Nicklas Avén
Founder & Lead Developer TilelessMap at Storvåln AB
Sweden
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Top SchoolNicklas Avén is a systems-oriented developer and founder of TilelessMap with 16 years of experience building high-performance, offline-capable geospatial tools. Rooted in a Master’s in Forestry from SLU, he uniquely blends domain knowledge of forestry with deep technical expertise in GIS and spatial databases. As founder and lead developer at Storvåln AB, he turns practical forestry challenges into robust software solutions for field and offline use. His open-source contributions to PostGIS—improving 3D distance computations and optimizing TWKB storage—demonstrate low-level database and algorithmic skill on a widely used spatial platform. Nicklas operates at the intersection of product, backend engineering, and applied science, favoring pragmatic, efficient systems over flashy layers. Based in Sweden, he runs a long-standing consultancy that bridges forestry operations and IT development, shipping tools that work where connectivity does not.
16 years of coding experience
Forestry, Forestry at Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet / Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesMaster of Science - MS, Forestry, Master of Science - MS, Forestry at SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
English, Swedish
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Github Skills (21)
postgresql10
geometry10
databases10
c1110
spatial-data10
c1710
postgis10
3d10
spatial10
database10
geom10
algorithms9
geospatial9
c-programming9
gis9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
postgis/postgis
Jan 2010 - Nov 2020
PostGIS spatial database extension to PostgreSQL [mirror]
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:121 commits, 5 comments in 10 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Nicklas's contributions primarily involved modifying core PostGIS code related to 3D distance calculations and associated functions. This included adding new functionalities for 3D distance computations, handling of mixed dimensionality, and correcting potential errors in existing algorithms. The user also implemented changes in the TWKB (Tiny Well-Known Binary) representation, introducing support for bounding boxes and optimizing data storage and structure. These changes reflect expertise in spatial database technology and core library maintenance.
geospatialspatialpostgisdatabasepostgres
TilelessMap/pg_tileless
May 2017 - Oct 2018
Contributions:15 commits, 11 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 5 months
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