Barend Köbben
Kartograaf Cartographer at University of Twente - Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
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Top SchoolBarend Köbben is a senior cartography and GIS educator with over three decades of experience combining academic teaching, research and practical map production. Based at the University of Twente/ITC, he teaches cartographic theory, WebCartography, WebGIS and 3D visualization while supervising MSc and professional master projects. He develops open-source map services—most notably the RIMapper WMS platform—and researches automated and animated vector mapping in service-based environments and SDIlight concepts. An experienced consultant and international trainer, he has applied his cartographic expertise across Europe, Africa and Asia and champions Open Source geospatial tools in both classroom and practice.
13 years of coding experience
MSc Geography, Cartography, GIS, programming, MSc Geography, Cartography, GIS, programming at Utrecht University
Dutch, English, German, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (24)
qgis10
plot10
vega-lite10
vega9
visualization9
graphic9
gis9
charts8
geographical-information-system8
thunderbird8
svg6
ancestry6
freeradius5
geospatial5
commons5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
kobben/NatAtlas
Jul 2015 - Dec 2024
Contributions:25 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years 7 months
kobben/gml2geojson
Jun 2017 - Dec 2024
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 8 months
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