Vaclav Petras

Bio

Vaclav (Vashek) is senior research staff focusing on creating spatio-temporal models and tools for geospatial research that are efficient, easy to use and reusable. He is a researcher, open source developer and an advocate for open science. He has been a member of the GRASS GIS development team since 2012 and has served on its project steering committee. He holds a Master’s in Geoinformatics and a Ph.D. in Geospatial Analytics.

Publications

• The safe development paradox of the United States regulatory floodplain , PLOS ONE (2024)
• An open-source platform for geospatial participatory modeling in the cloud , ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE (2023)
• Integrating GRASS GIS and Jupyter Notebooks to facilitate advanced geospatial modeling education , Transactions in GIS (2023)
• Point Density Variations in Airborne Lidar Point Clouds , SENSORS (2023)
• Redesigning Graphical User Interface of Open-Source Geospatial Software in a Community-Driven Way: A Case Study of GRASS GIS , ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION (2023)
• Contaminated consignment simulation to support risk-based inspection design , RISK ANALYSIS (2022)
• Spotted lanternfly predicted to establish in California by 2033 without preventative management , COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY (2022)
• Evaluating online and tangible interfaces for engaging stakeholders in forecasting and control of biological invasions , ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS (2021)
• Iteratively forecasting biological invasions with PoPS and a little help from our friends , FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT (2021)
• Open Source Software Development , Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge (2021)