User:GregersP
(Hans) Gregers Petersen
Partner, Senior Consultant, Septima
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Greg is an open source and open data advocate. Though he started as a statistical consultant and developer (using FOSS like Debian, R, etc), he ended up in the geo business. Now he consults clients on several areas regarding geodata - mostly within the use of geodata and GIS at public admin clients. He has a strong belief in Open Data, and co-founded the company Septima in January 2013 to utilize the newly released national data. Greg is an avid speaker on the subject of Open Data.
- OSGeo Experience
- Open source and geospatial software nerd since 2003
- Developed software using OSGEO libraries since 2008
- Offers training in OSGEO software
- Consultant and architect on minor and major FOSS4G setups, and on the transition to using
- Active Open Data Advocate, and often speaks on the topic
- Minor patches for GDAL
- Bug reports for other OSGEO software
- Regularly facilitates clients´ funding of OSGEO software
- Consultant on the geo-part of the National Danish Data Distributor - using an OSGEO stack
- Attended FOSS4G 2013 in Nottingham, spoke about open data at FOSS4GE in Como in 2015, has attended the Danish "Kortdage"-conference since 2008 (with several talks on FOSS4G software), key note speaker on Open Data at the Modern Mapping tracks at Tekna Kursdage in January 2014.
- Contact
- Email: gregers AT septima DOT dk
- Phone (work): +45 9132 6945
- Skype: gregerspetersen
- Twitter: GregersP
- Github: GregersP
- Spoken Language(s)
- English, Danish, German, (Swedish, Norwegian), and a bit of Hindi
- Profile last updated
- 24 August 2015