User:Jive

Jody Garnett

Just the links:

• How 2 Map (blog)
• Twitter
• Google Plus
• Jody Garnett's Blog (Java.net)

GIS represents one of the last great frontiers (along with Business Intelligence) where the data volume lets everyone work on real computer science. This is a great field, that thrives using public data to make things interesting for the open source developer. I actually like any form of programming in the large, distributing computing, design, the magic of open source collaboration.

Here are a couple of the open source projects I am known to work on:

• User Friendly Desktop Internet GIS: Project Steering Committee
• GeoTools - the Java GIS Toolkit : Project Management Committee
• GeoServer - the open internet gateway for geographic data: Project Steering Committee
• GeoAPI - no longer active

I have a couple activities to stretch my wings and explore outside of the "Java Tribe":

• Incubation Committee (OSGeo) Chair
• WPS Shootout