Héctor Ortiz
Director at OpenStreetMap Foundation
Camerino, Marche, Italy
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Top SchoolHéctor Ortiz is a director and researcher with a decade of experience at the intersection of open data, cartography, mobility and software engineering. Currently a PhD student at University of Camerino and a member of the OpenStreetMap Foundation Board, he combines academic research with practical projects across European research centers and industry partners like TomTom. His work spans spatial data platforms, ETL automation, air-quality and mobility modelling, and reproducible deployment using tools such as Docker, GeoServer and CKAN. Known for bridging GIS expertise with software practices, he has led collaborative, cross-institutional investigations into co-creation of public services and mobility justice. Based in Camerino, Italy, he brings a rare mix of hands-on programming, cartographic mastery and governance experience in the open mapping community.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Vienna University of TechnologyBachelor of Engineering - BE Informatics, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Informatics at Universidad de ZaragozaMaster of Science - MS Cartography, Master of Science - MS Cartography at Technische Universität DresdenMaster of Science - MS Cartography, Master of Science - MS Cartography at Technical University of MunichInformatics, Informatics at Karadeniz Teknik ÜniversitesiDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science and Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science and Mathematics at University of CamerinoMaster of Science - MS Cartography, Master of Science - MS Cartography at Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente
Spanish, English, German, Italian
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Github Skills (188)
messenger10
transit10
telegram10
openstreetmap10
overpass-api10
javascript10
matrix10
offline-maps10
crowd10
cartography10
nominatim10
wikidata10
ads10
canonicalization10
mapnik10
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
Robot8A/atlas_web
Mar 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:3 PRs, 115 pushes in 2 years
mapcolabora/tzgzbot
Dec 2016 - Aug 2020
Contributions:2 PRs, 34 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 8 months
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