Gavin Fleming
Gavin Fleming
Owner, AfriSpatial
Location: Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa (-33.744 S, 18.989 E) {{#umAdmin: Gfleming}} {{#umUserMap: Gfleming}}
Gavin has applied GIS mainly in environmental fields since 1996, . I now use almost exclusively FOSS GIS in research, government and commercial applications.
Gavin started his GIS career in 1996 after completing an MSc in genetics. His GIS experience includes thirteen with the full suite of ESRI software but he started the FOSS GIS habit around 2002. He is a registered GISc Technologist and the GISSA FOSS SIG chair. He worked at GIMS (now ESRI South Africa), CSIR, Mintek and SAEON before starting AfriSpatial. He is passionate about Open Source Software, Open Data and other Open philosophies that lead to interoperability, empower people and help maximise returns on government spending.
- OSGeo Experience
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- FOSS4G 2008 conference chair,
- OSGeo Africa Chapter chair
- OSGeo Conference Committee
- Contact
- Email: gavin AT afrispatial DOT co DOT za
- Spoken Language(s)
- English, Spanish, Afrikaans
- Profile last updated
- 3 Sept 2012