Andrew Harvey
CEO at Alantgeo
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolAndrew Harvey is the CEO of Alantgeo in Sydney with 15 years' experience delivering geospatial solutions across Australia and New Zealand. He blends business development and presales with hands-on technical leadership, designing and implementing Mapbox- and Mapillary-powered web and mobile mapping platforms while running projects end-to-end and delivering training. A UNSW-trained computer scientist and active open-source contributor, he has enhanced major Mapbox projects (mapbox-gl-js, mapbox-gl-geocoder, mapbox-sdk-js) and built backend DevOps pipelines for the Australian GNAF data in openaddresses. His work spans front-end UX and accessibility improvements, token and tileset API enhancements, and CI/CD infrastructure—demonstrating a CEO who still ships production code—and in his spare time he develops beyondtracks.com.
16 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at University of New South Wales
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Github Skills (64)
accessibility10
api-doc10
webgl10
mapbox-ios-sdk10
openstreetmap10
api-rest10
typescript310
ui-d10
javascript10
documentations10
postgresql10
mapbox-gl-js10
python10
geocoder10
restful-api10
Programming languages (28)
Github contributions (5)
mapbox/mapbox-sdk-js
Nov 2016 - Nov 2022
A JavaScript client to Mapbox services, supporting Node, browsers, and React Native
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 reviews, 65 commits, 93 PRs in 6 years
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily contributed to the implementation of new features and enhancements to existing services within the Mapbox SDK for JavaScript. Their work included adding support for token management APIs, creating and updating tileset services, and upgrading the static service. They also focused on improving API documentation and addressing bug fixes, indicating a focus on both feature development and overall product quality.
reactjavascript-clientmapboxreact-nativebrowsers
mapbox/mapbox-gl-geocoder
Jul 2016 - Apr 2021
Geocoder control for mapbox-gl-js using Mapbox Geocoding API
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 61 commits, 109 PRs in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and functionality of the geocoder control. They made changes to the UI elements, including adding an aria-label to the clear button and improving the visual appearance with different background colors for hover and active states. The user also implemented new features such as the `minLength` and `limit` options, contributing to a better user experience by controlling the number of results and the minimum characters required for a search. Additionally, they introduced the `trackProximity` option, which dynamically updates the geocoder's proximity based on the map view.
apimapboxmapbox-geocoding-apigeocodingmapbox-gl
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