Namjun Kim
Geospatial Analyst
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNamjun Kim is a geospatial analyst and full-stack developer with nine years of experience building GIS-driven web platforms and enterprise mapping solutions from the San Francisco Bay Area. At Farallon Geographics he contributes backend and full-stack work to the Arches Project, an influential open-source platform for managing and visualizing cultural heritage geospatial data. He blends Python/Django development with ESRI tooling (ArcMap/Pro/Enterprise, ArcPy) and FME to deliver practical solutions for local governments and parks management. Previously he applied spatial analysis and PostGIS skills to infrastructure risk modeling and park visitor analytics for municipal agencies. Comfortable moving between code, databases, and cartography, he has a track record of improving data workflows and UX—adding ontology unloading, selection widgets, and file-validation enhancements to Arches to make complex geospatial data easier to manage.
9 years of coding experience
Certificate, Geographic Information System, Dept. of Geography, Certificate, Geographic Information System, Dept. of Geography at Foothill CollegePhD, Solid State Chemistry, PhD, Solid State Chemistry at Stony Brook University
Korean, English
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Github Skills (4)
django10
python10
database-design8
sql8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
archesproject/arches
Mar 2019 - Jan 2023
Arches is a web platform for creating, managing, & visualizing geospatial data. Arches was inspired by the needs of the Cultural Heritage community, particularly the widespread need of organizations to build & manage cultural heritage inventories
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:144 reviews, 824 commits, 393 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Namjun primarily contributed to the Arches project by modifying code related to resource instance selection widgets and ontology loading. Their work involved adding new features like displaying selected nodes in a dropdown, creating a new migration to unload ontologies when no longer in use, and implementing modifications to file upload and validation processes. The commits indicate a focus on improving data management and user experience within the platform, along with supporting functionality in the backend.
pythondjangocultural-heritageweb-apparcheology
archesproject/arches-for-science
Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
Arches for Science
Contributions:97 reviews, 666 commits, 227 PRs in 2 years 6 months
science
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