Robin Hawkes
Senior Data Visualisation Engineer
Chester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRobin Hawkes is a Senior Data Visualisation Engineer with 16 years’ experience specialising in high-performance, WebGL-based spatial and 3D mapping visualisations. Currently at Octopus Energy, he combines deep geospatial engineering (PostGIS, Mapbox GL, turf.js) with a maker’s instinct—having founded ViziCities, an open-source 3D geovisualisation engine used in production by transport and property clients. His background spans consultancy and in-house roles at organisations like Wood Mackenzie, UNEP-WCMC and Mozilla, where he focused on developer relations and building large Vue.js applications. Known for millisecond-level performance tuning in the browser, he bridges product, data and tooling to turn complex spatial datasets into clear, interactive maps and dashboards.
17 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Interactive Media Production, First, BA, Interactive Media Production, First at Bournemouth University
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Github Skills (200)
geojson10
svg10
webgpu10
3d10
computational-geometry10
javascript10
webgl10
vector-tiles10
virtual-reality10
geospatial-visualization10
canvas10
augmented-reality10
webxr10
geospatial10
gis10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
polygon-city/citygml-to-obj
May 2015 - Sep 2015
Takes a CityGML file and creates an OBJ file for each building
Contributions:44 commits, 2 PRs, 39 pushes in 4 months
takescitygmlfor-eachnodejsobj
polygon-city/model-converter
Nov 2014 - Jan 2016
Contributions:11 commits, 7 pushes, 2 issues in 1 year 2 months
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