People
UIUC Research Team
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Jon GantAssociate Professor, GSLIS Project Director |
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Yingbo ZhouMLS, GSLIS UIUC-based support of Sao Tome field team, digital map library |
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Jeanie AustinMLS student, GSLIS Sao Tome field team, local knowledge reference and content development |
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Danielle RossStudent, Urban and Regional Planning Sao Tome field team |
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Jeff GingerPhD Student, GSLIS Image processing/sharing, web development, Omeka image annotation, GIS spatial data infrastructure |
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Serra JackmanMLS student, GSLIS Sao Tome field team, communications, local knowledge reference and content development, GIS spatial data infrastructure |
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Fang WanMLS student, GSLIS Digital map library |
São Tomé e Príncipe GIS Project Collaborators
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Henrique Pinto Da CostaGIS consult GIS planning and data collection, map library supplier, history and culture consultant |
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Elves NevesCommunications support Translation, culture consult, technical support |
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Jorge CoelhoTask force organizer Organization, original UIUC-São Tomé community collaborator |
Additional Local Assistance and Resource Provision
- Ned Seligman – STeP Up lead – Military typography map supplier
- Luis Paquete – GIS task force – Engineering and geology, modern geological map supplier
- Antonio Augusto – GIS task force – Cartography
- Manuel Penhor – GIS task force – Math/physics, ISP contact
- Aleixo Pires – GIS task force – Medicine
GIS Spatial Data Infrastructure Development Student Assistance
- Camille Chesley – MLS Student, UIUC
- Brian Conn – MLS Student, UIUC
- Fredrick Kiwuwa Lugya – MLS Student, UIUC
- Megean Osuchowski – MLS Student, UIUC
Affiliates and collaborators
- Related GSLIS / Community Informatics Initiative Staff & Students
- Martin Wolske – CII staff, UIUC, Sao Tome field team lead
- Paul Adams – CII staff, UIUC, Sao Tome field team lead
- Damon McGhee – MLS student, UIUC – Sao Tome field team
- Friends and informally affiliated students
- David Kunzman – PhD student in Computer Science, UIUC – photography and digitization
- Maria Carolina Castanha – student, Universidade Catolica de Pernambuco – translation
- Katherine Eriksen – MLS student, UIUC – map exploration









