Muhammad I.
GIS Full Stack Developer | Web GIS, PostGIS & Location Intelligence
I build Web GIS applications, Real Estate Intelligence platforms, and Location-Based SaaS solutions that transform complex geospatial data into practical business decisions. With 14+ years of full-stack software development experience, I combine geospatial expertise with modern software engineering to deliver complete, production-ready applications — from spatial data processing and backend architecture to interactive maps and user-friendly dashboards. I don't just build maps. I build systems that help businesses analyze locations, manage land data, automate workflows, and make better decisions. 🚀 RECENT GIS & LOCATION INTELLIGENCE PROJECTS Here are some examples of the solutions I have worked on: • Real Estate & Land Intelligence: Developed a platform managing 227+ UAE property plots, featuring property status scoring, expiry alerts, and land-data management workflows. • Connectivity & Site Intelligence: Built a platform managing 1,192 sites with automated data validation, confidence scoring, and location-based analysis. • Large-Scale GIS Dashboards: Worked on election-geography dashboards handling 8M+ voter records, spatial datasets, and interactive map overlays. My recent Upwork clients have rated my work 5/5, including projects involving land intelligence, GIS SaaS, and custom survey and management systems. 🗺️ WHAT I CAN BUILD FOR YOU ✔ Custom Web GIS Applications Interactive maps, custom layers, GeoJSON visualization, feature selection, spatial filters, map-based search, and geospatial queries. ✔ Real Estate & Land Intelligence Platforms Property profiles, parcel visualization, land-data integration, property scoring, expiry alerts, ownership information, and automated land-data workflows. ✔ Location Intelligence & Decision Support Systems Site selection, site ranking, infrastructure planning, proximity analysis, opportunity identification, and location-based business analytics. ✔ Spatial Data Processing & Automation Geocoding, ETL pipelines, CSV and Excel processing, Shapefile and GeoJSON conversion, data validation, bulk imports, and automated geospatial workflows. ✔ GIS SaaS & Enterprise Applications Multi-tenant architecture, user management, role-based access control, REST APIs, admin dashboards, spatial databases, and scalable backend systems. ✔ GIS API Development & Integration PostGIS spatial queries, third-party GIS APIs, geocoding services, map integrations, external data sources, and backend geospatial processing. ✔ Existing GIS Application Development Debugging, performance optimization, database improvements, API integration, UI/UX enhancements, and adding new GIS features to existing platforms. 💻 TECHNOLOGY STACK • Frontend: React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, Tailwind CSS • Backend: Node.js, NestJS, Python, FastAPI, REST APIs • GIS & Web Mapping: MapLibre GL JS, Mapbox GL JS, OpenLayers, Leaflet, ArcGIS API • Spatial Databases: PostgreSQL, PostGIS, GeoJSON, Spatial SQL, MongoDB • GIS Software: QGIS, ArcGIS • Geospatial Processing: GDAL, GeoPandas, Shapely, Rasterio, spatial analysis and geoprocessing • Infrastructure: Docker, AWS, Linux, Git, CI/CD ⚙️ HOW I WORK I believe successful GIS projects require more than technical development. My approach is straightforward: Understand your business requirements, existing data, and project objectives. Design a practical technical architecture and development roadmap. Build the application in manageable, testable milestones. Validate spatial data, application performance, and functionality. Deliver a maintainable solution with clear communication throughout the project. Whether you need a new Web GIS application, a real-estate intelligence platform, a spatial data processing system, or improvements to an existing GIS product, I can help you take it from concept to production. 📩 LET'S DISCUSS YOUR PROJECT Share your project requirements, a sample dataset, API documentation, or even a screenshot of your existing application. I'll review your requirements and suggest a practical technical approach to get started.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $9.2k
$2.3k in the last 6 months
Earnings, last 30 days
Read once a week before Oct 26, 2026, daily since. Dotted: longer than usual between two readings. Hatched: over two weeks without one.
Skill rankings: Top 5% in OpenLayers
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