Adam Rousell
Scientific Staff at Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolAdam Rousell is a scientific software engineer with 11 years of experience applying academic rigor to geospatial software and visualization, currently contributing to openrouteservice at the Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology. He holds a PhD in Navigation and Perception in Virtual Reality and combines research strengths in VR perception, urban environment visualization, and uncertainty with practical web and systems development skills (C#, C++, OpenGL, JavaScript). His career bridges academia and industry—from PhD-funded research and postdoctoral projects at UK universities to production-focused roles—enabling him to turn complex spatial research into usable tools and services. Based in Heidelberg, he’s fluent in both GIS theory and hands-on engineering for routing and geospatial web applications, with a knack for making perceptual research pragmatically relevant to open-source mapping platforms.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computing, BSc, Computing at De Montfort UniversityPhD, Navigation and Perception in Virtual Reality, PhD, Navigation and Perception in Virtual Reality at University of Leicester
Github Skills (68)
osrm10
openstreetmap10
matrix10
astar10
api10
router10
map-matching10
openrouteservice10
vue2leaflet9
geocoding9
geojson9
geocoder9
pelias9
swagger8
directions8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
rabidllama/peliasapi
Aug 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:16 PRs, 18 pushes, 6 branches in 26 days
apipythongeocoderpeliashttp-api
rabidllama/Navigation-Mobile-Client-Download
Mar 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:5 pushes in 10 months
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