John Donovan
Senior Software Developer at Sparkgeo
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Donovan is a Senior Software Developer and GIS specialist based in Liverpool with three decades of programming experience and 13 years focused on geospatial and archaeological software. He designs and implements scalable back-ends and tools for managing and visualising massive 3D point clouds, combining Python expertise (PDAL, GDAL, Proj4) with C++/Qt and Unity integrations such as a custom Cesium 3D Tiles renderer. At Sparkgeo and via freelance work he advises clients on modern development practices, mentors junior engineers, and solves thorny geospatial data problems from ingestion to real-time rendering. His background spans IoT, games, reverse-engineering obscure formats and large-scale GIS systems (including work related to national mapping products), giving him a rare blend of field-domain knowledge and low-level technical craft.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Archaeology, 2:1, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Archaeology, 2:1 at University of Liverpool
Github Skills (134)
security9
webmap9
gis9
reverse-engineering9
radare29
qgis8
unix8
geo8
command-line8
leaflet8
leafletjs8
lambda7
3d7
risc7
django7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
GeoSpark/vpb-converter
Nov 2017 - Apr 2019
Contributions:2 releases, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
GeoSpark/groma
Jul 2019 - Apr 2021
Land Surveying plug-in for QGIS
Contributions:11 pushes in 1 year 9 months
wpsplug-inqgissurveyingland
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