GIS Developer and CEO\CTO\CFO\Owner\President\Grand Poobah of Bright Rain Solutions
Fort Collins, CO
Joined November 2008
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I'm building an orca whale sighting location app, Orcapelago, that locates sightings in the Salish Sea from the observer's description using AI.
Sightings are provided by Orca Network and are mapped with a time filter. Take a look.
orcapelago.brightrain.com/
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🎙️ Today is the deadline to submit your talk, lightning talk, or workshop for the FOSS4G North American conference this fall in Sacramento, CA.
Share your open source #geospatial projects!
🌐 Learn more
foss4gna.org/cfp-2026
#GISChat #LI #EO #H3 #CNG #OpenSource
Alright Helm MCP Server ready to roll. Have your agent talk to my agent and we'll go get a coffee or something.
A funny thing happened on the way to boring testing with Claude Code and Playwright:
The Best Design Partners Don't Care About Your Color Palette
blog.brightrain.com/the-best…
Introducing Contour — Bright Rain’s first product.
What it is, and why it exists:
blog.brightrain.com/introduc…
Been trying to get this horse to run a route in yondermap for 2 years. Claude Code got it going in an hour. Humbled. Impressed. Giddy Up.
yondermap.com?start=-104.742…
Go see all the ferries in the Washington State ferry system, LIVE.
alltheferries.com/
Open Web → Gatekeepers → Open Web Again
WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!
blog.brightrain.com/2025/02/…
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Last reminder: PostGIS Day is tomorrow!
Please register! It's free and it helps us size the webinar account. crunchydata.com/community/ev…
I have found my (tech) people
modern-web.dev/
Just migrated yondermap.com to Netlify. Pretty seamless and I no longer have to manage an nginx web server and ssl certificates. Let's see how it goes...
STILL trying to get this horse to run the whole dang route tho, it's hard
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I'm looking to bring on a software engineering contractor for 1-2 months (extension possible). $15K per month. Start immediately.
Must have enterprise experience in: building data connectors, internet infrastructure, network protocols and logging, bot and crawler protocols.
📫 DM me for more details
You know when you like something so much you wildly overdo it? Yeah, that's what I did in this new CSU Trees app and the Find Your Energy branding.
ENERGY GREEN Y'ALL!
csu-trees.netlify.app/
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Need to learn some geospatial basics?
Or just need a refresher?
I’m teaching a workshop Friday - at @ColoradoStateU @CSUMorganLib
In-person.
Register now!
Get started in GIS and mapping with our two upcoming workshops!
Geospatial Basics | Fri Sept 13, 1-3pm
Get that data on that map | Fri Sept 27, 10am-12pm
@CSUMorganLib
@ColoradoStateU
Details:
colostate.libcal.com/calenda…
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PostGIS Day is coming, the fantasic'est day of conversations and presentations about your favourit'est spatial database! Looking for talks about all manner of (legal, or at least grey area) PostGIS use! crunchydata.com/community/ev…
Hello Geo Friends I'm looking for geo data of mountain peaks\summits in Washington State. Any leads would be much appreciated.
MIND THE ZONE!
Seaplanes are an icon of the the PNW. I'll never forget the rumble just above my head while paddling Lake Union. The new buoyed zone makes sense as more people enjoy The Lake. Watch out below y'all! #MindTheZone
mindthezone.org
