Stephen Appel lives and works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is a librarian, GIS expert, Geographer, coder, and believes in not being a jerk. In his free time, he’s hanging out with his cat Sputnik, playing video games, hiking, biking, camping, cooking, or, most likely, getting distracted.

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 GeoBlacklight and geo4lib community, especially OpenIndexMaps

• Certified Library Carpentry instructor

• Co-Chair Data Carpentry Geospatial Curriculum Advisory Committee

• Project member with the Spanish Travelers Project at Marquette University

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