Hi, I'm Oliva! I am an archaeologist, GIS Professional, and former software developer. You can follow my continuing journey and projects here.
My primary programming language experience is JavaScript and TypeScript, and I have enough HTML and CSS to do solid front-end work. Most of my work is dealing with front-end interactive development based around web map packages such as Mapbox-gl-js, Maplibre-gl-js, and OpenLayers. But I have dabbled in a lot of middleware tech using AWS to help deliver content to the front-end portion. I also have skills in SQL and various database systems from Oracle to DynamoDB. Recent additions to my development experience have come from incorporating GQL into my code writing as well.
I have a varied background in archaeology and geographic information systems (GIS). Software development sprang out of these two fields, even going as far as receiving my master's in archaeology at Lund University where I specialized in digital tools and technologies in the field (GIS, 3D Modeling, Photogrammetry, UAV/Drones, etc...). My thesis was an overview of the state of long-term preservation of 3D data in archaeology through the implementation of reuse, visualization, and distribution of said data. I then went back to studying archaeology by trying a PhD at Uppsala University, attempting to free myself from the death grip of software development but instead have moved from that back to the more traditional GIS realm.