John Lindsay
Professor at Whitebox Geospatial Inc.
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolJohn Lindsay is a geomorphometrist and professor with over a decade of experience applying digital elevation models, LiDAR and spatial analysis to hydrology and geomorphology. Based at the University of Guelph and co-founder of Whitebox Geospatial Inc., he is the primary developer of major open-source GIS tools (WhiteboxTools, Whitebox GAT, Terrain Analysis System, GoSpatial) that underpin reproducible terrain analysis and environmental modeling. His work blends academic research with hands-on software engineering—contributing backend implementations and novel LiDAR-processing tools such as LidarRooftopAnalysis and EmbankmentMapping. A career-long focus on handling depressions and flow-path modeling in DEMs has driven both theoretical advances and practical tools used by researchers and practitioners. He bridges geocomputation, remote sensing and open-source stewardship, often turning methodological innovations into freely available software that accelerates applied geomorphometry.
10 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MS, Master of Science - MS at Western UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Environmental Science and Physical Geography, Bachelor of Science - BS, Environmental Science and Physical Geography at Nipissing University
Github Skills (12)
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scientific-computing10
data-structure10
geospatial-analysis10
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documentation4
project-management4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jblindsay/fp_denoise
Jan 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:1 release, 21 commits, 19 pushes in 10 months
jblindsay/go-spatial
Aug 2015 - Apr 2018
GoSpatial is a simple command-line interface program for manipulating geospatial data
Contributions:34 commits, 33 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 9 months
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