Andreas Schmitz
Software Developer at terrestris GmbH & Co. KG
Wissen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Top SchoolAndreas Schmitz is a seasoned software developer with 17 years of experience building geospatial and web applications from Germany’s Rhineland-Palatinate. He splits his time between leading projects at terrestris and running his own shop, Occam Labs, combining consulting agility with long-term product delivery. Deeply involved in the GeoServer ecosystem, Andreas has contributed bug fixes, UI improvements, and a GeoStyler community module, demonstrating hands-on expertise in both back-end and mapping-style tooling. His career includes significant stints at WhereGroup and lat/lon, reflecting sustained focus on GIS and open-source stacks. With a Diploma in Computer Science from the University of Bonn, he brings both academic grounding and practical engineering discipline. Colleagues know him for quietly refactoring legacy extension points into cleaner, more maintainable systems that make future contributions easier.
17 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma computer science, Computer Science, Diploma computer science, Computer Science at The University of Bonn
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Github Skills (12)
geoserver10
javas10
webmap10
java10
wicket9
mappings9
javascript8
keycloak8
wms8
stax6
xml6
axiom6
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
geoserver/geoserver
Jun 2019 - Mar 2021
Official GeoServer repository
Role in this project:
Back-end & UI Developer
Back-end & UI DeveloperContributions:1 review, 15 commits, 8 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Andreas contributed to bug fixes and feature implementations in the GeoServer project, specifically focusing on the style editor. They addressed issues related to extension points, refactored code, and implemented improvements in the UI. The user also added a GeoStyler community module, demonstrating involvement with styling tools, and modified the keycloak plugin.
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hwbllmnn/geotools
Jun 2017 - Nov 2022
Official GeoTools repository
Contributions:11 pushes, 12 branches in 5 years 5 months
geospatialgeotoolsgis
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