David Sampson

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"When we try to pick up anything by itself we find it is attached to everything in the Universe."
John Muir
(1838 - 1914)

Welcome

David Sampson is currently employed with the Government of Canada, in the Department of natural Resources. He currently holds the position of CGDI Technologist. The Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) is Canada's network of geospatial data product offerings avaialble online. Dave is currently working with in the Earth Sciences Sector, Mapping Information Branch, Data Dissemination Division as part of the Geospatial applications team.

He is interested in the fields of geomatics, Open Data initiatives, interoperability, project management, Science and Policy integration, bridging the digital divide, community based technology solutions and other innovative opportunities that help to solve real world issues. Please check out his online resume.

Outside of work Dave is involved with the Free and Open Source for Geomatics (FOSS4G) community as well as grass roots community technology initiatives such as Computers for Communities where he is currently the Executive Director. Through this involvement Dave continues to build his social and professional networks in the technology industry as well as the non-profit community.

In this site you will find an online version of his resume, a brief Bio of himself, information on the various social and professional networks he belongs to, some descriptions of current projects he is involved with, a section explaining some of my envolvement in the open source community, and finaly a small section about the story behind this site.

Other links of interest can be found on the Networking page


To get an idea of what Dave is currently working on, you will find a list of current and past propjects here.

To get of overview of what is available on this site check out the sitemap