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  • User:JRM  + (Jean-Roc is an archaeologist specialized iJean-Roc is an archaeologist specialized in the long-term conservation and exploitation of field data, this task is made much easier when using open data formats and free software. For this reason, he started to localize Quantum GIS and participate as board member of the french OSGeo chapter to the promotion and the diffusion of free and open GIS tools into the labs but also into the public administration.s but also into the public administration.)
  • User:Ticheler  + (Jeroen has been promoting the use of interJeroen has been promoting the use of international standards and Free and Open Source Software for geographic data and information for over twenty years now. Jeroen is Project Officer for the GeoNetwork opensource project. He served on the OSGeo Board in 2007 & 2008 and is a Charter member since the early days of OSGeo. Charter member since the early days of OSGeo.)
  • Jeroen Ticheler  + (Jeroen has been promoting the use of interJeroen has been promoting the use of international standards and Free and Open Source Software for geographic data and information for over twenty years now. Jeroen is Project Officer for the GeoNetwork opensource project. He served on the OSGeo Board in 2007 & 2008 and is a Charter member since the early days of OSGeo. Charter member since the early days of OSGeo.)
  • Doublebyte  + (Joana is a software developer, data scientJoana is a software developer, data scientist and strategist in the field of geospatial information and technologies. She has worked in different environments, ranging from academia to industry, and has always advocated for FOSS in general, and FOSS4G in particular. When working at the United Nations, she led the migration of a code base, from proprietary technologies to FOSS, and refactored the FAO GIS course, to take advantage of FOSS4G. Joana uses a myriad of FOSS4G technologies on her daily work and during her free time, and has occasionally contributed to projects such as QGIS, or GeoNetwork. She joined the local chapters of the countries where she lived (e.g.: UK, Spain) and currently she is serving as a board member at the Portuguese Local chapter.rd member at the Portuguese Local chapter.)
  • User:Doublebyte  + (Joana is a software engineer with more thaJoana is a software engineer with more than fifteen years of experience, with a sound expertise in the field of geospatial tech and analytics. After acquiring a PhD in Geographic Information Systems, at the University College of London (2007), her drive to solve real-world problems has led her to SMEs, an international organization, a research foundation and a start-up. Joana has been very much involved in the Free and Open Source Software community, in particular in what concerns geospatial technologies, standards and data. This has led her to become a charter member of the Open Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) in 2017, and the vice-president of the Portuguese chapter of OSGeo. During 2017 she also took a leading role at the board of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI), as a board director of the Industry Advisory Council.</br>Joana is the founder of ByteRoad, an R&D company in the field of spatial data infrastructures and leads Developer Relations at OGC. She is also a reviewer for the European Commission, and has been deeply involved in education, teaching the next generation of full-stack developers and data analysts.on of full-stack developers and data analysts.)
  • User:Julienmichel  + (Julien Michel is a many year (9+) contribuJulien Michel is a many year (9+) contributor to the Orfeo ToolBox (www.orfeo-toolbox.org), an open-source C++ library for remote sensing images processing, which is an incubating OSGeo project. Julien Michel is also a member of the OTB Project Steering Committee.</br></br>He occasionnaly contributes to the OSSIM and ITK projects.contributes to the OSSIM and ITK projects.)
  • User:Dncpax  + (Just another geo geek, navigating between proprietary and open source waters.)
  • User:Jtmapmedia  + (Jörg Thomsen is active in the german languJörg Thomsen is active in the german language OSGeo local chapter FOSSGIS e.V which organized the annual FOSSGIS conference. Since march 2020 he is the vice chairman of FOSSGIS e.V.. He is part of the Mapbender Team and loves MapServer. Jörg Thomsen leads several workshops and presentations on Mapbender, MapServer, GeoServer, PostgreSQL/PostGIS and OWS at a lot of Conferences FOSSGIS, AGIT, Intergeo).t of Conferences FOSSGIS, AGIT, Intergeo).)
  • User:Wonderchook  + (Kate is Executive Director of the HumanitaKate is Executive Director of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Her most recent projects have included working in Indonesia leading a team to train disaster managers in using open-source software to better plan for disasters and relaunching of the OpenAerialMap project. Kate has spoken about the benefits of open-source and open data for disaster response and risk reduction all over the world, including giving keynotes at Linux Conf Australia and FOSS4G in 2013.t Linux Conf Australia and FOSS4G in 2013.)
  • User:RhoBott  + (Kristin is very interested in building a sKristin is very interested in building a stronger and more diverse community by making OSGeo events, discussions, and products more accessible to a wider group of people. She has worked with a number of conferences (FOSS4G, FOSS4G-NA, SOTM, SOTM-US) to help design and/or execute travel grants and/or scholarships to help people attend events that otherwise may have been out of reach. She served on the LOC for FOSS4G 2014 and has been involved in the Code of Conduct committee since its inception in 2015.</br></br>Kristin works with faculty and students at Reed College on all-things-analytical, focusing on statistical + computational software, research design, and data management and presentation. She is also the main geospatial + mapping resource on campus, where she works to integrate different types of geo/spatial work across the curriculum. She is an active member of PDXOSGeo and does her best to keep track of the folks to north (CUGOS, Seattle).ck of the folks to north (CUGOS, Seattle).)
  • User:Kurt Menke  + (Kurt Menke is a Certified GIS ProfessionalKurt Menke is a Certified GIS Professional (GISP) who has been working in the field for 19 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 authored Discover QGIS through Locate Press and co-authored Mastering QGIS through Packt Publishing. In 2015 he was part of the GeoAcademy team awarded the GeoForAll Educator of the Year award. the GeoForAll Educator of the Year award.)
  • User:Surveyor  + (Landon Blake is a land surveyor and GIS prLandon Blake is a land surveyor and GIS programmer with a focus on OpenJUMP and CAD customization. He serves as the Vice President of the California Land Surveyors Association Central Valley Chapter, is a member of the California Land Surveyors Association GIS Committee, and also serves as a member of the California Geodetic Control Working Group.California Geodetic Control Working Group.)
  • User:Lars  + (Lars Lingner is an active member in the loLars Lingner is an active member in the local chapter FOSSGIS e.V. since 2007</br>He is using open source software as well as open data and is promoting several projects on local, national and international events. Such as FOSSGIS Konferenz, AGIT, State of the Map, FOSS4G. He is organizing local regularly events in Berlin, Germany called Stammtisch and Hackweekend for the OpenStreetMap and FOSSGIS community. His focus is the server side software to build an open source map stack, like MapServer, PostgreSQL/Postgis, GDAL/OGR.e MapServer, PostgreSQL/Postgis, GDAL/OGR.)
  • User:LorenzoStucchi  + (Lorenzo Stucchi obtained his BSc degree (2Lorenzo Stucchi obtained his BSc degree (2017) and MSc degree (2020) in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. From June 2020 to January 2021, he was a temporary research fellow at the GEOlab of Politecnico di Milano in the project ViaLibera?!. The project was focused on the Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) for the collaborative mapping of the barriers and accessible paths for people with motor disabilities. Since February 2021, he has been a PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in collaboration with Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico - RSE S.p.A. His research activity is focused on Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing for the renewable energy sector.</br></br>Since 2016 Lorenzo has been active in the OpenStreetMap community, serving as an officer of PoliMappers (treasurer, vice-president and social media responsible).</br>Since 2018 he has been a member of Wikimedia Italia, the Italian local chapter of the OpenStreetMap Foundation and Wikimedia Foundation. He served as Lombardy region volunteer coordinator for 2020, and since 2021 he has been the National OpeenStreetMap coordinator for OpenStreetMap.</br>In 2022 he collaborates in the partnership between Wikimedia Italia and GFOSS.it for the organisation of FOSS4G 2022 and SOTM 2022 in Firenze. As part of the FOSS4G 2022 Local Committee, he contributed to the organisation as the co-chair of the volunteers.isation as the co-chair of the volunteers.)
  • User:LucaCongedo  + (Luca Congedo is an environmental engineer Luca Congedo is an environmental engineer and researcher working in the fields of GIS and Remote Sensing since 2009. He has a Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering (110/110) at Sapienza University (Rome), Engineering Faculty, and he is a Ph.D. student in Landscape and Environment at Sapienza University. Luca Congedo has published over 20 scientific papers and working papers. He is the developer of the Semi-Automatic Classification Plugin for QGIS, an open source plugin that allows for the semi-automatic classification of remote sensing images, including several tools for the pre processing and post processing of images. Since 2013 he is author of the blog "From GIS to Remote Sensing" (https://fromgistors.blogspot.com) that aims to foster the use of open source software for environmental monitoring through tutorials and videos.l monitoring through tutorials and videos.)
  • Ginetto  + (Luigi Pirelli is a Computer Science DesignLuigi Pirelli is a Computer Science Designer and Developer with several years of experience in Earth Observation Systems and Ground Station segment. He worked with ESA main contractors as Telespazio and Advanced Computer Systems (ACS), covering technical roles in system design, software engineering, software development, systems integration and test.</br>During last years started to contribute to the Italian Geographic Free Software community adding code to the the GRASS and QGIS project and resulting founder of the GFOSS Italian Local Chapter.</br>Latest experience cover activities in Spanish local chapter where he lives and active contributions to QGIS code and to the international community.</br>Actually he works only developing for QGIS platform for Boundless Spatial Inc. mainly focused on PKI infrastructure and Continue Integration.I infrastructure and Continue Integration.)
  • Lyzidiamond  + (Lyzi is an API Engineer at Mapbox, where sLyzi is an API Engineer at Mapbox, where she has also been a contributor to support, documentation, and user engagement. She is one of the co-founders of Maptime, an international mapping education organization focused on community-based learning, and she frequently speaks at geospatial and technology-related conferences and workshops.hnology-related conferences and workshops.)
  • Satvik sinha  + (MY NAME IS SATVIK SINHA. I AM FROM DEHRADUN,UTTARAKHAND. I AM 14 YEARS OLD. IAM INTERESTED IN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY.I am a GCI 2017 student, working on the Add yourself to the OSGeo Member Map task.)
  • Paulo Cesar Coronado  + (Magister en Teleinformática, Profesor de TMagister en Teleinformática, Profesor de Tiempo Completo en el Área de Geomática de la Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Líneas de trabajo e investigación relacionadas con sistemas de información geográfica, inteligencia artificial, ambientes digitales para educación y seguridad de la información.a educación y seguridad de la información.)
  • User:Paulo Cesar Coronado  + (Magister en Teleinformática, Profesor de TMagister en Teleinformática, Profesor de Tiempo Completo en el Área de Geomática de la Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Líneas de trabajo e investigación relacionadas con sistemas de información geográfica, inteligencia artificial, ambientes digitales para educación y seguridad de la información.a educación y seguridad de la información.)
  • User:Zilolv  + (Maintainer of the MDAL library, QGIS Core Developer (Mesh Layers, 3D, Mac Packaging), iOS/Android application based on QGIS)
  • User:Grizonnetm  + (Manuel works at CNES (French Space Agency) and is involved in the Open Source library for remote sensing image processing Orfeo ToolBox.)
  • User:Mlbouthot  + (Marie-Lyne Bouthot est titulaire d'un baccMarie-Lyne Bouthot est titulaire d'un baccalauréat en géomatique appliquée et d'une maîtrise en géographie de l'Université de Sherbrooke. Son expérience professionnelle auprès d'organismes publics et à but non lucratif l'a amenée à développer une expertise centrée sur les technologies libres et à promouvoir une géomatique accessible et adaptative. Forte de son aptitude à l'analyse et à l'abstraction, elle se spécialise dans la conception et la programmation de bases de données et de systèmes de gestion et de diffusion de l'information géographique sur le Web. Consciente que les technologies de l'informatique évoluent à une vitesse exponentielle, elle est toujours à l'affût de nouvelles orientations et outils qui offrent un potentiel géomatique prometteur. Soucieuse d'un travail efficace et précis, elle n'hésite pas à mettre à profit ses aptitudes pour concevoir des outils qui permettront à son équipe et à ses clients d'optimiser leur travail au quotidien.nts d'optimiser leur travail au quotidien.)
  • Mark Prins  + (Mark has graduated as a geologist at the UMark has graduated as a geologist at the Utrecht University focusing on remote sensing and GIS. He has a good 20 years of experience in building, designing and maintaining spatial applications in corporate and government environments. And then of course there's white water kayaking.en of course there's white water kayaking.)
  • User:Martinl  + (Martin contributes to various Open Source GIS projects as a user and mainly as a developer. He is member of GRASS PSC and GRASS development team. Beside the GRASS project he also contributes to GDAL and QGIS.)
  • Massimiliano Cannata  + (Massimiliano received his PhD in Gedoesy aMassimiliano received his PhD in Gedoesy and Geomatics after his master degree in environmental engineering at the Politecnico di Milano. Since 2007 he's the head of the geomatic division within the Institute of Earth Sciences (www.ist.supsi.ch) in Switzerland. </br></br>He participated in the community since it's inception at various levels. He's a former director of the Open Source Geospatial foundation (OSGeo) and member of the project steering committee of the projects and ZOO (http://www.zoo-project.org). From 2006 to 2016 he was also PSC member of the GIS GRASS (http://grass.osgeo.org). He's group lead the developement of the istSOS project (http://istsos.org) implementing open standards for sensor observation services. Co-chair of the UnitedNation committee and of the Open Geoscience committee.ttee and of the Open Geoscience committee.)
  • Mauricio Miranda  + (Mauricio has been a Board Member of the SpMauricio has been a Board Member of the Spanish Local Chapter since 2011, and is very active inside the community, leading and pushing the community in Argentina and Latin America, among others. He organizes and manages meetings and events in Latin America with the aim to spread the word with newcomers and privative software users.th newcomers and privative software users.)
  • Mayte Toscano  + (Mayte Toscano is CEO at mtMAP. She is a frMayte Toscano is CEO at mtMAP. She is a free and open source advocator and She always tries to promote and extend free and open source software. She is an advanced user and developer for postGIS and qGIS.</br>Mayte is also highly involved in new technologies like virtual reality and how to make geo software more usable to newcomers.ake geo software more usable to newcomers.)
  • User:Mlibman  + (Member of Geoinquietos Argentina, Geochicas OSM and Argentine Cartographic Center. Working in Open Data and the National Spatial Data Infrastructure to spread the word of FLOSS.)
  • Micah Wengren  + (Micah works for the US National Oceanic anMicah works for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and has been a user and supporter of open source geospatial software since the mid-2000's. Micah has worked to integrate GeoServer and GeoNode into NOAA geospatial data publishing workflows. He led a project to enable better multi-user, enterprise deployment for GeoServer with NOAA and OpenGeo in 2012, and contributed code to GeoNode to prototype a data discovery portal as an add on to the NOAA GeoServer hosting system. Since then, Micah has worked primarily in the open data field, supporting the NOAA Data Catalog (https://data.noaa.gov) and the Integrated Ocean Observing Systems (IOOS) Catalog (https://data.ioos.us). Micah currently works for the NOAA IOOS office helping manage the data publishing framework for IOOS' ocean observation and forecast data throughout the coastal United States, Pacific Islands and Great Lakes.d States, Pacific Islands and Great Lakes.)
  • User:Msmitherdc  + (Michael Smith is a Physical Scientist withMichael Smith is a Physical Scientist with the Remote Sensing GIS Center of Expertise at the Cold Regions Research Engineering Laboratory of the US Army Corps of Engineers. He has been working as a GIS Specialist for 25 years with the last 13 years very involved with Open Source Geospatial.very involved with Open Source Geospatial.)
  • Michael Smith  + (Michael Smith is a Physical Scientist withMichael Smith is a Physical Scientist with the Remote Sensing GIS Center of Expertise at the Cold Regions Research Engineering Laboratory of the US Army Corps of Engineers. He has been working as a GIS Specialist for 25 years with the last 13 years very involved with Open Source Geospatial.very involved with Open Source Geospatial.)
  • User:Mstuyts  + (Michel works as GIS-coördinaor at two municipalities in Belgium. He is the author of the PluginLoadTimes and ZoomToBelgium QGIS plugins. He is also the maintainer of https://geone.ws.)
  • User:Mikel  + (Mikel leads the Community Team, building dMikel leads the Community Team, building diverse collaborations centered on amazing mapping tools and open data, to make positive change on complex, global problems.</br></br>As Presidential Innovation Fellow at the US State Department Mikel drove OpenStreetMap adoption across federal agencies. He is co-founder of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, co-founder of Map Kibera and GroundTruth Initiative and Board member of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. He holds a master’s degree in Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems from the University of Sussex, and bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from UC Santa Cruz.ee in Computer Science from UC Santa Cruz.)
  • User:Msilikale05  + (Msilikale Msilanga is a spatial planner byMsilikale Msilanga is a spatial planner by professional from Tanzania but have more experiences from Europe and Latin America based on the same field. He has been working at the World Bank since 2011 as the Geospatial consultant before he went to have his Masters for two years. Now he is back at the World Bank supporting the open data team and more mapping projects in Tanzania Zambia and Mozambique. For more than five years, he has been working with the local communities in Dar es salaam helping them to map their own areas using OSM. Through these maps which are mostly in the informal settlements, more issues facing the community has been identified and more projects have been identified one of them being Ramani Huria. He is currently a Co-chair for FOSS4G 2018 which will be conducted in Dar es Salaam in 2018.ill be conducted in Dar es Salaam in 2018.)
  • User:Pvanbosgeo  + (My main research interests are forest andMy main research interests are forest and landscape ecology, biogeography, and conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and natural resources. I have worked for international research (Bioversity, ICRAF, ILRI) institutes in Syria, Brazil and Kenya. I am currently working as freelance researcher on ecology & biodiversity and GIS/spatial analyst.gy & biodiversity and GIS/spatial analyst.)
  • User:Aditi Sawant  + (My name is Aditi Mohan Sawant. I am Computer Science graduate from Mumbai University, pursuing Master's degree in Geoinformatics Engineering under Centre of studies in Resource Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,Mumbai, India.)
  • User:Aditya Chondke  + (My name is Aditya Vitthalrao Chondke. I am a Computer Science graduate, pursuing my Master's degree in Geoinformatics Engineering under Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.)
  • User:Alex-mathew  + (My name is Alex Mathew. I am a Computer Science graduate, pursuing my Master's degree in Geoinformatics Engineering under the Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.)
  • User:AniketGiri  + (My name is Aniket Giri. Currently, I am pursuing a Master's degree in Geoinformatics Engineering under Centre of studies in Resource Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.)
  • User:SandeepSaurav  + (My name is Sandeep Saurav. Currently, I am pursuing Master's degree in Geoinformatics Engineering under Centre of studies in Resource Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.)
  • User:NathanW  + (Nathan is a active core developer and promoter of QGIS. He is an advocate of using open source solutions in local government, promoting its use to save money, add flexibility in workflows, and allow greater freedom from vendor lock in.)
  • User:Nimalika  + (Nimalika has moved to Open source GIS in 2Nimalika has moved to Open source GIS in 2006 as a novice user and application developer in her research studies related to web-mapping. Since then she has been involved in adopting OSGeo tools in teaching, research and spreading the use of them (particularly QGIS, MapServer, PostgreSQL, OSM ) in Sri Lanka. She is interested in integrating open source GIS solutions in solving locally important problems and linking different organizations with OSGeo products.</br>she is an academic with more than 14 years experience. At present she is a Phd candidate at Curtin University, Perth, Australiaate at Curtin University, Perth, Australia)
  • User:Nuno Oliveira  + (Nuno earned his BS and MS in Software EngiNuno earned his BS and MS in Software Engineering from University of Minho. He started is career in the telecommunications industry by developing solutions for managing and monitoring telecommunications infrastructures. Currently he works at GeoSolutions were he develops advanced solutions for GIS challenges using open source software. In the last years he focused on distributed systems, big data technologies and GIS. He contributes to several open source projects and is a commiter of GeoServer, MapStore and GeoTools.miter of GeoServer, MapStore and GeoTools.)
  • Nyall Dawson  + (Nyall has been a core developer with the QNyall has been a core developer with the QGIS project since 2013. During this time he has contributed over 5000 commits to the project, and today is one of the most active developers on the project. Nyall's contributions to QGIS cover a wide range of areas - from improvements to the map rendering and symbology engines, enhancements to labeling and print layout functionality, right through to optimisations of the</br>underlying spatial processing algorithms utilised by QGIS. He is dedicated to making QGIS a unique tool capable of creating cartographic effects which to date have not been available in GIS software applications.</br></br>Nyall is currently the proprietor and lead developer at North Road Consulting, an Australian spatial development consultancy which predominantly focus on investing in and promoting use of open source GIS applications.oting use of open source GIS applications.)
  • User:Mtravis  + (Open Source advocate currently helping DarOpen Source advocate currently helping Dartmoor National Park with all things spatial. I have experience with an open source stack consisting of: QGIS, PostGIS, Leaflet, & Geoserver</br></br>I also help to run the UK QGIS user group; specifically in the South West. Looking to hold more meet ups around open source tools in general. If you're interested please get in touch.ral. If you're interested please get in touch.)
  • John Bryant  + (Originally from Canada, I'm currently baseOriginally from Canada, I'm currently based in Fremantle, Australia where I operate an open geospatial consulting company called Mammoth Geospatial. Organiser of FOSS4G Perth and geogeeks.org, founding chair of FOSS4G SotM Oceania & OSGeo Oceania. Frequent attendee and sometimes volunteer at global FOSS4G events. Always keen to meet other spatial enthusiasts. Building a strong open geospatial community in Oceania!a strong open geospatial community in Oceania!)
  • User:Pablodab  + (Paolo has been Associate Professor at PoliPaolo has been Associate Professor at Politecnico di Torino since 2021. His principal research interests are in quality control of GNSS positioning, monitoring techniques with Geomatics instruments, low-cost INS and GNSS systems for mobile mapping, and indoor positioning for navigation purposes. Paolo Dabove has over 60 scientific papers in international and Italian journals and proceedings and also has five book chapters in international books. He has been the President of the GFOSS.it association, the Italian OSGeo Local Chapter, since February 2020. </br></br>ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9646-523X </br>Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ewFGj3kAAAAJ&hl=it&oi=aoom/citations?user=ewFGj3kAAAAJ&hl=it&oi=ao)
  • User:Ckuntzsch  + (Part of the Mapbender development team at WhereGroup GmbH & Co. KG. Studied Geography at Leipzig University and Geographic Information Science and Visualization at Potsdam University.)
  • User:Enockseth  + (Passionate about FOSS and Communities of Practice.)
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  • Pedromap  + (Pedro is a Geographer and works as a IT and GIS Technician in the Municipality of Guimarães - Portugal.)
  • User:Pedromap  + (Pedro is a Geographer and works as a IT and GIS Technician in the Municipality of Guimarães - Portugal.)
  • User:Vehrka  + (Pedro-Juan is a Cartographer and Project Manager that works in a Location Intelligence company. He has been collaborating with different NGOs in spreading the word of the Open Knowledge, Open data and FOSS (and FOSS4G))
  • Pedro-Juan Ferrer  + (Pedro-Juan is a Cartographer and Project Manager that works in a Location Intelligence company. He has been collaborating with different NGOs in spreading the word of the Open Knowledge, Open data and FOSS (and FOSS4G))
  • User:Pirmin Kalberer  + (Pirmin is an active Geospatial Open Source community member since 2002. He works for Sourcepole, a Swiss based commercial Open Source company.)
  • 0x48piraj  + (Piyush Raj is goal oriented and loves solving real life problems. Worked as Google Summer of Code Student Developer with OWASP Foundation. Past Google Code-In contribution winner. Independent security researcher at night.)
  • User:Aanthieni  + (President Geolibres Asociación Civil)
  • User:Metasim  + (Project History: * GeoRust Core Team MembeProject History:</br>* GeoRust Core Team Member</br>* Project Lead for RasterFrames</br>* Committer on GeoTrellis</br>* Contributor to GeoMesa. </br></br>My current focus is in building the next-generation methodologies and technologies for distributed processing of geospatial data "at scale" using resource-efficient, environmentally-conscious tooling. I'm a co-founder and VP of R&D and Engineering at Astrea, Inc., where lead a team of software engineers delivering modern geospatial applications to multiple commercial verticals.applications to multiple commercial verticals.)
  • User:Neumann  + (Project manager at Kanton Solothurn. QGIS PSC member (treasurer). Board member of Swiss QGIS user group)
  • User:Nitish  + (Pursuing B.Tech from Delhi Technological University, India)
  • User:Jankovicgd  + (Python Developer & data engineer working for EOX in Vienna.)
  • User:Anitagraser  + (QGIS PSC member, author of 'Learning QGIS' and co-author of 'QGIS Map Design' and 'QGIS 2 Cookbook'.)
  • Rafael Moreno  + (Rafael Moreno received his B.S. in ForestrRafael Moreno received his B.S. in Forestry from the Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Mexico in 1982 and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Natural Resources Management from Colorado State University in 1987 and1992 respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences at University of Colorado Denver (UCD). He teaches courses in GISscience and Technology, environmental science, land use planning and sustainability in natural resources management. He leads the FOSS4G lab at UCD. His current research concentrates on the analysis of fragmentation and anthropogenic pressure on forest areas, Decision Support Systems for forest management, and the use of FOSS/FOSS4G for creating local and Web-based spatial information systems.and Web-based spatial information systems.)
  • User:Rjhale1971  + (Randal Hale is the owner of North River GeRandal Hale is the owner of North River Geographic Systems, Inc. He's been active in the QGIS Community by participating in beta testing and answering questions on the QGIS mailing list. He's also developed QGIS classes that target people active in the GIS Community.target people active in the GIS Community.)
  • User:Raymondnijssen  + (Raymond is an active QGIS contributor, chairman of the Dutch QGIS User Group and LOC member of FOSS4G 2023 Prizren.)
  • User:Remi.cresson  + (Remi Cresson has received the M. Sc. in elRemi Cresson has received the M. Sc. in electrical engineering from the Grenoble Institute of Technology (INPG), France, 2009. He is with IRSTEA (french National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture), for research and development in the field of remote sensing image processing, including (but not restricted to) High Performance Computing and geospatial data infrastructures. </br>Involved in open source projects:</br>* Member of the Orfeo ToolBox Project Steering Committee,</br>* Developper of the ZOO-Project WPS server</br>* User of QGIS, GDALOO-Project WPS server * User of QGIS, GDAL)
  • User:Iamrohith94  + (Rohith Reddy is pursuing his Masters in Research in the Lab for Spatial Informatics at the IIIT Hyderabad, India. He is a developer, programmer and a researcher.)
  • Santtu Pyykkönen  + (Santtu Pyykkönen is a Geospatial IT enthusSanttu Pyykkönen is a Geospatial IT enthusiast, who came across on Free and Open Software for Geospatial in Mexico 2013 while searching for effective alternatives to commercial GIS software. While enjoying greatly FOSS4G, I also got to use the power of Linux, besides of many other open source technologies. In years gone by, I have learned a lot about the huge power that lies in the FOSS4G-community and its' capability to build effective geo-tools and integrations to resolve wider societal and natural problems.solve wider societal and natural problems.)
  • Sarasafavi  + (Sara is a software developer with experienSara is a software developer with experience in web and geospatial development, and a frequent speaker in both the Python & geospatial tech communities. Sara is also an active community leader, and has been an organizer for PyLadiesATX, Austin Open Source GIS, and MaptimeATX.esATX, Austin Open Source GIS, and MaptimeATX.)
  • User:13scoter  + (Scott is a newcomer to OSGeo, getting his Scott is a newcomer to OSGeo, getting his first taste at FOSS4G Portland (2014). He was educated in Remote Sensing and Physical Geography, with some experience in GIS analysis. Having spent three years complaining about proprietary RS software, he was introduced to the plethora of OSS options out there. Amazed, he attended FOSS4G 2014 to learn more. Now he's keen to learn how he can help.e. Now he's keen to learn how he can help.)
  • User:Saail  + (Second-year Masters student at IIT Bombay(Indian Institute of Technology Bombay) who is currently working on implementing the SensorThings API standard in istSOS.)
  • User:Filippofinke  + (Second-year student at SUPSI (University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland) who is currently working on implementing the SensorThings API standard in istSOS.)
  • Shailesh Chaure  + (Self learner, highly interested in GeospatSelf learner, highly interested in Geospatial development activities using open source tools.Developed software tools for teaching and learning Geology. Also involved in Web-GIS development and training using tools like Geoserver, Postgre,PostGIS and openlayers. Expert in Object Pascal. Application developed for students and community are distributed for free through website. are distributed for free through website.)
  • Carolina Arias  + (She obtained a Bachelor degree in EnvironmShe obtained a Bachelor degree in Environmental Engineering at Medellin University 2006 and an MSc degree in Environmental and Geomatics Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in 2012. She was a lecturer at San Buenaventura University in Colombia since 2007 till 2017, working and teaching in the fields of environmental planning and Geographical Information Systems GIS. She finished a PhD in Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering at the Hydroinformatics Lab Politecnico di Milano on May 2017. Her work activity is focused on Spatial Data Infrastructures SDI, architecture and design of Geographic Information Systems and Geospatial Web Services, Environmental Big Geo-data and Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Applications FOSS4G. She is a Charter member of OSGeo organization and a member of the organizing committee of FOSS4G Europe 2015. </br>In May, 2018 she has joined the JRC in Unit E.1 where she is working on the NEEDS OF THE COPERNICUS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICE (CEMS)</br>Here she is getting expertise to work with large spatial datasets (both physical geographical and socio-economic) and different data formats (e.g., netcdf, ASCII, binary, shapefiles), as well as with GIS (e.g., ArcGIS), Web GIS (e.g. OpenLayers and similar javascript libraries), geospatial web services (e.g. WMS, WPS), python, statistical (e.g. R) and/or image processing software, and spatial/relational database management systems (e.g. ORACLE).database management systems (e.g. ORACLE).)
  • User:SimonNitz  + (Simon is highly regarded throughout AustraSimon is highly regarded throughout Australia and New Zealand as a leader in his field with 30+ years in the industry. He has provided GIS consulting services to organizations in New Zealand and Australia, focusing on FOSS4G desktop and web mapping solutions. In the 90’s and 00’s Simon was chair of the MapInfo User Group in New Zealand for 16 years. Simon has also been involved in organizing FOSS4G SotM Oceania events. in organizing FOSS4G SotM Oceania events.)
  • User:Jsenag  + (Software Engineer and postgraduate in UX. Software Engineer and postgraduate in UX. </br></br>She has been working actively in the geo field for 6 years, with a wide experience in the design and development of geo-themed mobile and web applications, betting on the use of open technologies and open data.</br></br>https://twitter.com/jsenag</br>https://github.com/jessisenaer.com/jsenag https://github.com/jessisena)
  • Boonen  + (Software architect and Java developer of sSoftware architect and Java developer of software that includes geospatial algorithms or integrates with GIS systems. I mainly focus on integrating systems using messing frameworks and Java libraries. User of PostGIS, GeoServer, GeoTools, JTS, QGIS and OpenLayers. Commiter of Hibernate Spatial.OpenLayers. Commiter of Hibernate Spatial.)
  • User:Trentor  + (Soy Ing. en TIC, estudiante de la maestríaSoy Ing. en TIC, estudiante de la maestría en diseño y gestión de proyectos tecnológicos, actualmente laboro como subdirector en protección civil municipal como encargado de planeación y atlas de riesgos, padre de 3 hermosos hijos y voluntario rescatista en la brigada de rescate internacional cancun (BRIC), actualmente vivo en Puerto Morelos, México. Mis intereses van desde la tecnología hasta el emprendimiento. También me interesan la política, la innovación y soy un gran aficionado a la lectura.</br>**</br>I am Ing. In TIC, student of the master's degree in design and management of technological projects, I currently work as deputy director in municipal civil protection as planning and risk atlas manager, father of 3 beautiful children and volunteer rescuer in the international rescue brigade cancun (BRIC), I currently live in Puerto Morelos, Mexico. My interests range from technology to entrepreneurship. I'm also interested in politics, innovation and I'm a big fan of reading., innovation and I'm a big fan of reading.)
  • Thomas Starnes  + (Spatial analyst committed to wildlife conservation and humanitarian causes. Interests in remote sensing, drones, AI, open data and data sharing.)
  • User:Maphew  + (Started with PAMAP GIS in 1992 with CounciStarted with PAMAP GIS in 1992 with Council for Yukon First Nations, bounced around a few other GIS contracting for awhile, mostly for First Nations, and then landed with Yukon Government in 1998. Still there now, much to my surprise. Was heavily involved with Osgeo4W for a number of years as wiki janitor, mailing list mod, and sheparding on the `apt` commandline osgeo4w package manager. Last few years my Osgeo involvement is mostly just a regular ol' tool user, folded in where I can with the Esri stack.folded in where I can with the Esri stack.)
  • Stephen Mather  + (Stephen has been working in GIS, Planning,Stephen has been working in GIS, Planning, and related fields since 1998, working for the last 9 years as the GIS Manager for Cleveland Metroparks. He has been interested in the application of computer vision to geospatial analyses since 2004, and has recently initiated the OpenDroneMap project (http://opendronemap.org), a project to bring together and extend a suite of open source computer vision software for use with UAS (drone) and street level images.</br></br>In addition to managing Cleveland Metroparks GIS program and leading OpenDroneMap, Stephen works with the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Karisoke Research Center (Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International) to research mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Most of that work uses OSGeo tools.</br></br>Stephen is also coauthor of the PostGIS Cookbook and blogs all his geospatial and ecological whims at https://smathermather.com.ogical whims at https://smathermather.com.)
  • User:Sdlime  + (Steve is one of the principle developers for MapServer and does a fair amount of web application development using MapServer/MapScript, PostGIS, GDAL, GEOS and OpenLayers.)
  • Maegger  + (Study of Geography and Applied GeoinformatStudy of Geography and Applied Geoinformatics at University of Salzburg in Austria (2000 - 2005)</br></br>Since 2005 working as gis specialist in different sectors:</br></br>- cartography at a publishing company </br></br>- natural hazards / climatic change </br></br>- goverment </br></br>- energy supplytic change - goverment - energy supply)
  • User:Sanand  + (Suchith Anand is a Charter Member of OSGeoSuchith Anand is a Charter Member of OSGeo and actively involved in OSGeo Education initiatives. He volunteers for GeoForAll with a vision to make geospatial education and opportunities accessible to all and to enable a better future for everyone. He served as the founding chair of the ICA Commission on Open Source Geospatial Technologies and Geospatial IG of Research Data Alliance. He serves in the Program Board of Group on Earth Observations (GEO). He is reviewer for European and international research council applications, and many leading GIS journals . He serves on the Editorial Board of Journal on Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards , GIS Professional . Suchith is from India and now lives in Nottingham with his wife Sajini and their son Sanjay . They all are cricket fans and love travelling. all are cricket fans and love travelling.)
  • User:Suthakaran  + (Suthakaran has moved to Open source GIS inSuthakaran has moved to Open source GIS in 2013 particularly (QGIS, JOSM, PostgreSQL, Openmapkit, Mapillary,Mapbox,OSM ) in Sri Lanka. He is working in the OpenDRI Projects with world bank, Sri Lanka since 2013 and he is interested in integrating OSM data with Disaster Management Activities. his education background is in Geography,Disaster Management and GIS. in Geography,Disaster Management and GIS.)
  • User:Tatipara  + (Tatiana é agrônoma de formação, especialista em geotecnologias, mestre em Desenvolvimento Rural e Candidata a doutorado em Ciências Geodésicas.)
  • Kestelyn  + (The BIG BOSS)
  • Mixedbredie  + (The GIS Data Coordinator at Angus Council. Organises QGIS UK user group meetings in Scotland. Co-chaired FOSS4G UK 2019 in Edinburgh. Champions the use of open source software in local government.)
  • User:Thomas Baschetti  + (Thomas is a freelancer doing all kind of GIS and database stuff, especially helping people to migrate from proprietary to free software, connecting different systems and getting things to work.)
  • Tinacormier  + (Tina is a remote sensing scientist who useTina is a remote sensing scientist who uses satellite imagery to gain insights into critical challenges facing society, and open source software is central to the work that she does. She actively promotes open source through talks, community events (e.g., maptime), and social media, and she is now working with the OSGeo-Live project on R quickstarts as well as with the author of the lidR package to improve user friendliness.</br></br>Sharing her open source experience has always been a part of her work as well; she has taught workshops in countries all over the world, from Peru to Nepal, as well as in her home country, the USA. Workshop topics have ranged from programming in R and using QGIS, to processing lidar with open source tools.o processing lidar with open source tools.)
  • User:Tina Cormier  + (Tina is a remote sensing scientist who useTina is a remote sensing scientist who uses satellite imagery to gain insights into critical challenges facing society, and open source software is central to the work that she does. She actively promotes open source through talks, community events (e.g., maptime), and social media, and she is now working with the OSGeo-Live project on R quickstarts as well as with the author of the lidR package to improve user friendliness.</br></br>Sharing her open source experience has always been a part of her work as well; she has taught workshops in countries all over the world, from Peru to Nepal, as well as in her home country, the USA. Workshop topics have ranged from programming in R and using QGIS, to processing lidar with open source tools.o processing lidar with open source tools.)
  • Tom Armitage  + (Tom is one of the coordinators of the ScotTom is one of the coordinators of the Scottish QGIS User Group and has been running QGIS training and workshops in UK Higher and Further Education since around 2012. Tom was the co-chair for the FOSS4G UK 2019 conference in Edinburgh. Tom is active on twitter and various QGIS user forums helping users find solutions to problems they face. He writes a blog http://learngis.uk which provides step by step guides to doing data visualisation and cartography in QGIS.ata visualisation and cartography in QGIS.)
  • User:Tosseto  + (Toshikazu Seto is a researcher who has conToshikazu Seto is a researcher who has conducted research and analysis related to "GIS and Society". Since OSGeo.JP was formed, he has been supporting the Japanese FOSS4G event held annually in Tokyo and Osaka. He is also interested in community-building for FOSS4G and attends a wide range of activities related to Volunteered Geographic Information and OpenGeoData.ed Geographic Information and OpenGeoData.)
  • User:Erikfriesen  + (Training Specialist focusing on QGIS at Boundless. Formerly GIS analyst at a tiny oil and gas company.)
  • Tudorbarascu  + (Tudor is a GIS passionate with experience in the water/wastewater sector. He is a mechanical engineer who ended up in the GIS sector. Although he started with various proprietary systems he is now fully supporting Open Source Software.)
  • Hbecerra  + (Urbanist)
  • User:Veroandreo  + (Vero holds a PhD in Biology and a MSc degrVero holds a PhD in Biology and a MSc degree in GIS and Remote Sensing. She is mostly interested in GIS and remote sensing uses and applications for public health, environmental monitoring and disaster management. She is a GRASS GIS and FOSS4G enthusiast and a very active promoter of Osgeo/FOSS4G philosophy everywhere: in conferences, courses, workshops and so on. She is mainly involved in GRASS GIS community contributing tutorials, examples, general documentation, user support, translations, etc.entation, user support, translations, etc.)
  • User:Cvvergara  + (Vicky is an Economist and Computer Scientist, pgRouting fan and developer, Free Software advocate.)
  • User:Volaya  + (Victor is the creator and main developer oVictor is the creator and main developer of the SEXTANTE library, a spatial data analysis library currently used by several open source GIS such as gvSIG or QGIS. He is also the main author of the Spanish Free GIS Book, a free (CC BY) book on the fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems.mentals of Geographic Information Systems.)
  • Victoria Rautenbach  + (Victoria Rautenbach is a senior lecturer iVictoria Rautenbach is a senior lecturer in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Victoria’s research focuses on spatial data visualization to support decision making. Her research spans two disciplines: Geographic Information Science (GISc) and Computer Science; multi-dimensional geovisualization, spatial data infrastructure, open source for geospatial software and geoinformation standards.</br></br>Victoria is interested in web mapping development and the use of mapping to improve less fortunate communities, and has also been involved in various open data events in South Africa. various open data events in South Africa.)