[SeasonOfDocs] Hello

Cameron Shorter cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Thu Apr 11 16:37:43 PDT 2019


Thanks for the introduction Adam,
Would you like to add a concise description about you and your interest at:
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#Interested.3F


On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 at 09:12, adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi season of docs folks - I’m Adam Steer; I run a small consultancy
> working on a range of geospatial things (best to go look in the website
> linked below in my sig) from hydrographic data QC to tactical drone data
> pipelines and reporting to ‘liberating’ teach materials for universities.
> In the past I’ve worked on massive point cloud management and rendering in
> VR; developing and implementing data infrastructures based on OGC
> standards; and Antarctic field science (as well as a couple years on the
> tools as a bicycle mechanic).
>
> I am a board member of OSGeo Oceania and a charter member of OSGeo (also
> just recently an OGC rep. on behalf of OSGeo) in my volunteer time; I’m a
> software carpentry instructor; and run the occasional #geobeersCBR.
>
> I agree with Cameron - that it makes sense for the OSGeo community to
> build on and contribute to a ‘canon’ of materials and documentation.   it
> certainly makes sense for my business!
>
> I’ve written bespoke workshops for PDAL, QGIS, and data services
> (WCS/NCSS/??) in the past - but these are also open materials anyone can
> use - and for PDAL at least the style of the workshop (demonstrating
> capabilities with end to end practical tasks) will make it’s way back to
> the primary set of materials. I may end up delivering QGIS training as well
> (yet another - since there’s business there!) - and contribute whatever I
> find is useful back to the sources that I draw from.
>
> After all that I’m not really a ‘developer’ but a scientific coder and
> analyst - sitting in the interstitial spaces of software, writing, and
> management.
>
> I don’t know how much time I’ll have to work on summer of docs stuff, but
> happy to act as a mentor when needed!
>
> Regards
>
> Adam
>
> --
> Dr. Adam Steer
> http://spatialised.net
> https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer
> http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer
> http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0046-7236
> +61 427 091 712 ::  @adamdsteer
>
> Suits are bad for business: http://www.spatialised.net/business-penguins/
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Cameron Shorter
Technology Demystifier
Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant

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