Jeroen Ticheler
Owner at GeoCat bv
Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolJeroen Ticheler is a seasoned geospatial software entrepreneur and open source leader with over two decades of experience building Spatial Data Infrastructures and web GIS solutions. As founder of GeoNetwork opensource and owner of GeoCat, his work powers a majority of national geoportals in Europe and is widely adopted across governments and international organisations. He combines technical depth in GIS, remote sensing and SDI with product delivery—creating tools like GeoCat Bridge that simplify INSPIRE-compliant publishing from desktop GIS. A long-time OSGeo director and charter member, he blends community stewardship with commercial sustainability for FOSS geospatial projects. Raised partly in West Africa and trained in Tropical Forestry at Wageningen, he brings a practical, development-focused view on using geospatial technology for sustainable development.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
VWO, VWO at Vrijeschool zutphenIr., Forestry, GIS, Remote Sensing, Ir., Forestry, GIS, Remote Sensing at Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum
Dutch, English, French, Italian
Github Skills (42)
opensearch10
dcat10
viewer10
catalog10
ogc10
data-infrastructure10
wps10
geoserver10
metadata10
geospatial10
geojson10
data-management10
spatial-data10
geonetwork10
open-data10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
geonetwork/website
Jun 2012 - Feb 2015
GeoNetwork website project
Contributions:26 commits, 4 PRs, 5 pushes in 2 years 7 months
wpswfsgeonetworkproject-websitegeoserver
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