Development Seed

AJ is Development Seed's cartographer. He designs our custom maps, including a map of Haiti after the earthquake with relevant data overlays, a nightvision theme for Washington, DC, a map of summertime in Kabul using OpenStreetMap vector and SRTM raster data, and a map of winter in Afghanistan east of Hirat using climate data to show winter snowfall estimates in the mountains. He developed all of these maps using open source tools, and all are freely available on MapBox.com.

In addition to being a brilliant cartographer, AJ is also a skilled GIS developer who works closely with Robert and Tom on the development of MapBox, our suite of open source tools that make it easier to create custom maps and host them in the cloud. His technical skills allow him to make inventive use of open source mapping toolkits like Cascadenik, GDAL, and Mapnik to pioneer new techniques for designing maps for the web.

AJ is also responsible for crafting the image of some of our major products, including MapBox, as well as more subtle details of our branding like our Twitter page design. While AJ has a solid background in art – even having exhibited his work in multiple galleries in Canada – he is also a skilled developer. This combination allows him to create beautiful and highly functional website designs.