Andrew Plowright
Senior Geomatics Officer Agent Principal De Projet En Géomatique
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Plowright is a Senior Geomatics Officer and remote sensing specialist with nine years of professional experience applying LiDAR, drone and satellite data to rigorous geospatial and natural resource applications. Based at Natural Resources Canada and active as a freelance consultant, he combines hands-on data science—machine learning, image classification, R/Python/JavaScript—and GIS expertise (ArcGIS/QGIS/OSGeo) to turn large sensor datasets into actionable maps and analyses. He is the author of the open-source ForestTools library and blends technical work with strong cartographic and visualization instincts rooted in a background in graphic design. Fluent in English, French and trained in Spanish, he brings a multidisciplinary perspective that spans research leadership, government mapping, and practical field-oriented surveying.
9 years of coding experience
B.A., Graphic Design, B.A., Graphic Design at Université du Québec en OutaouaisM.Sc., Remote Sensing, M.Sc., Remote Sensing at The University of British ColumbiaHonours B.A., Geomatics and Spatial Analysis, Honours B.A., Geomatics and Spatial Analysis at University of OttawaCertificate in Spanish, Certificate in Spanish at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Github Skills (49)
proj10
r-package10
las10
lidar-data10
lidar10
r9
forestry9
gdal9
geos9
point-cloud9
spatial9
als9
rcpp8
python8
machine-learning8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
andrew-plowright/TileManager
Jan 2017 - Feb 2022
Contributions:32 commits, 45 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 1 month
andrew-plowright/quickfeatures
Nov 2022 - Jan 2025
Contributions:4 releases, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
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