Location based services my speciality


Welcome to Tom Blackmore's freelance company Arctictiger.


I have provided products and services to major websites, local authorities, universities and software vendors.


I specialise in both spatial data in the browser and on mobile devices. I have experience of building services on a variety of different backends and in a variety of programming languages.


So if you need a skilled technician to create a custom solution or you like the look of one of my prepackaged products just pick up the phone or drop me an email.

Services


I offer a variety of different services as a consultant.


Core skills:

  • HTML5, geolocation api, local storage, web workers etc.
  • JavaScript, jQuery, NodeJs
  • Python, C#, Java
  • ArcGIS platform
  • CouchDB, PostGIS, Spatialite, Oracle Spatial
  • OpenLayers, Google Maps API
  • Google Earth
  • OpenStreetMap

In addition to consultancy work I also offer training. At present I have one predefined course.


Google Earth for schools

I provide a half day training course in Google Earth for up to 20 teachers. The course is designed to give teachers the skills they need to start creating exciting lessons and tasks based on this fantastic tool.


The handbook for the course is available here. This course has been exceptionally popular. References from a number of Swedish schools are available.


Products


Arctictiger LBS


An iPhone, iPad and Android location based service that can be customised to connect to any dataset, for the viewing, collecting and editing of point data in the field. The service is versatile and can be combined with a number of different map sources, including google, openstreetmap, mapguide, ArcGIS server etc.



WUI (Webkit -ui)


A simple, bsd licensed, webkit user interface for use on a range of mobile devices, including iOS and Android. The library is built to be independent of other js libraries such as jQuery to give it a small foot print.

Github: WUI Source



Google Earth handbook for Swedish Schools


I have developed a handbook used for training pupils and teachers how to use Google Earth. The handbook was financed by GIS i Västmanland; at present it is only available in Swedish. It is currently available as a pdf version and an editable version is available on github .

References


"Tom Blackmore's GIS expertise in combination with his developing and project leadership skills have been invaluable to hitta.se. A joy to work with, highly recommended."


Daniel Eklund, IT-Manager,

Tom har genomfört en 7-poängskurs i GIS för studenter vid Mälardalens högskola på ett utmärkt sätt. Studenterna var mycket nöjda med en kunnig och inspirerande lärare."


Åke Forsberg, Head of Section, School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology,

"Tom Blackmore har en förmåga att snabbt identifiera kundens önskemål. Han levererar lösningar på ett effektivt och professionellt sätt.Allt är möjligt med Toms hjälp. Mina bästa rekommendationer!"


Beatrice Haga, Projektledare / GIS-samordnare, FASTIGHETSKONTORET, Västerås Stad