 Hi, I'm Dr. Sterling Quinn and I'm an instructor in the Penn State online geospatial education programs I enjoy studying the ways that people create and use digital maps in particular open street map and other crowdsource maps Prior to teaching I worked as a software engineer with web GIS technologies at Esri And for Penn State, I've taught and authored courses in cloud and server GIS web GIS as well as GIS programming and automation An interesting fact about myself is that I completed a master's degree online through Penn State in GIS And so I know what it's like to be an online student working to balance the demands of a job family and schooling I look forward to getting to know you in class