Kurt Menke

A former archaeologist, Kurt Menke is a geospatial generalist based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He received a Master’s degree in Geography from the University of New Mexico in 2000. That same year he founded Bird’s Eye View to apply his expertise with GIS technology towards solving the world’s mounting ecological, economic and social issues. His areas of focus are public health, conservation and education. Kurt Menke has a broad skillset. He is a spatial analyst, cartographer, web map developer, trainer/teacher and author.

He is an open source GIS authority, recently authoring Discover QGIS 3.x with Locate Press and co-authoring Mastering Geospatial Development with QGIS 3.x for Packt Publishing. In 2015 he became an OsGeo Charter Member. He is an experienced FOSS4G educator and is a co-author of the GeoAcademy. He teaches on a regular basis. His offerings range from a semester long Intro to FOSS4G course he originally developed in 2009, to short courses and professional workshops. In 2015 he was awarded the Global Educator of the Year Team Award by GeoForAll as part of the GeoAcademy team.

Sarah Reynolds

Sarah Reynolds is a GIS technician, graphic artist, and web developer. 

She created logos for Bird's Eye View, the New Mexico Wildways campaign and the New Mexico Priority Wildlife Linkages project.  She is a licensed massage therapist and educator. Her practice, Ocean Waves Natural Healing, was established in 1999.

Contact Us

3016 Santa Clara Ave SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
kurt at birdseyeviewgis dot com (email)
505-265-0243 (office)
505-362-1776 (cell)