Martin Lucas-Smith MA

Computer Officer [Web developer], Dept. of Geography & Scott Polar Research Institute

Part-time.

Website developer with particular interests in low-maintenance Information Architecture development.

• Development of online web applications
• Construction/maintenance of websites for the Department of Geography, SPRI and related units

Biography

Career

• 2004-present: Computer Officer, Department of Geography and SPRI
• 2001-4: Senior Computing Technician (Web Technician), Department of Geography
• 2000-1: Services Officer, Cambridge University Students' Union

Qualifications

• 1997-2000: Cambridge University, BA Hons Geography, 2.1, now MA

Research

• Undergraduate dissertation: 'Park and Ride' - sustainable transport or expensive white elephant?

Publications



Journal articles

• Lovelace, Robin, Joseph Talbot, Malcolm Morgan, and Martin Lucas-Smith. 2020. "Methods to Prioritise Pop-up Active Transport Infrastructure." Transport Findings. doi:10.32866/001c.13421.

Technical publications and code

• Various open source code (Github activity)
• Various open source code libraries
• Information Architecture: Website usability and management
• 101 things you never knew you could do with stylesheets
• Stopping spammers getting e-mail addresses from your website
• pureContent

Presentations

• Is the OSM data model creaking?, State of the Map 2019 [OpenStreetMap international conference], 2019
• OpenStreetMap and CycleStreets: collaborative map-making and cartography in the age of the internet, 24th February 2011

External activities

• Trustee, Camcycle (Cambridge Cycling Campaign)
• Developer, CycleStreets
• OpenStreetMap expert
• Music (former King's Choral Scholar)
• Environment, development and human rights issues
• Maintainer of various other external websites