Niels Charlier
Software Developer, Consultant, Manager at Scitus Development
Ghent Metropolitan Area Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolNiels Charlier is a seasoned software developer, consultant and manager with 13 years of experience specializing in GIS, databases and backend Java systems. He has a strong track record in Open Source GIS, contributing substantial fixes and features to cornerstone projects like GeoTools, GeoServer and GeoWebCache, including vector tile handling and storage integrations for S3-compatible servers. Combining research and lecturing experience from Ghent University and multiple academic posts, he brings rigorous data modeling and teaching-minded clarity to complex technical problems. At Scitus Development he applies this depth to delivering production-grade GIS solutions and efficient long-term designs. Colleagues value his obsession with clean, maintainable code and his knack for refactoring core systems to improve both performance and configurability. Less obvious: his background in library metadata standards and fuzzy databases informs a nuanced approach to schema and interoperability challenges in spatial systems.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Aggregaat, Education, Aggregaat, Education at Universiteit GentSecondary Education, Latin-Mathematics, Secondary Education, Latin-Mathematics at Sint-Lodewijkscollege Lokeren
Dutch, English, French
Github Skills (21)
geotools10
back-end-development10
geospatial10
java10
javas10
jdbc9
vector-tiles9
storage9
cloud-storage9
data-storage9
file-storage9
reporting-services9
s3fs9
maps8
ogc7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
geoserver/geoserver
Sep 2012 - Jan 2023
Official GeoServer repository
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 reviews, 536 commits, 436 PRs in 10 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Niels's commits focus on developing and enhancing core functionalities of a Geoserver module. The contributions are geared towards adding a KVP parser and test for the GetRecordById, as well as implementing GetFeature with a sort by functionality. The user's code changes include modifications to the existing codebase to support feature cataloguing via Java, demonstrating a strong knowledge of backend development using GeoTools.
wcswpswfsgeospatialgml
geotools/geotools
Nov 2012 - Jan 2023
Official GeoTools repository
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:16 reviews, 167 commits, 93 PRs in 10 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Niels's commits primarily focused on fixing bugs and refactoring within the `geotools/geotools` repository. They addressed issues related to application schema joining, sort by implementation in App-Schema, and filter support. The user demonstrates a strong understanding of Java, as evidenced by the code differences, and worked with components such as JDBCFeatureSource, AppSchemaDataAccess, and the GML3 encoding library.
sqlserverpostgiswmsgeotoolsmongodb
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