Benjamin Gerber
GIS Softwares Developer at Camptocamp SA
Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
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Top SchoolBenjamin Gerber is a GIS software developer with 14 years of experience building and supporting open-source web GIS solutions from Lausanne, Switzerland. He currently contributes to Camptocamp SA, working across Python, JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks and Linux stacks to deliver geoportals and GIS tooling (GeoMapFish, QGIS, MapServer, PostGIS, Docker). His background includes creating a Java EE–based framework for authoring serious games and hands-on full-stack contributions to notable projects like OpenLayers, where he improved WFS functionality and documentation. Comfortable with both backend and front-end concerns, Benjamin also runs small web projects and leads workshops, combining practical coding with customer-focused design and knowledge transfer. An engineer with media-technology training, he brings a pragmatic, detail-oriented approach to evolving open-source geospatial systems.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
CFC d’électronicien en Multimédia, Electronique, Informatique, Audio, Vidéo, Réseaux, CFC d’électronicien en Multimédia, Electronique, Informatique, Audio, Vidéo, Réseaux at Lycée Technique de Saint-Imier (LTSI)bachelor of Science HES-SO en ingéniérie des médias, Gestion des technologies de l'information, bachelor of Science HES-SO en ingéniérie des médias, Gestion des technologies de l'information at HEIG-VD à Yverdon-les-BainsMaturité professionnelle technique, Mathématiques, Physique, Langues (fr, en, de), Economie, Histoire, Chimie, Maturité professionnelle technique, Mathématiques, Physique, Langues (fr, en, de), Economie, Histoire, Chimie at CPAI-JB à Moutier
French, English, German
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Github Skills (8)
wfs10
javascript10
openlayers10
testing9
xml8
mariadb6
python6
mysql6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
openlayers/openlayers
Apr 2018 - Nov 2020
OpenLayers
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 4 commits, 8 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Benjamin made several contributions focused on improving the OpenLayers library. Their work included correcting type definitions in JSDoc, enhancing the documentation for WFS writeGetFeature options, and refactoring code to avoid duplication. Additionally, the user added functionality to support batch removal of features and introduced a new option to the WFS writeGetFeature method, enabling specific bbox filters per feature type.
javascriptopenlayersgis
ger-benjamin/geostyler-cli
Aug 2020 - Feb 2025
Contributions:6 pushes, 6 branches in 4 years 6 months
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