Giovanni Manghi
Co Founder at NaturalGIS
Évora, Évora, Portugal
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Top SchoolGiovanni Manghi is an Italian-born Co-Founder and GIS specialist based in Évora, Portugal, with nearly two decades in IT and over a decade in conservation biology research. He blends open source advocacy with hands-on development and technical writing for flagship projects like QGIS, where he has improved core geoprocessing tools and documentation. At NaturalGIS and previously Faunalia he architects and deploys WebGIS solutions, integrates GRASS/SAGA/GDAL toolchains, and offers professional Open Source GIS consulting. His background in conservation science gives him a rare cross-disciplinary perspective, turning ecological requirements into robust spatial software and workflows.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Università degli Studi di ParmaBS, Conservation Biology, BS, Conservation Biology at Universidade de Évora
English, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish
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Github Skills (11)
spatial10
gdal10
geo10
geographical-information-system10
rs10
gis10
geospatial10
python10
qgis10
spatial-data10
documentation10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
qgis/QGIS
Oct 2016 - Jul 2021
QGIS is a free, open source, cross platform (lin/win/mac) geographical information system (GIS)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 105 commits, 176 PRs in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Giovanni's contributions primarily involved fixing and improving tools related to geospatial data processing within the QGIS ecosystem. This included modifications to GDAL-based geoprocessing tools, such as adding new parameters and fixing existing functionalities related to raster clipping. The user also addressed issues in SAGA and GRASS tools, making adjustments for their functionalities. A consistent theme across the commits is modifying and enhancing the processing capabilities of QGIS.
spatiallinwmsgeotoolsgis
qgis/QGIS-Documentation
May 2018 - Jul 2018
QGIS Documentation
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:1 review, 9 commits, 5 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Giovanni primarily contributed to the project's documentation. Their work involved improving existing documentation by fixing typos and clarifying explanations. They also added new documentation related to features like trusted projects, project properties metadata, and QGIS Server installation on Windows. Furthermore, they updated existing documentation with new content and images.
pythonqgisrst
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