Matthew Hanson
Matthew Hanson is a Director at Element 84, where he leads teams developing cloud-native solutions for managing and delivering geospatial and Earth observation data. He is a long-time advocate for open-source geospatial software and open standards, with deep involvement in the development and adoption of STAC (SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog) and related tooling. 2025 marks his 11th FOSS4G, reflecting his commitment to collaboration, community building, and pushing the geospatial ecosystem forward through practical, modern data workflows.
Sessions
AI may push open-source geospatial software toward fragmentation or stronger, well-governed cores. This talk looks at how AI now — and fully automated code generation in the future — could reshape collaboration, trust, and the enduring value of geospatial expertise.
Explore STAPI, a specification for a Sensor Tasking API. We’ll highlight recent developments, showcase the open-source projects being developed in the ecosystem, and share the community's vision of increased interoperability driving the next generation of geospatial workflows.
STAC 101 covers the essentials of the SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog, with practical tips for users and data providers to publish, find, and use geospatial data effectively.
Earth Search is Element 84’s open, cloud-native STAC API for public Earth observation data. This talk covers pipeline updates, metadata fixes, and open-source plans—making geospatial data easier to find and use.