Boris Mericskay
Maître De Conférences En Géographie at Université de Rennes 2
Greater Rennes Metropolitan Area France
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Top SchoolBoris Mericskay is a Maître de conférences in geography and geomatics with 11 years of academic and applied experience centered on urban data, GIS, geoweb and geovisualization. Based in the Greater Rennes area, he co-leads the SIGAT Master's program and teaches spatial analysis, webmapping, datavisualization and smart city topics while maintaining an active research program on big urban data and open data. He holds a doctorate from Université Laval where his thesis examined online cartography and participatory planning, reflecting a long-standing interest in how Web social tools shape urban decision-making. His background includes research roles at Université Laval on smart cities and practical cartography work for organizations like RATP, giving him both theoretical depth and hands-on data production experience. Colleagues describe him as someone who bridges academic rigor and operational GIS solutions, often turning complex territorial datasets into actionable visual narratives.
11 years of coding experience
Doctorat, Géographie, Doctorat, Géographie at Université LavalM1, Géographie et aménagement, M1, Géographie et aménagement at Université de Toulouse-le-Mirail (Toulouse II)Master 2 (Carthagéo), Géographie, Master 2 (Carthagéo), Géographie at Université Paris CitéLicence, Géographie et aménagement, Licence, Géographie et aménagement at Université Savoie Mont Blanc
EnglishGithub contributions (5)
ninanoun/CartoDB
Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
ninanoun/Mapbox
Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
Contributions:11 pushes, 2 comments in 5 days
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