Gary Sherman
Owner at GeoApt LLC
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
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Gary Sherman is an experienced GIS entrepreneur and open source advocate with 23 years in geospatial software, currently running GeoApt LLC from Anchorage, Alaska where he provides custom QGIS development and training. As founder of the QGIS project and former publisher of open source GIS books through Locate Press, he blends hands-on implementation, education, and community stewardship. His background includes technical roles at ESRI and a decade as a data administrator/programmer for the Bureau of Land Management, giving him deep operational knowledge of spatial data workflows and land management systems. Trained as a geologist with an MS in Mining and Mineral Engineering, he brings domain expertise in natural resources that informs pragmatic GIS solutions. Known for prioritizing open standards and practical tooling, he helps organizations adopt QGIS for real-world mapping and analysis needs.
23 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Mining and Mineral Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Mining and Mineral Engineering at University of Alaska Fairbanks
Github Skills (43)
openstreetmap10
deploying10
geotools10
ogc10
python10
qgis10
tms10
wps10
geographical-information-system10
gdal10
cross-platform10
wcs10
data-management10
wms10
gis10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
g-sherman/Qgis-Plugin-Builder
Jan 2011 - Jan 2020
Plugin generator for creating QGIS Python plugins (QGIS 3 version is now in master)
Contributions:226 commits, 33 PRs, 72 pushes in 9 years 1 month
generator-pluginpythonmasterqgis
g-sherman/Script-Runner
Jan 2012 - Nov 2017
Contributions:78 commits, 11 pushes, 7 branches in 5 years 11 months
pythonpython-scriptautomationpython3qgis
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