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Udine, Italy

Alberto De Luca

Geographical Information Systems specialist

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Solutions

More than 20 years turning spatial data into decisions.

WebGIS platforms

Spatial data locked in desktop files or spreadsheets, unusable by the people who need it in the field or in meetings.

Design and development of web GIS applications and spatially-aware systems that put maps, layers, and analysis in front of the right people.

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Spatial data engineering

Data coming from different sources, formats, and surveys that doesn't line up, validate, or scale.

Design and implementation of PostgreSQL/PostGIS databases, plus validation and homogenization of spatial data from heterogeneous sources.

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Lidar & terrain analysis

Raw point clouds that need to become usable terrain models and morphometric indicators.

Processing of lidar data into DTMs and DSMs, and morphometric analysis for forestry, hydrology, and landscape applications.

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QGIS plugin development

A workflow that QGIS doesn't support out of the box, repeated by hand every time.

Development of Python plugins for QGIS, from hydraulic network editing to flood and discharge simulation tools.

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Experience

Who I've worked with, and on what.

  1. 2001–2026
    AIAQUA Srl

    Chief Technology officer

  2. 2025–2026
    University of Padova for Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia

    Support to the development of the RainMap FVG web application.

  3. 2025–2026
    University of Udine

    Support to the development of the HydroGeomorpholy Tools QGIS plugin.

  4. 2023–2024
    University of Udine for Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia

    Support to the development of the "Servizi ecosistemici" webapp.

  5. 2023–2024
    SWS Consulting Engineering for World Bank

    Support for web development for the project "Establishing Flood Risk Management Information System (FRMIS) in Can Tho City".

  6. 2022–2023
    University of Padova for ARPAV

    Support to the development of the "Secure" web application for ARPAV.

  7. 2021
    Linnaeus University

    Lecturer in the Digital Humanities Research Methods course.

  8. 2021–2022
    University of Padova

    Web GIS tools developed for the LIFE BEWARE EU project.

  9. 2020–2021
    University of Udine

    Design and implementation of a webGIS to support shared property management in forested areas (PRI.FOR.MAN., PSR 2014-2020).

  10. 2019–2022
    University of Udine

    Support to the implementation of a web application to forecast debris flow events (INADEF Project, Interreg V-A ITA AUT).

  11. 2018–2019
    Grado Municipality

    Implementation of a spatial database to manage public green areas.

  12. 2018
    RafDouglas C. Tommasi

    GIS support to strategic noise mapping projects (European Noise Directive 2002/49/EC).

  13. 2018
    Starter Srl - Padova

    Support to the creation of the land use map for the Rugazi Municipality (Burundi).

  14. 2016–2019
    University of Trento

    Implementation of QEPANET, a plugin that brings EPANET inside QGIS.

  15. 2016–2017
    Friuli Venezia Giulia Region

    GIS support to the regional landscape plan (PPR).

  16. 2017
    Order of Forestry Doctors

    Course: open source tools for the analysis of lidar data.

  17. 2017
    University of Padova

    Implementation of an OpenJUMP plugin for hydrological analysis.

  18. 2017
    Veneto Region

    Implementation of a QGIS plugin to simulate water discharge hydrographs.

  19. 2016
    Beta Studio (Padova)

    Lidar data processing for forestry applications.

  20. 2015
    Consorzio di Bonifica Veneto Orientale

    Lidar data processing for the production of a DTM.

Alberto De Luca

About

MSc in Geographical Information Management (Cranfield University), with more than 20 years of experience working with GIS.

Based in Udine, Italy — working with universities, public bodies, and engineering firms across Italy and abroad.

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