Summary
Yvo Weidmann is a geomatics and software engineer with 8+ years of professional experience who founded and leads GeoIdee.ch, delivering bespoke GIS systems, geodatabases and cartographic solutions from Zurich. He combines deep domain expertise in photogrammetry, remote sensing and glacier analysis from ETH Zurich with practical software craftsmanship—object-oriented design, ArcGIS/ArcObjects, PostGIS, C# and Python—to build reliable geoprocessing pipelines and spatial analysis tools. His background ranges from field-based Landsat classification in Mexico to technical SEM lab work, reflecting an unusual blend of hands-on environmental science and production-grade software engineering. At WaterGisWeb he drove framework design, unit testing and version control best practices, bringing rigorous software quality to GIS projects. Known for designing customized geodatabases and algorithms, he excels at turning complex spatial problems into maintainable, tested systems.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Human Impact and Global Change, Human Impact and Global Change at Center for the Study of Institutions, Population and Environmental Change
Chemistry, Chemistry at ETH Zurich, Apprenticeship
Dipl. Ing., Geomatic Engineering, Dipl. Ing., Geomatic Engineering at Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Applied Science
Blasting licenses, Level B, Blasting licenses, Level B at Sprengverband Schweiz SVS
MAS, Engineering and Information Technology, MAS, Engineering and Information Technology at University of Applied Sciences
German, English, French, Spanish, Russian