OSGEO Newcastle

Philip James

Background

I joined the then Department of Surveying in 1995 as a Systems Programmer and IT advisor.  Previously I had worked at Nissan as a Software Developer writing in-house system software and participating in the development of 3D Cad.  I have continued to focus on the development of systems and software in the geospatial field.  My research interests include:

 

  • The internet of things - specifically geosensors and embedded sensors and their incorporation into the geo-information stream
  • Next generation analytics - the application of real-time data and spatial data to facilitate near real-time processing, modelling, simulation and prediction
  • Spatial data management in traditional relational systems and NoSQL type structures 

 

 I work closely with Civil Engineers in Transport and Water Resources on a range of Earth Systems Engineering Problems focussing on the development of software and systems using spatial data.

Roles and Responsibilities

I head up the Geoinformatics Group as part of the Digital Research Institute

I represent the School on the University IT Experts Group

Qualifications 

BA (Hons) Japanese (Newcastle, 1991) 

Industrial Experience

I work closely with colleagues in industry and manage a successful suite of CPD offerings in GIS and Open Source software to industry.