Ragnvald Larsen
Chief Engineer Senior Adviser at NTNU
Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
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Top SchoolRagnvald Larsen is a seasoned geographer and chief engineer with 13+ years at the Norwegian Environment Agency, specializing in environmental information systems, remote sensing and national spatial data management. He designs and implements biodiversity and wilderness analysis tools—including the current Norwegian and Spitsbergen analysis tools—and coordinates drone imagery operations for the agency’s fleet. Active in international development cooperation, he helps partner countries build national spatial data systems and contributes to standardizing sensitivity analysis methods. A hands-on technologist, he maintains the mesa-project on GitHub and regularly uses FME, Python, QGIS and PostGIS to turn complex geodata into operational services. He represents Norway as the GEO geo principal and has chaired and program-managed global FOSS4G events, combining technical delivery with community leadership. Colleagues value his rare mix of field-focused GIS practice, procurement experience and long-term involvement in capacity building across Africa.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Rosenborg skoleBusiness/Managerial Economics, Business/Managerial Economics at Bjerkely folkehøyskoleexamen artium, naturfag, examen artium, naturfag at Adolf Øiens SkoleNorwegian University of Science and Technology
English, Spanish, German, Swedish, Danish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (32)
wps10
wfs10
geoserver10
geotools9
java9
wcs9
geospatial9
gis9
wms9
maps9
gml8
ogc8
grid7
msword6
plpgsql6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ragnvald/sawe
Jun 2013 - May 2019
Contributions:98 commits, 73 pushes, 1 comment in 5 years 11 months
ragnvald/mesa
Dec 2023 - Feb 2025
Contributions:10 releases, 417 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 2 months
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