Difference between revisions of "Kurt Menke"

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Kurt Menke is a Certified GIS Professional (GISP) who has been working in the field for 18 years. He works largely on spatial analysis in the conservation field. He received a Masters degree (MA) in Geography from the University of New Mexico in 2000. He is a long time advocate of FOSS4G. Recently he has worked to develop several courses available via www.foss4geo.org.
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A former archaeologist, Kurt Menke is a geospatial generalist based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He received a Master’s degree in Geography from the University of New Mexico in 2000. That same year he founded Bird’s Eye View to apply his expertise with GIS technology towards solving the world’s mounting ecological, economic and social issues. His areas of focus are public health, conservation and education. Kurt Menke has a broad skillset. He is a spatial analyst, cartographer, trainer/teacher and author. He recently authored his fifth and sixth books on QGIS: Discover QGIS 3.x and QGIS for Hydrological Applications with Locate Press. In 2015 he became an OsGeo (Open Source GeoSpatial Foundation) Charter Member. He is an experienced international FOSS4G (Free and Open Source for GeoSpatial) educator. He teaches on a regular basis. His offerings range from a semester long Intro to FOSS4G course he originally developed in 2009, to short courses and professional workshops. In 2015 he was awarded the Global Educator of the Year Team Award by GeoForAll as part of the GeoAcademy team.  
  
http://www.birdseyeviewgis.com/kurt-menke/
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- FOSS4G Practitioner for 15 years
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- FOSS4G Practitioner for 21 years
  
- FOSS4G Educator for 7 years
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- FOSS4G Educator for 13 years
  
- Co-author 'Mastering QGIS', Packt Publishing, 2015, ISBN 139781784398682
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- Van Der Kwast, Hans and Kurt Menke. QGIS for Hydrological Applications. Chugiak, AK. USA, Locate Press, 2019-09. (ISBN 978-0998547787).
  
- Have developed 4 college level semester long FOSS4G courses
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- Menke, Kurt. Discover QGIS 3.x. Alaska, USA, Locate Press, 2019-04. (ISBN 978-0998547763).
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Islam, Shammunul, Simon Miles, Kurt Menke, Richard Smith, Luigi Pirelli, and John van Hoesen.  Mastering Geospatial Development with QGIS 3.x. Birmingham, UK, Packt Publishing, 04-2019 (ISBN-13:978-1788999892).
  
- GST 101: Intro to GIT Using QGIS
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- Menke, Kurt. Discover QGIS: Part 1 – Introduction to Geospatial Technology. Chugiak, AK. USA, Locate Press, 2016-10-20 (ISBN 978-0989421775).
  
- GST 102: Spatial Analysis with FOSS4G
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- Menke, Kurt, et al. Mastering QGIS Second Edition. Birmingham, UK, Packt Publishing, 2016-10-6 (ISBN 139781786460370).
  
- GST 103: Data Acquisition and Analysis Using QGIS
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- Menke, Kurt. Discover QGIS. Chugiak, AK. USA, Locate Press, 2016-07-11 (ISBN 978-0989421768).
  
- GIS 2020: Introduction to Open Source GIS and Web Mapping
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- Menke, Kurt, et al. Mastering QGIS. Birmingham, UK, Packt Publishing, 2016-10-6 2015-3-31 (ISBN 9781784398682).
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- Have developed several college level semester long FOSS4G courses
  
 
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Kurt Menke

GIS Specialist, Owner, Bird's Eye View GIS

Location

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Bio

A former archaeologist, Kurt Menke is a geospatial generalist based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He received a Master’s degree in Geography from the University of New Mexico in 2000. That same year he founded Bird’s Eye View to apply his expertise with GIS technology towards solving the world’s mounting ecological, economic and social issues. His areas of focus are public health, conservation and education. Kurt Menke has a broad skillset. He is a spatial analyst, cartographer, trainer/teacher and author. He recently authored his fifth and sixth books on QGIS: Discover QGIS 3.x and QGIS for Hydrological Applications with Locate Press. In 2015 he became an OsGeo (Open Source GeoSpatial Foundation) Charter Member. He is an experienced international FOSS4G (Free and Open Source for GeoSpatial) educator. He teaches on a regular basis. His offerings range from a semester long Intro to FOSS4G course he originally developed in 2009, to short courses and professional workshops. In 2015 he was awarded the Global Educator of the Year Team Award by GeoForAll as part of the GeoAcademy team.

https://www.birdseyeviewgis.com/staff

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtmenke/

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- FOSS4G Practitioner for 21 years

- FOSS4G Educator for 13 years

- Van Der Kwast, Hans and Kurt Menke. QGIS for Hydrological Applications. Chugiak, AK. USA, Locate Press, 2019-09. (ISBN 978-0998547787).

- Menke, Kurt. Discover QGIS 3.x. Alaska, USA, Locate Press, 2019-04. (ISBN 978-0998547763). Islam, Shammunul, Simon Miles, Kurt Menke, Richard Smith, Luigi Pirelli, and John van Hoesen. Mastering Geospatial Development with QGIS 3.x. Birmingham, UK, Packt Publishing, 04-2019 (ISBN-13:978-1788999892).

- Menke, Kurt. Discover QGIS: Part 1 – Introduction to Geospatial Technology. Chugiak, AK. USA, Locate Press, 2016-10-20 (ISBN 978-0989421775).

- Menke, Kurt, et al. Mastering QGIS Second Edition. Birmingham, UK, Packt Publishing, 2016-10-6 (ISBN 139781786460370).

- Menke, Kurt. Discover QGIS. Chugiak, AK. USA, Locate Press, 2016-07-11 (ISBN 978-0989421768).

- Menke, Kurt, et al. Mastering QGIS. Birmingham, UK, Packt Publishing, 2016-10-6 2015-3-31 (ISBN 9781784398682).

- Have developed several college level semester long FOSS4G courses

Contact
Email: Kurt@birdseyeviewgis.com
Phone (work): 1-505-265-0243
Skype: birdseyeviewgis
Spoken Language(s)
English
Profile last updated
06 08 2014