John Tate

Current

• Whilst I continue to be an advocate of open source software and open data where I can in my career, I have not had much time in the last couple of years to add much to the community here. I am hoping to change that.

Present

• Since Jan 2013 I have been with the Environment Agency at their head office in Bristol. I am a part of the GIS Team, responsible for internal data management, internal web services, data requests, helpdesk and metadata.

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Past

• I worked in Feltham from early 2010 until the end of 2012 where I worked as a geospatial research analyst and then a geospatial web developer, working on internal web services and refining a proposed metadata profile based on ISO 19139 / INSPIRE / Gemini for the MoD as a whole. This also involved customising GeoNetwork and ESRI ArcCatalog 10/10.1 for the profile and extensions.

• Between the MSc and Feltham, I finished writing bash scripts for automated LiDAR processing in GRASS GIS, including region detection and division into 1km tiles for processing and output. I completed some semi-automated/automated mask production for LiDAR data (negotiating the concave hull!). I added to the LiDAR micro-tutorial after my experiences of using it and the LiDAR modules in GRASS GIS.

• I graduated from the University of Manchester in 2009 with MSc GIScience. My postgraduate dissertation involved the processing of a high resolution LiDAR dataset in GRASS GIS, validated with differential GPS surveys.

• I have an HND (1997) and BA in Archaeology (2000). I worked for a few different archaeological contractors before settling with the University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) in 2001. I remained with ULAS until 2008, after having completed the direction of two large-scale urban projects, before moving on to broaden my horizons in geoinformatics.