Nov 06 06:57

Day 1 - Summarising Priorities (6-Nov-2006)

By: Tyler Mitchell

Today was the official start of my new job with OSGeo.  As any OSGeo volunteer can attest, there are many different ways to get involved - e.g. software development, project promotion, conference planning, writing proposals, researching potential partnerships, managing servers, etc.  My responsibilities are largely focused on tasks that are hard to do on a volunteer basis due to time requirements.  Many of them are long-term TODO items that are recognised as a good idea (or even essential) yet fail to become a significant priority.

Here are a few of the tasks that I will be working on...

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Oct 20 23:37

About Me

By: Tyler Mitchell

Tyler receives a copy of the Japanese translation of his book from Toru Mori

Welcome to Tyler Mitchell's personal web site and blog. I have been working in the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) industry for over a decade, with a focus on natural resource management and forestry.

Most recently, I became the Executive Director for the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo.org) - whose mission is to promote and support the development of open source tools focused on mapping and geospatial analysis. I am responsible for helping our board of directors, committees and members reach these goals.

I am also the author of an O'Reilly book on open source GIS and web mapping tools: Web Mapping Illustrated. The book teaches introductory geospatial data management and map projections, building a simple MapServer-based web map, using PostGIS, programming with MapScript, using web services and more.

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