Markus Neteler is a software engineer and businessman.
Biography
He received his degree in physical geography and landscape ecology from
Leibniz University Hannover
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover (german: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität), also known as the University of Hannover, is a public research university located in Hanover, Germany. Founded on 2 May 1831 as Higher Vocational Sc ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
, in 1999 where he worked as a researcher and teaching assistant for two years.
From 2001 to 2007, he was a researcher at Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK) (formerly ITC-irst) in Trento, Italy. In the period 2005-2007, while still a FBK researcher, he worked for the Centro di Ecologia Alpina of Trento . From 2008 to 2016, he worked at the Edmund Mach Foundation (FEM) - San Michele all'Adige in Trento as the co-ordinator of the
GIS
A geographic information system (GIS) is a type of database containing Geographic data and information, geographic data (that is, descriptions of phenomena for which location is relevant), combined with Geographic information system software, sof ...
and
remote sensing
Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation. The term is applied especially to acquiring information about Earth ...
unit. In 2016, he moved to Bonn, Germany, where he co-founded the Mundialis company.
His main interests are remote sensing for environmental risk assessment and free software GIS development, especially
GRASS GIS
''Geographic Resources Analysis Support System'' (commonly termed ''GRASS GIS'') is a geographic information system (GIS) software suite used for geospatial data management and analysis, image processing, producing graphics and maps, spatial and ...
(of which he has been the co-ordinator since 1999).
He is a founding member of the GRASS Anwender-Vereinigung e.V. (Germany), the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (
OSGeo
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo), is a non-profit non-governmental organization whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open geospatial technologies and data. The foundation was formed in February 200 ...
, USA) and GFOSS.it the Italian association for geospatial free and open source software. In September 2006, he was honored with the
Sol Katz award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS) for his commitment to the
GRASS
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project coordination. In 2010, he received his PhD in natural sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) in physical seography.
Publications
He co-authored two books on the use of the free and open source software GRASS GIS and several scientific papers on GIS.
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See also
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OSGeo
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo), is a non-profit non-governmental organization whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open geospatial technologies and data. The foundation was formed in February 200 ...
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Sol Katz
References
External links
Recordings of Markus Neteler at FOSS4G-Conferencesin the AV-Portal of
German National Library of Science and Technology
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Sources
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Free software programmers
People in information technology
Living people
1969 births