Nick Bearman
GIS Trainer And Consultant at UCL
Scorrier, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolNick Bearman is a GIS trainer, consultant and Chartered Geographer with 11 years’ experience applying spatial analysis across academia, government and commercial clients. He designs and delivers bespoke training for organisations such as UCL, ONS and the University of Liverpool, while also managing secure data services and research projects that have processed millions of home-to-school travel records. A regular contributor to QGIS documentation and a long-term user of QGIS and R, he combines practical cartographic editing with deep methodological work on small-area analysis and uncertainty (his PhD explored sonification of spatial uncertainty). Nick’s work balances pedagogy and practice—he routinely translates complex geospatial methods into accessible hands-on training—while sustaining academic collaborations as a Visiting Research Fellow. Based in Scorrier, UK, he brings a rare mix of teaching skill, data governance experience and attention to visual map quality.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Using sound to represent uncertainty in spatial (GIS) data, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Using sound to represent uncertainty in spatial (GIS) data at University of East AngliaMaster's Degree, MSc GIS, Master's Degree, MSc GIS at University of Leicester
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Github Skills (4)
qgis10
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
qgis/QGIS-Documentation
Jul 2016 - Oct 2019
QGIS Documentation
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:6 commits, 10 PRs, 31 comments in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Nick primarily contributes to the QGIS documentation repository. Their work involves adding and clarifying information within the user manual. Specifically, they've updated documentation related to error handling during cloning, saving spatial bookmarks, importing CSV data, and utilizing the reselect tool, improving the clarity and accuracy of the QGIS documentation.
qgispythonrst
nickbearman/QGIS-Website
Jun 2017 - Jun 2024
QGIS-Website
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 1 month
qgis
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