Track Record

2013

Collaboration with weSolve vis a vis advanced DataViz, GIS and M&E solutions to empower local, post-conflict communities wordwide in via sustainable solutions & capacity building.

2012

Collaboration with the United Nation's Operational Satellite Programme (UNOSAT) in Geneva, Switz. vis a vis rapid global disaster mapping using mobile GIS, satellite, and UAV technologies.

This comprehensive Cultural Heritage map of Timbuktu, MALI was produced via collaboration by UNITAR UNOSAT (Geneva), Nordic Geospatial, University of Cape Town (Zamani Project-www.zamani-project.org) and the Saharan Archeological Research Association (www.saharanresearch.org) 

2011

Collaboration with Direct Relief International vis a vis Global Disaster Response Situational Awareness.

2010

Collaboration with NorthSouth GIS vis a vis Port Security. 

2009 - 10

Technical Officer, EMS (Event Management System) Project 
Alert and Response Operations (ARO) - World Health Organization (WHO) Geneva, Switzerland.

Click here to view a short video detailing the Event Management System.

2009

Nordic Geospatial Consulting established.

2006 - 2008

Consultant to the County of Los Angeles CEO Service Integration Branch & CIO Geographic Information Officer and project manager for the Joint Regional Intelligence Center (JRIC - CalEMA LA RTTAC - Regional Terrorism Threat Assessment Center) GIS Program.

Presented JRIC eGIS Solution with LA County GIO at 2008 California Executive Geospatial Forum in Sacramento, CA - Click here to download PDF solution overview .

2006

Consultant to San Simeon State Park (Hearst Castle) California Dept. of Parks and Recreation ( http://www.slostateparks.com/san_simeon_plan/default.asp )

Click on 3D image below to see a virtual 3D video flyover of the SLO Coast District...

2005

Consultant to Evanta, Inc. for the Chicago CIO Executive Summit.

2002 - 2003

Geospatial Project Manager for Carter & Burgess, Inc., Honolulu, HI.

2002 - 2003

GIS Instructor for Hawaii Pacific University. Honolulu, HI.

1998 - 2002

Environmental GIS Manager for the Hawaii Army National Guard (Research Corp. at the Univ. of Hawaii - RCUH), Honolulu, HI.

Click here to download the spring 2001 HI-ARNG Pupukahi newsletter which reviews how GIS can revolutionize natural/cultural resources protection and be used by 7th graders!

1997 - 1998

Consultant to Geo InSight International, Honolulu, HI.

1996 - 1997

Consultant to The Nature Conservancy, Hawaii - Natural Heritage Program, Honolulu, HI.

1994 - 1995

Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET). Language Teacher. Asahi-cho, Fukui-ken, Japan.

1994

California State Assembly. Intern for Assemblymember Julie Bornstein, 80th District.

Publications

Smallholders and the Market – Coffee Farmers in Kona, Hawaii 1992 – 2002 (Master’s thesis UH Manoa, Dec. 2003) - Click here to download PDF - 2.5 mb

This research project integrated interviews with specific coffee farmers with publicly-available vector data and high-resolution CIR (color infra-red) imagery from the USDA NRCS. The software which I utilized for this project consisted of the following: data integration, reprojecting, and analysis (ESRI ArcGIS/ArcInfo/Spatial & 3D Analyst, GeoMedia, and AutoCAD Map), database technologies (MS Access and Oracle), remote sensing (ERDAS/Leica Geosystems Imagine & Orthobase), GPS (Trimble suite), and software development (ESRI Avenue and Visual Basic).

"Torture, Beheadings, and Narcocultos" by Pamela L. Bunker, Lisa J. Campbell, and Robert J. Bunker in Narcos Over the Border, a special issue of Small Wars & Insurgencies – geospatial analysis & maps (2010).

Honors & Affiliations

Graduated with Honors from the University of California, Davis (1993).

Teaching Assistant, University of Hawaii at Manoa (1996-99).

Recipient of the National Guard Bureau’s Minuteman Award for Excellence, Washington, D.C. (2003).

Member of the Western Chapter – Association of Preservation Technology – http://www.wcapt.org  (2007 – present)

Member of the ad hoc CA Homeland Security GIS Working Group and HIFLD to the SW Region (2007 – present)

Participant in RAND Corp Geospatial Luncheons (2008 - present) - Download Oct 2010 Agenda 

Member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the FBI’s InfraGard Membership Alliance (2008 – present)

Invitation to the 2008 California Executive Geospatial Forum in conjunction with the LA County CIO

Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors - MRICS – Geomatics Faculty (2009 - present)  http://www.rics.org/geomaticspg 

Member of the Global Healthcare Facility Database Initiative (2010)

Participant in the UNITAR-UNOSAT Technical Workshop on Remote Sensing Damage Assessment - The Haiti Experience. Palais des Nations, Geneva Switz. (April 2010)

Presented at the USC School of Architecture Summer Program in Historic Preservation (July 2010)

Presented at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Implementation Workshop in Geneva Switzerland (March 2011)

Presented to the Emergency Interoperability Consortium (EIC) regarding Public Health & Disaster Response aspects of the US DHS Unified Incident Command Decision Support (UICDS) Pilot by Direct Relief International (July 2011)

Presented to the California Earthquake Clearinghouse IT Meeting regarding Public Health & Disaster Response aspects of the US DHS Unified Incident Command Decision Support (UICDS) Pilot by Direct Relief International (Sept 2011)

Presented Geospatial best practices for Mass Gatherings at the UK Foreign Office via the UK Health Protection Agency (HPA) and WHO Deliberate Events & Mass Gathering London2012 Observer Programme (Sept 2012)

Contributed to the Los Angles Public Television (KCET) Incendiary Traces & Artbound cultural journalism endeavours vis a vis the CrisisMapping revolution (Oct 2012)

Presented 'Mobile, Unmanned and Space-based Geospatial Technologies for Heritage Conservations - Asia-Pacific & United Nations Innovations' at the  2nd International Symposium on Cultural Heritage Conservation and Digitization in Beijing, China (Oct 2012)

Active US DOJ Security Clearance

Secret

Languages

English (Native Speaker), Spanish (Conversational), French (Some), Japanese (Some).

Who We Are

Nordic Geospatial Consulting was founded by Joel K. Myhre, a consultant with two decades of international public policy and geospatial implementation experience.

For each client, Mr. Myhre applies his unique academic training, Asia-Pacific and UN expertise, Disaster Management / Homeland Security sector knowledge, and philosophy of broad stakeholder consensus building.