Christopher Beddow
Senior Geospatial Data Analyst - Reality Labs WorldAI
Goldau, Schwyz, Switzerland
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Top SchoolChristopher Beddow is a senior geospatial data engineer and prototyper with 11 years’ experience building pipelines and production tooling for computer vision, 3D/2D map data, and spatial analytics at Meta Reality Labs/WorldAI. He combines hands-on data engineering and schema design with product ownership—leading OpenStreetMap plugin roadmaps, UX research for mapping prototypes, and developer relations for crowdsourced geodata. Previously at Mapillary and NASA he integrated CV outputs into GIS workflows and built enterprise API integrations and demos, grounding technical solutions in real-world deployment. A former Army operations officer, he brings disciplined operational analysis and logistics-driven automation to complex geospatial problems. Based in Switzerland, he’s also a geography bee champ and multilingual researcher, a background that informs his curious, user-centered approach to building mapping ecosystems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Geographic Information Systems, Master's Degree, Geographic Information Systems at University of WashingtonArabic, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies, Arabic, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies at Universidad de GranadaBillings Central Catholic High SchoolCertificate, Russian Language, Certificate, Russian Language at Casa de RusiaBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Arabic, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Arabic, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies at Santa Clara UniversityCertificate, Lebanese Arabic, Certificate, Lebanese Arabic at Lebanese American University
Arabic, French, Spanish, Persian, Georgian, Portuguese, Italian, Hungarian, German
Github Skills (84)
tiles10
openstreetmap10
maps10
vector-tiles10
openstreetmap-data10
editor9
javascript9
openmaptiles9
geospatial9
networkx9
osmnx8
ai8
overpass-api8
spatial8
command-line-tool8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
mapillary-hacks/mapillary-hacks.github.io
Jun 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:183 commits, 3 PRs, 145 pushes in 8 months
atlascove/atlascove.github.io
Apr 2021 - Oct 2024
A HTML5, JS, CSS Camera interface template. Feel free to use it in your next Computer Vision or AI project.
Contributions:75 pushes in 3 years 6 months
aicomputer-visioncssjs
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