Tamar Cohen
KBR Contractor Senior Computer Scientist On VIPER Lunar Robotic Mission at NASA Ames Research Center
Windsor, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorTamar Cohen is a senior computer scientist with 12+ years building geospatial and robotics software for NASA, currently leading the Map Server for the VIPER lunar mission and working across JPL and NASA Ames' Intelligent Robotics Group. She has been a senior architect on Mars Perseverance planning systems and xGDS, delivering Python-based web tools that tie maps, geolocation and remote-vehicle science workflows. Equally at home in front-end and back-end work, Tamar has decade-long experience with Eclipse RCP applications (some flown on the ISS) and contributes to major open-source mapping projects like Cesium and OpenLayers, improving KML handling and ellipsoid coordinate calculations. Her blend of applied planetary robotics, UI/visualization expertise, and open-source contributions makes her particularly effective at turning complex spatial data into reliable, usable mission software.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (10)
3d10
cesiumjs10
kml10
tiles10
resium10
javascript10
geospatial10
front-end-development10
openlayers10
testing9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
openlayers/openlayers
Oct 2015 - Aug 2016
OpenLayers
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 5 PRs, 31 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Tamar contributed to the OpenLayers repository by primarily focusing on KML format rendering, including changes to handle point placemark names. They added features to make the automatic labeling of placemark names configurable, improving the user's ability to customize the display. Additionally, the user fixed minor issues such as a missing semicolon and updated code to remove dependencies on closure library. These changes indicate a focus on improving the functionality and usability of the KML format integration.
javascriptopenlayersgis
CesiumGS/cesium
Feb 2018 - Apr 2018
An open-source JavaScript library for world-class 3D globes and maps :earth_americas:
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 3 PRs, 30 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Tamar's contributions primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and stability of the KML data source within the Cesium library. They implemented coordinate calculations using ellipsoids, crucial for geospatial data processing. Further improvements include refactoring code, correcting tests, and ensuring the WebMapServiceImageryProvider correctly handles time parameters and respects the 'srs' and 'crs' options for WMS versions. These changes improved the reliability and feature set related to the display of geospatial data.
3d-globegltfjavascript-librarygeospatial3d-tiles
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