Farhad is an experienced Geospatial Analyst & Researcher with relevant qualifications in Geomatics and Urban Planning. He possesses over ten years’ experience in design, analysis, and programming GIS applications in urban planning and emergency management contexts. His expertise and research interests include, but not limited to, Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) and Crowdsourced Geographic Information (CGI), Location-Based Social Media Analytics, managing and maintaining spatial databases, digital mapping, spatial data visualisation/reporting, and developing web-based GIS services and applications.