Ben Calton
Head Of Geospatial Applications
Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorBen Calton is Head of Geospatial Applications at PML Applications Ltd with 12 years' experience delivering operational geospatial and data-visualisation systems. He combines deep domain expertise in ArcGIS/QGIS, Earth observation and hyperspectral processing with strong Python, SQL, Linux and cloud engineering skills to turn complex environmental data into actionable insight. Promoted from Lead Developer in data visualisation, he now blends hands-on technical leadership with a senior leadership certification to drive strategic innovation and team empowerment. Based in Plymouth, he prioritises collaborative, multidisciplinary teams and pragmatic solutions that align with organisational values and client impact. Notably, his background bridges research-grade EO processing and production-grade application delivery, enabling rapid translation of advanced geospatial methods into operational products.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (30)
javascript10
visualization10
geospatial10
gis10
openlayers10
portal10
webrtc9
slack9
chat9
collaboration8
meteor8
communications7
data-protection6
coda6
thredds5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
pmlapplications/geona
Sep 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:252 pushes, 27 branches in 8 months
ben-calton-personal/GISportal
May 2014 - Nov 2015
Contributions:80 commits, 22 PRs, 21 pushes in 1 year 5 months
web-gisgisportal
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