Robert Roth
Professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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Top SchoolRobert Roth is a professor and cartography specialist with 13 years of academic experience designing interactive, online, and mobile maps that prioritize human-computer interaction and user-centered design. Based at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he leads the UW Cartography Lab and blends research, teaching, and lab direction to advance usability engineering, visual storytelling, and data journalism in mapping. His work emphasizes collaborative, community-engaged mapping practices, bridging technical cartographic methods with narrative design to make geospatial data more accessible and actionable. Trained with an MS in Cartography and GIS and a PhD in Geography, he combines deep disciplinary scholarship with practical project leadership dating back to hands-on cartography and GIS roles.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Cartography and GIS, Master of Science, Cartography and GIS at University of Wisconsin-MadisonPhD, Geography, PhD, Geography at Penn State University
Github Skills (6)
textbook10
cartography10
leaflet10
visualizations9
javascript8
geography5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
uwcartlab/MappingSDGs
Jul 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:18 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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