Paul Crickard

Paul Crickard is the author of Leaflet.js Essentials. He has been programming for over 15 years and has focused on GIS and geospatial programming for 7 years. He spent 3 years working as a planner at an architecture firm where he combined GIS with Building Information Modeling and CAD and built web based GIS applications to display and modify architectural data.

He has given presentations to the the New Mexico Public School Facility Authority on BIM and GIS integration and on the Use of GIS for Facility Planning and the Bim505 Users Group on GIS as an Interactive Front End to BIM and Editing BIM Data via Web Applications.

Currently, Paul works as a Programmer Analyst in Albuquerque, specializing in the design, maintaince and implementation of geospatial applications. He wrote plugins and extensions for ArcMap and ArcGIS Desktop Explorer to utilize NoSQL databases and to send data using The Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP). Paul has built applications using OpenLayers and Leafelt.js, and is currently utilizing the ESRI JavaScript API in production. Paul tries to incorporate Python in his geospatial development when possible. From building Plugins, toolboxes and Field Calculator functions in ArcMap to coding standalone desktop and web applications. Pyshp has been his favorite library for Geospatial Python applications.

When not coding, paul enjoys relaxing with his wife and son, cooking, and brewing beer..