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Websitehighearthorbit.com
Bloghighearthorbit.com
Twitter@ajturner
BirthplacePennsylvania, USA
Birthdate1977

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University of Virginia, Bachelors of Science 2000
Aerospace Engineering
Virginia Tech, Masters of Science 2003
Aerospace Engineering

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Andrew Turner

Andrew is CTO of FortiusOne, creators of GeoCommons, and was co-Founder of Mapufacture, where he works developing open-standards and building tools to make it easy for people to create customized maps using complex geospatial tools. He also actively participates in the open-source community and develops several mapping tools such as Mapstraction and GeoPress.

Prior to starting Mapufacture, Andrew developed high-fidelity realtime vehicle simulation software at Realtime Technologies and designed spacecraft algorithms and sensor systems at EADS Astrium.

Andrew wrote the O’Reilly shortcut “Introduction to Neogeography” and “Trends in Where2.0” business report in Spring 2008 and is on the Where2.0 Conference Program Committee. He is also published in MacTech and Make magazine on his home-automation hacking.

Milestones

  • Added position as CTO at FortiusOne.
    Posted 12/10/08 at 11:14am
  • Added position as Co-Founder at Mapufacture.
    Posted 6/15/08 at 7:51am

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