Michel Gabriël
Eigenaar at Reisboekhandel De Noorderzon
Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolMichel Gabriël is a front-end and GIS-focused developer with over 10 years of experience designing and building spatial web applications and interfaces, now based in Arnhem. He has a long history working on GeoNetwork and GeoServer, contributing accessibility improvements, responsive UI enhancements, Bootstrap integration and polished CSS for widely used open-source geospatial projects. Combining an academic background in land and water management with hands-on web design skills (Angular, OpenLayers, jQuery, XML/XSL, Less) he bridges domain knowledge and practical UX-focused engineering. Having moved from long-term GIS roles into entrepreneurship, he pairs deep legacy-system familiarity with a designer's eye for layouts and print styles—an unusual blend that helps make complex spatial data more usable.
10 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, International Land and Water Management, BSc, International Land and Water Management at Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied SciencesMediavormgeving Basis, Mediavormgeving Basis at GMI Designschool AmsterdamMSc, International Land and Water Management, MSc, International Land and Water Management at Wageningen University & Research
English, Dutch, German
Github Skills (13)
accessibility10
geoserver10
css10
html10
javas10
javascript10
webmap10
bootstra10
bootstrap10
angularjs10
java10
ui-design9
mappings9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
geonetwork/core-geonetwork
Apr 2019 - Dec 2022
GeoNetwork is a catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources. It provides powerful metadata editing and search functions as well as an interactive web map viewer. It is currently used in numerous Spatial Data Infrastructure initiatives across the world.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:146 reviews, 110 commits, 335 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Michel primarily focused on enhancing the user interface of the GeoNetwork application. Their contributions include implementing a modal popup for logo selection, adding accessibility features like a skip link and improved tab order, and implementing print styles. The user also made changes to the UI configuration, and various templates and directives to improve the overall user experience, and accessibility of the application.
geonetworkspatial-datawebmapcatalogapi
geoserver/geoserver
Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
Official GeoServer repository
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 12 commits, 11 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Michel primarily contributed to improving the user interface and front-end components of GeoServer, adding and styling elements for better usability. Their work included implementing sticky toolbars, modifying button styles, and improving the responsiveness of pages. Additionally, the user introduced and integrated Bootstrap CSS to enhance the visual consistency and layout across various OGC API pages and fixed several CSS issues, particularly related to the rendering of interactive elements.
geoservermappingweb-mappingjavawms
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