Joshua S Campbell

Dr. Joshua S. Campbell is the Founder of Sand Hill Geographic, a consultancy providing advisory services on geospatial technology, policy, and product management. Dr. Campbell has over 25 years of geographic information science and technology experience working across a range of national security, diplomacy, international development, and academic contexts. Most recently he served as the Senior Scientist in the Foundational GEOINT Office of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's Research and Development Directorate. In this role he helped direct a research portfolio across a range of geospatial data and technology topics, including 3D production and analysis, advanced spatial data monitoring and modelling, and geophysics. Prior to NGA, he served as a Senior Advisor in the State Department’s Office of the Geographer and Global Issues. In this position he supported the Department’s Geographer, helping write the Department's first Geospatial Data Strategy, and managing several geospatial technology initiatives related to cartographic production, web-based GIS, and management of the official International Boundaries dataset. He is a Councilor of the American Geographical Society, voting member of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), and a charter member of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Geography, Master of Arts in Geography, and Bachelors of General Studies in Anthropology, each from the University of Kansas.


Sessions

11-05
15:30
30min
SpaceTimeIDs: Built for Boundaries, expandable to Digital Twins
Joshua S Campbell

The use of Unique Identifiers (UUIDs) for managing spatial data has expanded in recent years, as have geospatial Digital Twins. This presentation explores the deployed use of SpaceTimeIDs, and opportunities and technical gaps for expanding into other spatial feature types.

Data Management and Interoperability
Reston ABC