Stace D. Maples
stacey.maples@gmail.com
Location-Based Technologies Expert, Spatial Data Science Educator & Evangelist, Geospatial Swiss Army Knife, Habitual Tinkerer, Problem-solver & Lifetime Learner
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4917-3143
https://github.com/mapninja
References
On Request
Professional Objective
- To allow researchers to do more meaningful work by helping them investigate, quantify and solve spatial problems.
Expertise
- 20+ years of experience building and supporting geospatial data and technology services & solutions for research and teaching in R1 universities
- Geospatial Data Science and Remote Sensing for Public Health and Environmental applications
- Curation, licensing, acquisition and distribution of geospatial data and software services for research and teaching
- Creation, management and administration of spatial data support programs
- Discovery & access for data collections
- Planning, implementation and management of long-term GIS projects
- Design and implementation of integrated, multi-user geospatial field data collection systems
- Digitization of cartographic materials for access and digital applications
- Event planning and coordination
- Agile Development practices
Professional Experience
Assistant Director of Geospatial Collections & Services, Stanford University Libraries
March 2021-present
- Develop, curate, acquire & manage modern maps & geospatial data operations, collections, services and support. Significant acquisitions & assets managed include:
- Esri Higher Eduction Site License
- ArcGIS Online sub-org with ~3000 users
- ArcGIS Server-based global geocoding and routing services for research
- Here Inc. global geocoding & routing database
- Planet.com Enterprise Education & Research Subscription
- Google Earth Engine Enterprise Access
- CARTO.com Enterprise
- CoreLogic Real Estate Database
- SimplyAnalytics.com
- Development, implementation & maintenance of internal spatial data infrastructure & services, including:
- earthworks.stanford.edu - Product Owner. Stanford’s spatial data discovery and access platform
- locator.stanford.edu (Stanford IP, only) - Esri ArcGIS Server-based global geocoding and routing services for research and teaching
- Stanford Spatial Data Infrastructure (SSDI) - PostgreSQL/PostGIS/GeoServer stack supporting spatial data services for Earthworks and Stanford research data
- Head of the Stanford Geospatial Center (SGC), supporting 1,000+ students and faculty with over 100 workshops, class lectures, and presentations per year and nearly 6,000 one-on-one reference consultations
- Direct supervision and management of SGC staff, including:
- Geospatial Reference and Instruction Specialist
- Library Specialist 2
- GIS Assistant
- Student Staff
- Design and delivery of instruction to geospatial data users
- Cultivate vendor relationships that enrich access to cutting edge technology for researchers at Stanford University
- Design & Administration of the Stanford Geospatial Center SkySat Archive & Tasking Granting Program for Stanford Student Researchers
Interim Curator & Head, David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford Libraries
January 2023 - November 2023
- Curate, acquire and manage the historical & antiquarian cartographic special collections of Stanford University
- Direct operations & programming for The David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford’s Green Library
- Direct supervision and management of DRMC staff, including:
- Rare Maps Librarian
- Cartographic Metadata Librarian
- Operations Manager
- Library Specialist 2
- 4X Student Staff
- Management and oversight of ongoing transfer of Rumsey Collection materials from D. Rumsey’s personal studio, to the David Rumsey Map Center.
- Management and oversight of the Stanford Map Collection Digital Philanthropy Program
- Event & Exhibit planning and coordination, including:
- Administration & Judging of the California Map Society Student Exhibit Curation Contest
Lecturer, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University
Autumn Quarter 2020-present
Spring Quarter 2018-present
Geospatial Manager
Stanford Geospatial Center, Branner Earth Sciences Library, Stanford University
Jan 2015-March 2021
DJ/Radio Personality
KZSU 90.1 FM, Stanford
Jan 2016 - Present
https://soundcloud.com/mapninja
https://zookeeper.stanford.edu/?action=viewDJ&seq=selUser&viewuser=1428
Music DJ playing everything from Conlon Nancarrow’s experiments with “compositions beyond human ability” for player piano, to the latest psych-rock from Ty Segall. Interviews have included “Hannibal” author Patrick N. Hunt, slowcore luminary Kris Wheat of Bedhead and Angie Lee, HigherEd liason for GIS behemoth, Esri. Regular music reviewer. Instructor in the KZSU Air Clear Training curriculum for new DJs. Writing, voice and production of PSA and promotional spots.
Sept 2010 - Jan 2015
- Creation, coordination and teaching of The Yale Map Department’s Geospatial Technology Instruction Program
- Administration of Esri, Google Earth/Maps, Google Earth Engine and CartoDB Enterprise Education Site Licenses
- Coordination of student and full-time staff on departmental projects
- GIS data collection development
- Technical support for the use of GIS and Geotech in research and teaching.
- Collaboration in Faculty research & curriculum development
- Research GIS infrastructure administration, including system and database administration of 8 distinct ArcGIS Server systems
- GIS and Geotech related event coordination
- Print Map reference and research services
- Management of digitization workflows
- Management and circulation of GPS and field data collection equipment collection
Aug 2005 - Sept 2010
- Creation, coordination and teaching of The Yale Map Department’s Geospatial Technology Instruction Program
- Technical support for the use of spatial data and technologies in research and teaching
- Collaboration on faculty research & curriculum development
- Research GIS Infrastructure Administration, including system and database administration
Research / Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Dallas
Aug 2003 to Aug 2005
- Planning and execution of various research projects
- GIS software (ESRI) support and instruction
- Creation, editing and maintenance of geographic data sets in several formats
- System administration and GIS lab management
- Preparation and grading of curriculum
- Lecture and lab presentations
- Courses:
- Introductory GIS
- GIS for Social Sciences
- World Regional Geography
- Transportation & Logistics
- Internet Mapping with ArcIMS
Owner/Manager, Skin&Bones
June 1989 – Sept 2004
- 15 years of Supervisory/Managerial experience in a Small Business (8-15 employees) environment
- Human resources, payroll, budget planning and implementation
- Licensing and government oversight requirement fulfillment
- Customer relations, sales
- Vendor relations, purchasing
- Advertising and promotion strategy, design and copy
- Webmaster
Additional Teaching
- SMU Summer Geospatial Bootcamp: 2015 - 2020
- GeoTech, Bishop Dunne High School, Dallas, TX: 2010-2020
- EARTH 1B: Know Your Planet: Big Earth, Stanford University - Winter Quarter 2018 - present
- Wrigley Field Program in Hawaii, Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, 2016 - present
- Stanford Summer Research College (SRC), 2015-present
- The Stanford Geospatial Center GIS Workshop Series, 2015-present
- MODS Summer Graduate Student Orientation Program, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, 2006-2014
- Geospatial Law & Policy, Yale Law School, 2010. Co-taught with Dr. Richard Brooks.
Seminar exploring the intersection of geospatial and location-based technologies, and the legal system. Guest lectures included: Pete Schreiber, Esri General Counsel; Mikel Maron, mapgive.state.gov and OSM Foundation; Dr. Scott Edwards, Project Manager, Science for Human Rights, Amnesty International.
- GIS for Archaeology, Yale University. Co-taught with Dr. William Honeychurch
- Geophysical Prospecting Methods for Archaeology, Yale University. Co-taught with William Honeychurch.
- The Yale Map Department GIS Workshop Series, 2005-2014.
Selected Projects
Funding: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
StoryMap (beta):
https://arcg.is/0XGrDO
In one of its first grants, DGF released imagery to Stanford for analysis of health in nomadic pastoral populations in Ethiopia. Hannah Wild & SGC Team used the data to locate mobile settlements quickly enough to develop and deliver hundreds of surveys to people living in the remote Nyangatom region of Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley.
Improving Nighttime Access to Care and Treatment (Part 2) (INACT2)
Consulting spatial data scientist and field data specialist. Designed and implemented survey frameworks for highly-dispersed, unaddressed households in Les Cayes, Leogane and Gressier communes, Haiti.
The app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stooltool
Evaluation of a Smartphone Decision-Support Tool for Diarrheal Disease Management in a Resource-Limited Setting
The Outbreak Responder is a decision-support and epidemiology platform for use during diarrheal disease outbreaks. There are two components. The first component is a rehydration calculator that automates World Health Organization guidelines for how to assess and rehydrate a patient with diarrheal disease. The calculator is designed to be used in 30 seconds and does not require an account or connectivity. The second component is intended for the Outbreak Response Team that may include epidemiologists, public health administrators, and clinicians. The design leverages geospatial mapping to identify critical actionable data.
Geo4LibCamp
Role: Co-founder/Host
https://geo4libcamp.org/
Geo4LibCamp is an annual unconference hosted at Stanford University. A three day unconference, followed by two working days to collaborate, learn, and make progress on spatial data services and support in libraries.
Role: Co-founder/Co-Chair
https://iiif.io/community/groups/maps/
This group works on developing extensions that enable, and defining best practice in, associating geographical information with iiif image materials. This includes iiif recipes but also more in depth work to align efforts to link iiif maps to geospatial systems. The group has produced two extension to the iiif imagery framework: the navPlace extension, which allows geographic data associated with digital objects and collections to be provided in a structured manner; and the geoRef Extension, which allows digitized cartographic collections to be placed in their geographic context.
GISDay@Stanford
Stanford’s annual celebration of all things location, including the cutting edge of geospatial technologies. Development, planning and coordination of the event, 3 years running. The schedules speak for themselves. Off-the-hook fun for geonerds.
2015 - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gisdaystanford-tickets-19264666135#
2016 - https://stanfordgisday2016.sched.com/
2017 - https://gisdaystanford2017.sched.com/
2018 - https://gisdaystanford2018.sched.com/
Photogrammar
photogrammar.yale.edu
Yale University’s first NEH Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant [HD-51421-11]
“The Photogrammar Project is a Yale University Public Humanities Project designed to offer an interactive web-based open source visualization platform for the one-hundred and sixty-thousand photographs created by the federal government from 1935 to 1943 under the Farm Securities Administration and Office of War Information (FSA-OWI).”
Working closely with other members of the Photogrammar Team, I have been responsible for the creation and management of the geospatial data for the project. This has included geocoding ninety-thousand images (~5000 unique locations) using various geocoding platforms and APIs. The bulk of the geocoding work was done using Tulane University’s Geolocate API, through Google/OpenRefine. Work also included the attachment of location information to the existing collection metadata and association with historic county boundary data, using SQL, for visualization in the CartoDB platform.
Education
FAA Part 107 License Preparation, Pilot Institute, 2020
Carpentries Trainer Certification Workshop Feb 2018
SCRUM Product Owner Certification, Stanford University, Nov 2016
Intro to SCRUM, Stanford University, Nov 2016
QGIS Academy, DelMar College , 2015
Esri T3G (Teachers Teaching Teachers GIS) Institute, June 13-18th 2010
ESRI Data Management in the Multiuser Geodatabase / ArcGIS Server Enterprise Configuration and Tuning for SQL Server, July 2009
University of Texas at Dallas - 2005
- M.Sc. in Geographic Information Sciences & Remote Sensing
- Graduate Certificates in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing
National Park Service / Dept. of the Interior - 2004
- Certification - Geophysical Survey & Prospection for Cultural Resource Management, including Electric Resistivity, Magnetometry, GPR, photo analysis and other geophysical methods for archaeological survey.
Southern Methodist University -1997
- B.Sc. in Anthropology/Archaeology, Minor in Latin American Studies.
- Graduated with Honors
- Departmental Distinction Award
- Clements Award for Southwestern Studies
- Edward I. and Peggy C. Fry Award for Academic Excellence in Undergraduate Anthropology
Ft. Burgwin Archaeological Field School - 1996
- Archaeological field methods and writing
- Total Station survey
- GPS Survey
Technical Skills
- GIS & Spatial: Esri, R, QGIS, OSGEO, FOSS4G, Google Earth Engine, Google Cloud Platform, Mapbox APIs, CARTO, SQL, PostGIS
- Programming & Development languages: Python, JavaScript, HTML, markdown, PHP, XML & Unix Shell
- Agile/SCRUM development practices
- Consumer & survey-grade mapping equipment: GNSS/GPS systems, RTK and total station survey equipment
- Sub-Surface remote sensing: Ground Penetrating Radar, Magnetometry & Electric Resistivity
- Multimedia editing and production
- Archaeological excavation and survey data collection methods
- Kite, Balloon & UAV-based Aerial Survey techniques