Alan Mcconchie
Lead Cartographer at Stamen
Bellingham, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolAlan Mcconchie is a lead cartographer and design technologist with 13 years of experience applying software development, data science, and visualization to mapmaking at Stamen Design. He blends rigorous spatial analysis (PostGIS/Python) and research background in VGI with hands-on cartographic instruction and public-facing visualization work. A co-founder of Maptime and local initiatives like Localgroup Studio and a housing co-op resource center, he pairs community-building and education with professional practice. His research contributions include full-history OpenStreetMap extracts and published work on ecological and public-health spatial models, reflecting a rare mix of academic rigor and applied product delivery. Based in Bellingham, WA, he brings an interdisciplinary perspective—planetary science to GIS—that informs elegant, data-driven maps and tools.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Planetary Science, Planetary Science at California Institute of TechnologyGIS Certificate, Geography, GIS Certificate, Geography at Hunter CollegeMSc, Geography, MSc, Geography at The University of British ColumbiaBA, Computer Science & Mathematics, BA, Computer Science & Mathematics at Lewis & Clark College
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Github Skills (193)
tiles10
mapbox-gl10
maplibre-gl10
react-leaflet10
openstreetmap10
high-contrast10
cartography10
social-media10
scrape10
vector-tiles10
vector10
cartocss10
mapbox-gl-js10
mapbox-vector-tile10
leaflet10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
stamen/figmasset
Sep 2021 - Sep 2024
Contributions:1 PR, 2 pushes, 1 issue in 3 years
stamen/the-ultimate-tile-stitcher
Jul 2017 - Jul 2020
stitch & scrape tiles from slippy map services
Contributions:2 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 2 years 11 months
scrapeslippy-maptilecartographymap
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