Pouria Amirian is a GIS/Computer Science lecturer, researcher, and developer working with the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. In addition to his collaboration with the University of Ireland, he has several scientific and academic collaborations with world class universities in Germany, France, and the UK. He is the author of the best-selling book on ArcGIS development, Beginning ArcGIS for Desktop Development using .NET, published by Wiley in 2013. He has extensive experience in the design and development of various kinds of small-scale to enterprise-distributed, service-oriented (geospatial) information systems. Dr. Amirian is currently interested in cutting-edge research and development projects on (geospatial) Big Data and NoSQL databases and has recently been a technical editor of several books on the mentioned topics. He can be contacted at <[email protected]>.
Ken Doman has worked with computers for most of his life and still likes to keep himself occupied with them in his free time. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Biology from Rice University. From there, he moved from one field to another, until he was asked to launch a GIS department for his hometown in Jacksonville, Texas. He started with a shoebox full of notebook paper for an address database. Before long, he published the first online map of his community. He's been hooked on publishing web maps ever since.
Ken currently works as a GIS web developer at Bruce Harris and Associates, a private company that provides GIS services and products for municipalities across the United States. There, he works on an array of technologies, helping county and city governments make their data available on web browsers.
This is the first book Ken has worked on, but he has high hopes that it won't be his last.
Joseph Saltenberger works as a data analyst at a GIS software company that specializes in spatial decision support systems for fire and EMS departments. He graduated from the Humboldt State University with a B.S. in Natural Resources (GIS and Remote Sensing emphasis), and the San Diego State University with an M.S. in Geography (GIScience emphasis). His academic and professional career has focused on using GIS for data management and analysis, and for developing custom GIS applications.