Maxim Dubinin
Founder at NextGIS
Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Summary
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Top SchoolMaxim Dubinin is a geospatial entrepreneur and PhD-trained scientist with over 17 years of hands-on experience building desktop, web and mobile GIS solutions as Founder and CEO of NextGIS. With roots in environmental science and biodiversity NGOs and a PhD from UW–Madison, he blends rigorous research instincts with product-driven engineering to deliver tools like QuickMapServices and NextGIS Data. He actively improves open-source usability—contributing clear, practical documentation to widely used projects such as rasterio—reflecting a focus on lowering barriers for GIS adoption. Based in Tallinn, he combines academic depth and field experience to translate complex spatial problems into accessible, production-ready software.
17 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Forestry, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Forestry at University of Wisconsin-MadisonMaster of Science (MS), Ecology, Master of Science (MS), Ecology at Российский Университет Дружбы Народов (РУДН)
English, Russian
Github Skills (5)
windows10
raster10
documentation10
cli4
python4
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
rasterio/rasterio
Jun 2015 - Jun 2015
Rasterio reads and writes geospatial raster datasets
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 1 comment in 1 day
Contributions summary:Maxim's commits primarily focused on updating and refining the README.rst file within the rasterio repository. These updates included improving installation instructions for Windows users, correcting command syntax, and clarifying the location of required binaries. The changes suggest a focus on improving the usability and clarity of the documentation for new users. The repeated edits reflect an iterative improvement process, striving for accurate and easily understandable installation guidance.
rasteriopythongeospatialmapbox-satellite-ossraster
nextgis/qgis_shortcut_manager
Feb 2015 - Nov 2022
QGIS plugin to add shortcuts to toolbar
Contributions:1 PR, 6 pushes, 2 issues in 7 years 10 months
pythontoolbarqgis-pluginqgisshortcuts
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