
In response to these needs, I developed an online course for Penn State University entitled Open Web Mapping. The lessons explain the theory and architecture of web mapping, while walking beginners through the process of deploying online maps with FOSS. Software such as QGIS, GDAL, GeoServer, TileMill, and OpenLayers is introduced as students work through the data processing stage to the final display of interactive web service layers in a browser-based map. All course materials are available under a Creative Commons license.
In 2015, I was awarded the GeoForAll Global Educator of the Year Award (Individual category) by the OSGeo Foundation for development of this course.
View a talk about the course development and content
This is a talk I gave at FOSS4G 2014 about the development and content of the Open Web Mapping course.