Antony Scott
Volunteer at MapAction
Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAntony Scott is an information systems and GIS specialist with 12 years of professional experience and a long track record of delivering open-source spatial solutions, web applications, and information services for both humanitarian and commercial clients. He combines hands-on geospatial development and spatial database expertise with project and programme management, having led collaborative EU-style projects and implemented systems from desktop GIS to web delivery. As a longstanding operational volunteer at MapAction he applies GIS and GPS skills in high-pressure humanitarian responses and delivers training to build preparedness and capacity. His academic background (MScs from LSE and Cranfield and an MA from Cambridge) underpins a practical ability to translate complex spatial and policy problems into usable information products. Less obvious is his cross-sector fluency—moving between housing, conservation, energy efficiency and tech consultancy—bringing a pragmatic, user-focused perspective to information management.
13 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
MA, Land Economy, MA, Land Economy at University of CambridgeMSc, Management and Design of Information Systems, MSc, Management and Design of Information Systems at London School of Economics and Political ScienceMSc, Geographical Information Management, MSc, Geographical Information Management at Cranfield University
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (19)
osgeo10
arcgis8
qgis7
mapserver7
restructuredtext6
sphinx5
sphinx-doc4
documentation4
plugin2
geoserver2
python1
geospatial1
renaming1
census1
exports1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mapaction/mapexport-qgis
Sep 2017 - Jan 2019
Contributions:5 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
osgeouk/website
Mar 2016 - Nov 2022
uk.osgeo.org website
Contributions:1 review, 278 commits, 28 PRs in 6 years 9 months
osgeo
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