Nyall Dawson
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creation date: 2026-08-01T21:06:45-07:00
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Nyall Dawson
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type: Category:OSGeo Advocate
type: Category:OSGeo Member
type: Category:OSGeo Charter Member
type: Category:Sol Katz Awardee
page: Nyall Dawson
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wiki page content language: en
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city: Brisbane
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company: North Road Consulting Pty Ltd
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country: Australia
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info: Nyall has been a core developer with the QGIS project since 2013. During this time he has contributed over 5000 commits to the project, and today is one of the most active developers on the project. Nyall's contributions to QGIS cover a wide range of areas - from improvements to the map rendering and symbology engines, enhancements to labeling and print layout functionality, right through to optimisations of the underlying spatial processing algorithms utilised by QGIS. He is dedicated to making QGIS a unique tool capable of creating cartographic effects which to date have not been available in GIS software applications. Nyall is currently the proprietor and lead developer at North Road Consulting, an Australian spatial development consultancy which predominantly focus on investing in and promoting use of open source GIS applications.
job title: Lead Developer/Proprietor
languages: English
local chapter: Aust-NZ
name: Nyall Dawson
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website: north-road.com
wiki page modification date: 2025-11-21T12:59:51Z
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