartographer, teacher, and author with a career-long focus on conservation GIS. Over the past 30 years, he has worked with most of the conservation non-profits in the western U.S. and is an expert in modeling wildlife habitat and wildlife corridors. After running a successful conservation GIS consulting business based in New Mexico, Kurt moved to Denmark in 2021 and now works for Septima, Denmark's largest open-source geospatial firm. He is a prominent open-source GIS advocate and has authored 11 QGIS books. He was elected an OSGeo Charter Member in 2015 and serves on the board of the Superior Bio-Conservancy.
  
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Descubriendo QGIS 3.x (Spanish). Red Deer, AB, Canada, Locate Press, 2025-06-1,5 ISBN (Print) 978-1-998414-06-2, ISBN (PDF) 978-1-998414-05-5.
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QGIS for Hydrological Applications. Chugiak, AK. USA, Locate Press, 2019-09. (ISBN 978-0998547787).
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Latest revision as of 03:19, 29 October 2026

Kurt Menke

GIS Consultant, Septima

Location

Helsinge, Denmark

Bio

Kurt is a spatial analyst, cartographer, teacher, and author with a career-long focus on conservation GIS. Over the past 30 years, he has worked with most of the conservation non-profits in the western U.S. and is an expert in modeling wildlife habitat and wildlife corridors. After running a successful conservation GIS consulting business based in New Mexico, Kurt moved to Denmark in 2021 and now works for Septima, Denmark's largest open-source geospatial firm. He is a prominent open-source GIS advocate and has authored 11 QGIS books. He was elected an OSGeo Charter Member in 2015 and serves on the board of the Superior Bio-Conservancy.

https://septima.dk

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtmenke/

OSGeo Experience
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- FOSS4G Practitioner for 26 years

- FOSS4G Educator for 17 years

- QGIS Author 

Descubriendo QGIS 3.x (Spanish). Red Deer, AB, Canada, Locate Press, 2025-06-1,5 ISBN (Print) 978-1-998414-06-2, ISBN (PDF) 978-1-998414-05-5.

Collecting Field Data with QGIS and Mergin Maps. Red Deer, AB, Canada, Locate Press, 2024-08. (ISBN 978-1- 998414-01-7).

Discover QGIS 3.x – Second Edition. Penticton, BC, Canada, Locate Press, 2022-08. (ISBN 978-0986805257).

QGIS for Hydrological Applications - Second Edition. Penticton, BC, Canada, Locate Press, 2022-08. (ISBN 978-1734464382).

QGIS for Hydrological Applications. Chugiak, AK. USA, Locate Press, 2019-09. (ISBN 978-0998547787).

Discover QGIS 3.x. Alaska, USA, Locate Press, 2019-04. (ISBN 978-0998547763).

Mastering Geospatial Development with QGIS 3.x. Birmingham, UK, Packt Publishing, 04-2019 (ISBN-13:978-1788999892).

Discover QGIS: Part 1 – Introduction to Geospatial Technology. Chugiak, AK. USA, Locate Press, 2016-10-20 (ISBN 978-0989421775).

Mastering QGIS Second Edition. Birmingham, UK, Packt Publishing, 2016-10-6 (ISBN 139781786460370).

Discover QGIS. Chugiak, AK. USA, Locate Press, 2016-07-11 (ISBN 978-0989421768). 

Mastering QGIS. Birmingham, UK, Packt Publishing, 2016-10-6 2015-3-31 (ISBN 9781784398682).

- Have developed several college level semester long FOSS4G courses

Contact
Email: Kurt@septima.dk
Phone: +45 5114 6444
Spoken Language(s)
English, Danish
Profile last updated
24 07 2025
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