Tag: 2017 GeoHipster Calendar
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Maps and Mappers of the 2017 GeoHipster Calendar: Nathaniel Jeffrey
Nathaniel Jeffrey – August Q: Tell us about yourself. Before I fell into GIS, my studies in Environmental Science led me to a freshwater conservation project in Kenya, and down sewer pipes in my home city of Melbourne. Honestly, sewers are kind of fascinating if you have a background in biology. You think tapeworms can…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2017 GeoHipster Calendar: Mark Brown
Mark Brown MSc – February Tell us about yourself. I am an ecologist and conservationist with strong technical skills in GIS & Remote Sensing. My interests lie in the application of geospatial technologies to help solve ecological and environmental problems. I love developing novel techniques in areas where these technologies might not have been previously…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2017 GeoHipster Calendar: Ralph Straumann
Ralph Straumann – June Tell us about yourself. I’m a consultant, data analyst, and researcher with EBP in Switzerland and the Oxford Internet Institute in the UK. My background is in geography, with a PhD in geoinformation science from the University of Zurich. Besides GIS I studied remote sensing, cartography, and political science. In my work…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2017 GeoHipster Calendar: Jan-Willem van Aalst
J.W. van Aalst, Ph.D. – November Tell us about yourself. I’m a cartographic designer and data analyst. I live and work in The Netherlands. My background is in computer science; I did my Ph.D. on knowledge management at Delft University. These days I mostly advise the Dutch Emergency services on (geo) information management. Tell us…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2017 GeoHipster Calendar – Johann Dugge and Juernjakob Dugge
Johann Dugge and Juernjakob Dugge – May Johann Dugge and Juernjakob Dugge www.papercraftmountains.com Tell us about yourself. Johann: I model packing processes of consumer products like laundry detergent to optimise the package design and manufacturing lines at Procter & Gamble in their Brussels office. Juernjakob: I work on software for optimising water and wastewater treatment…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2017 GeoHipster Calendar – Michele Tobias
Michele Tobias, PhD – January @micheletobias GIS Data Curator – Data Management Program – UC Davis Library Tell us about yourself. In January I started my current job as the GIS Data Curator for the UC Davis Library where I work on data projects related to the library’s areas of particular interest and help patrons with questions…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2017 GeoHipster Calendar – Alison DeGraff Ollivierre
Alison DeGraff Ollivierre – September @AlyD_VT Tell us about yourself. I’m a cartographer who works full time at National Geographic Maps, part-time doing freelance cartography/GIS work as Tombolo Maps & Design, and part-time for the NGO BirdsCaribbean. I’m from Vermont, have been living in the Eastern Caribbean on and off for the past six years,…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2017 GeoHipster Calendar – Damian Spangrud
Damian Spangrud – April @spangrud Tell us about yourself. I’m a carto geek and have been making varying degrees of visual junk for almost 3 decades. I’m interested in showing data in a way that makes people curious to learn more. I’ve been at Esri for 23 years and I’m the Director of Solutions (which…
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2017 GeoHipster Calendar is Now Available
The 2017 GeoHipster calendar is available to order (NOTE: “Starting Month” defaults to the current month at the time of order. Remember to change to January 2017). Thanks to all who submitted maps for the calendar. If your map made it into the calendar, we will send you a complimentary copy (please email your shipping…
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Selections for the 2017 GeoHipster Calendar
Happy GIS Day! We couldn’t think of a better way for GeoHipster to celebrate GIS Day than to announce the selections for the 2017 GeoHipster calendar. Every year has yielded fantastic work and this year was no exception. This was the first year we had a student track and we got two submissions. To help…