Stephen Appel lives and works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At work he’s working with maps, GIS, and data. At home he’s working in the garden, playing video games, cooking, hiking, or biking. Open to collaborations and open to GIS or public data consulting.

My Job

Stephen is the Geospatial Information Librarian at the American Geographical Society Library –a map and geography special collection at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.

Somewhere at the intersection of Geographic Information Science, Information Literacy, and Digital Humanities, you will find Stephen using GIS, Geography, and spatial data to answer questions, help people, and understand our world.

You can check out my official UWM profile page.

Affiliations

• NACIS member

• Active in the Geo4Lib community, especially OpenIndexMaps

• Certified Library Carpentry instructor

• Co-Chair Data Carpentry Geospatial Curriculum Advisory Committee (Interested in joining? Please reach out!!!!!)

• Affiliate of the Spanish Travelers Project at Marquette University

• Advisor for GIS Club at UWM and the Alpha Mu chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon