Geospatial consulting
For organizations and consulting teams: spatial analysis, data preparation and quality control. Possible deliverables include structured GIS datasets, metadata, analytical maps and a methodology note.
Consultant • GIS Analyst • CartographerUnderstand the territory
Understand the territory
to inform your decisions.
I help organizations, researchers and publishers analyze the places they work in. I turn geographic data into reliable information, useful analysis and clear maps designed to support decisions and publications.
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Remote or hybrid collaboration
013+ yearsOf international experience
024 languagesFrench · English · Russian · Spanish
03GIS & dataAgriculture · Environment · Territories
Precise data. Meaningful maps.
I am Lionel Guemdjo. I combine GIS analysis, data rigor and cartographic design to make territories easier to understand.
01 / Services offeredThree ways to work together.
Three ways to work together.
Clear deliverables.
Each engagement is scoped around your question, available data, output formats and timeline. The services below can be combined.
Editorial cartography
For publishers and research teams: map design for books, atlases and scientific publications. Possible deliverables include map layouts, legends, print files and digital versions. Historical projects are scoped according to available sources.
Projects in Africa & Latin America
For teams working on agriculture, land and urban development: territorial data structuring and GIS analysis tailored to the study area. Possible deliverables include mapped assessments, GIS layers and spatial summaries.
02 / Case studiesResearch and projects.
Research and projects.
From data to interactive maps.
Climate research, healthcare, conservation and territorial cartography: explore the methods and completed documents.
FEATURED PROJECT · INTERACTIVE WEB GISExplore the interactive atlas ↗
Cameroon Mining & Forest Atlas
Explore mining permits, forest concessions and wildlife protected areas across Cameroon in one interactive atlas.
An independent portfolio project showing how open-source geospatial technologies turn spatial datasets into an accessible web mapping application.
280Mining permits
793Forest concessions (UFE)
38Wildlife protected areas
Workflow and functionality
- Thematic layers and opacity controls
- Feature identification, attributes, search and statistics
- Distance and area measurements
- Legends, scale and geographic coordinates
- PNG export and print / save as PDF
- Responsive desktop and mobile interface
QGIS for data preparation; GeoServer WMS/WFS in the publishing workflow. The supplied web version uses GeoJSON directly with OpenLayers, HTML, CSS and JavaScript; hosting on Cloudflare.
Mining permitsForest concessions (UFE)Wildlife protected areas
Watch the atlas in action
Video demonstration · 3 min 37 s
Data: Cameroon Interactive Forest Atlas — Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF) / World Resources Institute (WRI). MINFOF / WRI ↗ · CC BY 4.0
Independent portfolio project. Counts refer to the supplied datasets; this is not an official or exhaustive inventory.
01 / RESEARCH · AGRICULTURE
Climate and agriculture in the Congo Basin
A GIS framework identifying agroclimatic zones and areas exposed to drought, excessive wetness and heat stress.
Method and sources
Climate, satellite and reanalysis data combined over the 1991–2020 reference period. Harmonization, inter-product comparison and agroclimatic zoning support climate-risk assessment and agricultural planning.
Co-authored with Gleb I. Zagrebin · Izvestia Vuzov. Geodesy and Aerophotosurveying · 70(1), 2026.
CHIRPS · ERA5-Land · WorldClim 2 · Köppen-Geiger
02 / SPATIAL ANALYSIS · BOLIVIA
Hospitals and clinics in Bolivia
A national overview of healthcare facilities mapped in OpenStreetMap, aggregated by municipality.
Method and sources
Data extraction and validation, reclassification of Centros de Salud and Puestos de Salud, spatial joins to administrative boundaries, municipal aggregation and visualization with QGIS and DataPlotly.
Mapped facilities: El Alto 86 · La Paz 84 · Santa Cruz de la Sierra 52 · Cochabamba 39 · Oruro 22. This is not an official or exhaustive inventory: results depend on OpenStreetMap coverage and tagging quality.
QGIS · DataPlotly · © OpenStreetMap contributors · OCHA COD-AB
Mapped facilities: El Alto 86 · La Paz 84 · Santa Cruz de la Sierra 52 · Cochabamba 39 · Oruro 22. This is not an official or exhaustive inventory: results depend on OpenStreetMap coverage and tagging quality.
03 / CARTOGRAPHY · SANTA CRUZ
Sara Province: reading the landscape
A thematic map combining terrain, hydrography and major settlements in Sara Province, Bolivia.
Method and sources
Designed in QGIS to balance geographic information, visual hierarchy and legibility: terrain, waterways, settlements, legend and locator map.
A cartographic document designed to offer a clear, concise view of the territory.
QGIS · Natural Earth · HydroSHEDS · SRTM 30 m / CGIAR-CSI
04 / UNPUBLISHED RESEARCH · CONSERVATION
Protected areas: a shared data model for Africa
Using Cameroon as a case study, a proposed geospatial database model to organize, classify and update information on African protected areas.
Method and sources
The work presents a map of protected areas in Cameroon, data structured in Excel and an example of visualization in QGIS. The proposed schema defines ten fields: ID, code, name, category, country, region, area, creation and establishment dates, and management organization.
Unpublished research manuscript. It proposes an Africa-wide extension, rather than documenting a deployed continental platform. The map reflects the original study data and is not guaranteed to be current.
QGIS · Excel · Data modeling · Protected areas
From the question to the map.
01
Define the question
Define objectives, the study area and deliverables.
02
Prepare and validate
Structure the data and check its consistency.
03
Analyze the territory
Interpret spatial relationships and patterns.
04
Communicate clearly
Present understandable, documented results.
03 / AboutScientific rigor.
Scientific rigor.
Practical purpose.
I am Lionel Guemdjo, a GIS specialist and geospatial analyst based in Bolivia. My background combines geoinformatics, cartography and practical experience in multicultural settings.
I work on agriculture, natural resources and planning challenges. My goal is to make territorial information reliable, understandable and useful for decision-making.
PhD in Geoinformatics and Cartography — in progressMIIGAiK, Russia · Since 2023
Master’s Degree in Cartography and GeoinformaticsMIIGAiK · 2023 · GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
Bachelor’s Degree in Cartography and GeoinformaticsMIIGAiK · 2021
A comprehensive technical toolkit
QGISArcGISMapInfo ProGoogle Earth EngineGoogle EarthPythonSQL / BigQueryJavaScript / HTMLIllustratorPhotoshopAutoCADRevit
Certifications
Esri: Cartography, GeoBIM, Data Visualization. Graphic Design Specialization — California Institute of the Arts.
Working across borders
French — native
English — C1
Russian — C1
Spanish — B2
Other experience
Cadastral Engineer at Mosgorgeotrest (2021–2022): plan updates, digitization and data structuring. Civil engineering internship at Pecsis (2016): AutoCAD drawings and Revit modeling.
Professional experience · FAO / Energy Craft / Master’s Plan
FAO · Hand-in-Hand
GIS Analyst Consultant · Since November 2023 · Remote
- Updating metadata for agricultural typologies and related datasets in Google BigQuery.
- Preparing and publishing administrative boundaries, locations and areas of interest.
- Performing data quality checks and topological and geometric corrections.
- Supporting content organization on the AgroInformatics platform and geospatial products for investment forums.
ENERGY CRAFT LLC · APRIL – JULY 2023
Internship · GIS Specialist and Cartographer · Moscow
Analysis of wetlands, soils and rivers around drilling areas. Use of satellite imagery, SRTM data, SWIR bands and WMS layers with ArcGIS and Google Earth.
MASTER’S PLAN · JANUARY – APRIL 2023
Internship · GIS Analyst · Moscow
Spatial data collection and analysis, mapping points of interest and creating maps with QGIS and MapInfo Pro, followed by layouts in Illustrator and InDesign.
04 / Working togetherA clear need.
A clear need.
A well-defined engagement.
Before starting, we agree on what needs to be produced. Scope, schedule and quotation follow this initial discussion.
Your objective
A decision to inform, a map to publish or a territory to analyze.
Your data
Datasets, documentary sources, study area and usage constraints.
Your deliverables
Expected formats, audience, level of detail and target delivery date.
05 / ContactBring a spatial perspective
Bring a spatial perspective
to your project.
Tell me which service you need, your study area, available data, expected formats and deadline. These details will help scope a tailored proposal.
lionelguemdjo@gmail.com ↗
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Remote or hybrid collaboration
Projects in Africa, Latin America and internationally
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