Dr. Luigi PirelliDr. Luigi Pirelli is a freelance software analyst and developer with a degree with honors in computer science at Bari University. He worked for 15 years in the Satellite Ground Segment and Direct Ingestion for the European Space Agency. Since 2006, e has been involved in the GFOSS world, contributing in QGIS, GRASS, and Mapserver core, and developing and maintaining many QGIS plugins. He actively participates in QGIS Hackmeetings. Luigi is the founder of the OSGEO Italian local GFOSS chapter. Now, he lives in Spain contributing to this GFOSS community. During the last few years, he started teaching PyQGIS, organizing training from basic to advanced level, and supporting companies to develop their specific QGIS plugins. He is also the founder the local hackerspace group Bricolabs.cc, focused on open hardware. He likes cycling, repairing everything, and training groups on conflict resolution. Other than this book, he has also contributed to the Lonely Planet guide Cycling Italy. Read More Read Less