User:Bruce.bannerman

I've been working with spatial information for nearly thirty years.

I have a broad spatial and IT background covering GIS, Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, Cartography, Surveying, IT Architecture, Management and a wide variety of other IT roles.

I'm an advocate for the use of Open Standards (e.g. OGC and ISO 19100 series) to avoid vendor lock-in and to ensure that data and services can be widely used with minimal effort.

I've used open source software for over seven years and am an advocate for its use within corporate environments (and just about everywhere else for that matter).

I'm involved with establishing the OSGeo-AustNZ Chapter and I'm a member of the FOSS4G-2009 Organising Committee.

I'm currently working with the Bureau of Meteorology in Victoria, Australia.