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Seth Opoku Akomeah

@sethopokuakomeah

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GIS Developer and Web GIS specialist creating high-impact mapping solutions and spatial tools.

Ghana

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What I'm looking for

I want to build and deploy GIS web apps and mapping products that support sustainable urban and rural planning. I’m motivated by production-ready automation, clean spatial workflows, and opportunities to keep learning new skills while delivering measurable impact.

I’m a GIS Developer who builds GIS web apps and production-ready geospatial workflows—from custom basemaps to routing, geocoding, and elevation visualization. I enjoy making maps with clean design choices and reliable spatial data handling.

I’ve created custom basemaps using QGIS with GeoFabrik vector data, then published them through GeoServer using WMS/WFS and styling with SLD—cutting production cost by 60%. I also generate and integrate contours and hillshade into the app using QGIS and GeoServer.

On the web and application side, I build with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript using OpenLayers, including routing between waypoints with OpenRouteService and geocoding via OSM Nominatim. I automate GIS processes with graphical modelling, Bash scripting, SQL (PostgreSQL/PostGIS), and GIS CLI tools, while supporting production deployment through VPS configuration.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

GIS Web App Developer

Freelance

Dec 2024 - Apr 2025 (4 months)

Built custom base maps for India’s Himalayan states using QGIS and GeoFabrik vector data, reducing base-map production cost by 60%. Hosted WMS/WFS services on GeoServer and generated contour and hillshade layers for a GIS web app.

QGIS Geoserver WMS WFS OpenLayers Contour Generation Hillshade JavaScript

GIS Mobile Mapping Dev

Freelance

Oct 2023 - Sep 2024 (11 months)

Created offline-ready vector and raster base maps (MBTiles) and integrated them into an Android app, cutting production cost by 40%. Automated GIS processing with a graphical modeller, generated custom JSON styling/config, and used CLI and Bash scripting to streamline tile joins and deployment.

MBTiles Android QGIS JSON Offline Mapping GIS Automation CLI BASH

Volunteer Teaching Assistant

ReDI School of Digital Integration

Sep 2023 - Dec 2023 (3 months)

Taught a machine learning course to groups of 14 students in English by creating lessons and course materials. Assessed homework, monitored attendance and progress, and coordinated with the ReDI team to improve the learner experience.

Machine Learning Teaching Lesson planning Assessments English Instruction Team Coordination

GIS Specialist (Field Survey)

Freelance

Sep 2017 - Aug 2018 (11 months)

Developed road inventory datasets by collecting field and satellite data and updating spatial and attribute records for road networks. Produced maps and managed spatial data workflows using surveying and positioning instruments.

Drone Surveying Remote Sensing

Teaching & Research Assistant

KNUST

Sep 2016 - Aug 2017 (11 months)

Supported Geomatic Engineering practical instruction by organizing tutorial sessions and supervising lab and field activities. Assisted students with research projects and spatial data processing for survey and mapping work.

Remote Sensing Research Support Computational Geometry

Intern Engineering Surveyor

ABP Consult Ltd.

Jun 2015 - Aug 2015 (2 months)

Performed engineering surveying for building and road construction, including setting out building foundations and drainage systems. Established control points and benchmarks and supported construction earthworks and building profile establishment.

Engineering Surveying Control Point Benchmarking Setting Out Foundation

Intern Cadastral Surveyor

Lands Commission

Jun 2014 - Aug 2014 (2 months)

Conducted cadastral surveying and acquired boundary point data using GNSS receivers. Generated site plans and produced cadastral mapping deliverables using AutoCAD-based workflows.

Cadastral Surveying GNSS Receiver Data Capture Autocad Site Plan Creation

Intern Engineering Surveyor

Consar Ltd.

Jun 2013 - Jul 2013 (1 month)

Supported engineering surveying for building construction by establishing control points and benchmarks and assisting with setting out works. Helped with earthworks, drainage and foundation layout, and building profile establishment.

Engineering Surveying Control Point Benchmarking Setting Out Construction Surveying

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität Bonn

MSc Geodetic Engineering, Geoinformation Systems and Spatial Development

2018 - 2022

MSc in Geodetic Engineering with a specialization in Geoinformation Systems and Spatial Development. Relevant coursework included GIS, spatial decision support, urban and rural development, and statistics/adjustment theory.