About

Just Objects B.V. is the trading name for the software development activities of Just van den Broecke.

Since 1997 Just Objects provides training, consultancy and development services in the area of Object Technology and Java. Since 2005 the main focus is on the domain of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), exclusively using Free and Open Source for Geospatial (FOSS4G). In July 2010, Just Objects B.V. became a member of the OpenGeoGroep, a Dutch consortium of FOSS4G developers.

Just contributes to several Open Source projects and attempts to maintain a Blog and a LinkedIn network. He can also be followed on Twitter.

OSGeo.nl

OSGeo.nl is the new Dutch local language chapter ofOSGeo. Since the OSGeo.nl BoF meeting on December 1, 2011, Just is "kwartiermaker" (trailblazer) of OSGeo.nl. See more info at www.osgeo.nl. Presentations and events:

• OSGeo.nl presentation (PDF) given at the GeoFreedom Day 2011.
• Organizing and chairing the Open Source Seminar at the GeoSpatial World Forum 2012 .
• Keynote speaker at the first OSGeo.nl Day 2012 .

Bolsena 2012

As in 2009-2011 Just worked and presented at the OSGeo Bolsena Code Sprint 2012. He gave two presentations:

• On theHeron Web Mapping Client. Slides available as [HTML] or [PDF].
• On tracking & tracing with GeoRambling. Slides available as [HTML] or [PDF].

FOSS4G Conference

During september 6-10, 2010 Just has attended and presented at the Free and Open Source for Geospatial Software (FOSS4G) Conference in Barcelona. His talk was about implementing INSPIRE with Free and Open Source for Geo (FOSS4G). Slides of this presentation are available as [HTML] or [PDF]. On sept 14, 2011 he presented at the FOSS4G 2011 conference in Denver on OpenStreetMap and INSPIRE: can the twain meet?. Slides of this presentation are available as [HTML] or [PDF]. And again at FOSS4G 2013 in september 2013 in Nottingham (UK) on stETL a simple streaming ETL framework in Python.

GeoTracing

Since 2005 many of Just's projects are based on GeoTracing, a software platform for tracking/tracing and locative media. Below some images/links to various GeoTracing projects/applications. GeoTracing is used as the technical framework for 7Scenes, a mobile platform for location-based gaming and tours co-owned by Just Objects B.V.

Traceland	GeoSailing	N8Spel
OtterTracing	GeoSkating	SenseOfTheCity
SenseOfBrainport	Bliin	Mobile Learning GameKit
GeoBiking	WalkAndPlay	Digitale Wichelroede

Skills

With more than 25 years of experience in the software industry of over 8 years in (open source) geospatial technology, Just's main asset is knowledge. In most of his projects he operates as architect/consultant but he does a lot of programming as well. Listed below are his main areas of expertise. See also Just's resume.

Application Domains

Telecommunication, datacommunication, multimedia, process control, geospatial (GIS), banking and finance.

Methodologies

OO development using various methodologies: CRC, Unified Modeling Language (UML), Booch, OMT, Extreme Programming (XP), Scrum. Design Patterns.

Technologies

Java language, J2EE and Java Enterprise Technologies ( Servlets, JSP, EJB, Jini, JMS), Web technologies (HTML, XML/XSL, JavaScript/AJAX, CSS, SOAP/WebServices), CORBA, geospatial, GIS, Python.

Products

Java IDEs (Symantec, Borland, VisualAge, IntelliJ), CORBA (Iona, Visigenic), ODBMS (Object Design International), components (ObjectSpace, ILOG), J2EE application servers (IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, JBoss), CASE Tools (Rational Rose, TogetherJ), most Open Source Geospatial products (MapServer, GeoServer, deegree, OpenLayers, GeoExt, PostGIS).