Just van den Broecke

OSGeo Member
Name:	Just van den Broecke
Job Title:	Open Source Geospatial Professional
Company:	Just Objects B.V.
Address:	Amstelveen, The Netherlands
City:	Amstelveen
State:
Country:	The Netherlands
Local Chapter:	Dutch
Email:	just@justobjects.nl
Phone:
Instant Messaging:	Skype: justb4
Website:	https://justobjects.nl/
Language(s):	Dutch; English; German; French
Personal Description :	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 chairman on 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.
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[[Info::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 chairman on 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.| ]]

OSGeo Experience and Roles:

Just van den Broecke

Open Source Geospatial Professional at Just Objects B.V. and former member (2011-2023) of 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.

OSGeo Experience

Trailblazer for setting up the Dutch Language OSGeo Chapter (2011) and Chairman of the Board (until 2023) of the OSGeo.nl Foundation
Presenter at FOSS4G 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and FOSS4G-EU 2017, 2028, 2024. Chairing two sessions at FOSS4G 2013.
(Co-)organized several OSGeo.nl Days: 2012-2017 and FOSS4G-NLs 2017-2023
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 First 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, MapProxy and Wegue
Member of the GeoPython GitHub Community. Developer and Provider GeoPython Workshop.
Core developer GeoHealthCheck Project
Core developer and PSC pygeoapi Project, plus Developer/Provider Diving into pygeoapi workshop, developer/maintainer pygeoapi demo site.
Owner/developer map5.nl map services a.o. based on map5topo map
Owner/developer [1] a.o. based on NLExtract
Owner/developer [2] a.o. hosted GeoHealthCheck
Working experience in various projects promoting and deploying OSGeo software like the Dutch National SDI PDOK and the Dutch Kadaster .
Regular mapper/contributor OpenStreetMap.
Regular speaker at MapTime Amsterdam.

Contact: Email: just A-T justobjects.nl; Mastodon: https://mapstodon.space/@justb4

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

Profile last updated: November 22, 2024

Background

Independent free and open source professional for geospatial. Formerly "trailblazer" for the Dutch Language OSGeo Chapter, now secretary for the formal OSGeo.nl Foundation. Join us via www.osgeo.nl .

Geospatial projects I work on (most recent on top):

2014+