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I have worked in the geospatial industry for 25 years. I am currently a co-founder and VP of geospatial technology at [http://ubisense.net Ubisense], where I am leading the development of a product called Ubisense myWorld, which is focused on simple to use mapping for utilities and telcos, and makes use of several open source geospatial products including PostGIS, MapFish and OpenLayers. Previously I have been CTO of two of the top three (closed source) geospatial software companies (and two of the world's top 200 software companies) [http://intergraph.com Intergraph],  and [http://www.gepower.com/prod_serv/products/gis_software/en/index.htm Smallworld] (now part of GE). I am chair of the [http://2011.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2011] conference in Denver.
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I have contributed to several industry open data standards including the Open Geospatial Consortium in its formative years, and IEC TC57 Working Group 14 (for exchange of electric utility data). I am an active participant in and advocate for OpenStreetMap. I was a member of the Board of GITA (the Geospatial Information and Technology Association) for 5 years, from 2004 through 2008, and am again in 2011. I have been a member of the GeoWorld magazine Editorial Advisory Board since 1996, have published many articles and spoken at many conferences around the world, and write a blog called [http://geothought.blogspot.com geothought].
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I'm an active advocate for open source geospatial software. I speak regularly about open source at conferences. I have helped organize local events for FRUGOS, the Front Range Users of Geospatial Open Source, in Colorado. I was an organizer of the WhereCamp5280 event in Denver in 2009 and 2010.
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Co-founder and CTO of Geospatial Division, Ubisense
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Location: Denver, CO, United States (originally from the UK)
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Peter has worked in the geospatial industry for 25 years and has served as CTO for two leading companies in the industry (and two of the world's top 200 software companies), [http://intergraph.com Intergraph] and [http://www.gepower.com/prod_serv/products/gis_software/en/index.htm Smallworld] (now part of GE Energy). In recent years he has worked extensively with open source systems and new generation web mapping applications such as Google Maps.
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[http://geothought.blogspot.com/ Blog]
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[http://www.linkedin.com/in/peterbatty LinkedIn]
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:* Chaired the FOSS4G conference in Denver in 2011. It was the largest FOSS4G to date with over 900 attendees from 42 countries
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:* Has spoken at many conferences around the world on trends in the geospatial industry, including growth in open source
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:* Was elected to the OSGeo board in 2011
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:* Has developed applications using a variety of OSGeo software, including PostGIS, MapFish and OpenLayers
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: Email: peter AT ebatty DOT com
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Peter Batty

Your Name

Co-founder and CTO of Geospatial Division, Ubisense

Location: Denver, CO, United States (originally from the UK)

Peter has worked in the geospatial industry for 25 years and has served as CTO for two leading companies in the industry (and two of the world's top 200 software companies), Intergraph and Smallworld (now part of GE Energy). In recent years he has worked extensively with open source systems and new generation web mapping applications such as Google Maps.

Blog

LinkedIn

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  • Chaired the FOSS4G conference in Denver in 2011. It was the largest FOSS4G to date with over 900 attendees from 42 countries
  • Has spoken at many conferences around the world on trends in the geospatial industry, including growth in open source
  • Was elected to the OSGeo board in 2011
  • Has developed applications using a variety of OSGeo software, including PostGIS, MapFish and OpenLayers
Contact
Email: peter AT ebatty DOT com
Skype: pmbatty
Spoken Language(s)
English
Profile last updated
5 July 2012
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