Hi I'm Tim Welch. I work at the intersection of people and place. Maps, apps, data, APIs, sensors are all pieces of the puzzle that interest me. Do you need help on a project or product? Looking for ideas, collaborators? Let's talk!

Learn more about my experience and the services that I offer.

I'm a member of the Mapbox Developer Network, plugging you into the evolving Mapbox landscape and advocating on your behalf to solve problems and deliver value quickly.

Some of the puzzle pieces I've helped craft...

• Quantify how important an area is to the people that use it
• Make planning more equitable and transparent
• Run in smart lighting devices in cities around the world
• Crowdsourced policy change for bike and pedestrian safety
• Power store locators for multi-national companies with millions of customers
• Assess the performance of coral reefs across 9 Eastern Caribbean countries
• Scale up global geographic search of scholarly articles
• Expose the land moving underneath our feet
• Support stakeholders in place-based decision making anywhere in the world
• Combine language translation and mapping for creating location-based apps with global reach

Latest Posts

• Through the Fire October 11, 2023
• Footsteps of the Old Milwaukee Road October 18, 2022
• A Year With Mapbox GL September 15, 2016
• Crowdsourcing Policy Change in PDX June 28, 2016
• The Joy of Mapmaking with Bob Ross November 01, 2015
• iNaturalist @ Oaks Bottom Refuge April 09, 2015
• Happy Fish 2 - Mobile Survey Expansion April 05, 2015
• Arduino Project - Weather Station March 17, 2015
• Engaging Fisherfolk in the Caribbean March 01, 2015
• Connecting the Dots of 2014 December 30, 2014