Just Van Den Broecke
Open Source Geospatial Professional
Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolJust Van Den Broecke is an independent open source geospatial architect and full-stack developer with over 20 years of experience, combining deep backend expertise (formerly Java, now Python) with JavaScript front-ends and DevOps practices like Ansible, Docker and Kubernetes. He specializes in FOSS4G and has led community efforts as chair of OSGeo.nl while contributing to notable projects such as pygeoapi, where he implemented OGR providers and paging for OGC APIs. As a consultant he has designed and migrated national-scale geospatial infrastructures (PDOK, Kadaster, Rijksvastgoedbedrijf) and built sensor-web platforms for EU directives, blending ETL, PostGIS and interoperable OGC services. Comfortable in both research and production settings, he has advised the European Commission on lightweight geospatial APIs and GitOps, reflecting a focus on pragmatic automation and standards. An unusual combination of chemistry and computing training underpins a long-lived curiosity for systems integration and reproducible deployment.
15 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
Gymnasium, Maths (I+II), Science, Chemistry, Latin, English, Dutch, Gymnasium, Maths (I+II), Science, Chemistry, Latin, English, Dutch at Scholengemeenschap CasimirBachelor and master, Chemistry (Environmental and Biochemistry), Computing science, Bachelor and master, Chemistry (Environmental and Biochemistry), Computing science at Universiteit van AmsterdamN-propadeuse, finalized, N-propadeuse, finalized at Wageningen Universiteit en Researchcentrum
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Github Skills (22)
docker10
jmeter10
ogr10
ogc10
python10
wfs10
bash10
geospatial10
dockers10
api10
github-ci9
cicd9
build-automation9
githubaction-workflow9
alpine-linux8
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
justb4/docker-jmeter
Jan 2017 - Sep 2022
Docker image for Apache JMeter
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:2 releases, 11 reviews, 46 commits in 5 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Just primarily focused on the infrastructure and build processes for a Dockerized JMeter image. Contributions include setting up build scripts, Docker configurations, and CI/CD automation to facilitate the creation and deployment of the JMeter image. The user also updated JMeter versions and implemented features to support plugins, timezones and memory allocation, enhancing the image's flexibility and functionality.
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geopython/pygeoapi
Apr 2019 - Jan 2023
pygeoapi is a Python server implementation of the OGC API suite of standards. The project emerged as part of the next generation OGC API efforts in 2018 and provides the capability for organizations to deploy a RESTful OGC API endpoint using OpenAPI, GeoJSON, and HTML. pygeoapi is open source and released under an MIT license.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:91 reviews, 52 commits, 60 PRs in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Just contributed significantly to the pygeoapi project, focusing on enhancing the OGC API suite of standards implementation. Their work involved fixing format-checking functions, addressing stale links in HTML navigation, and introducing OGRProvider for WFS backend support. Furthermore, they worked on implementing and testing paging for OGR drivers, and resolving issues to improve functionality and compatibility.
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