Dr. Ames has been an advocate of OSGeo since its inception and has actively participated in the OSGeo Journal effort, OSGeo Education Committee, FOSS4G 2006 (workshop presentation) and FOSS4G 2008 (booth sponsor and workshop and lab presented by Dr. Ames’ students). With a primary interest in developing programmer tools Windows platform, Dr. Ames’ GIS software projects have included work for many U.S. agencies and international collaborators.