Raj Singh

Partners are my jam.

Raj is a Developer Advocate and Geo specialist at IBM. He specializes in all things geospatial, data science hacking with Spark and Python, and data wrangling, shaping and cleaning. He’s currently driven to make the IBM Cloud the best place to obtain and exploit comprehensive, curated open data sets for business. Raj pioneered Web mapping-as-a-service in the late 1990s with Syncline, a startup he co-founded. After that he finished his PhD in Urban Planning at MIT, exploring the potential of web services to power urban information systems. Prior to joining IBM in 2014, Raj worked on geospatial data interoperability challenges for the Open Geospatial Consortium.

Specialties

Data Science, Search, Developer Productivity, SQL, NoSQL, Geospatial, ETL, Editorial, Project Management, Open Data, Visualization, Mapping

Languages

JavaScript, NodeJS, Java, Python, PHP

Topics

Partners + Data

Respect the ecosystem.

4 collections | 12 projects

Collections

LocalMotors Olli

Changing the way we view transportation.
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Mapbox

Putting maps to work, on your data.
4 projects | View Collection

Projects

Get Connected
Build a Data Catalog in Minutes With IBM Cloud Object Storage
Medium

Easily upload datasets and publish metadata (part 1).
- Object Storage
Open Data Sets
dataset

Curated data, open and free for you to use.
- Cloudant
- Jupyter Notebook
Offline First
Shopping list demo using React and PouchDB [Progressive Web App]
GitHub | Live Demo

Offline first shopping list demo app using React.
- PouchDB
- Reactjs
- Progressive Web App
- Offline First
Offline First
Shopping list demo using Preact and PouchDB [Progressive Web App]
GitHub

A demo series featuring reference implementations using different stacks, but always featuring offline-first design.
- PouchDB
- Preactjs
- Progressive Web App
- Offline First
Notebooks for Developers
Got Zip Code Data? Prep It for Analytics.
Medium | dataset

Using fine-grained U.S. Census data and Jupyter Notebooks to better understand your customers.
- Jupyter Notebook
- Python
- Mapbox
Notebooks for Developers
Mapping for Data Science with PixieDust and Mapbox
Notebook | Medium

Add another layer to your Jupyter notebooks with built-in map rendering.
- Jupyter Notebook
- Apache Spark
- Mapbox
- PixieDust
Machine Learning for Developers
Navigating SXSW via Cognitive Chatbot
GitHub | Medium

A smarter conference event recommendation system using Watson services and Mapbox.
- Cloudant
- Chatbots
- Mapbox
- Slack
- Vuejs
- Watson Conversation
Browse Your Object Store From the Web
GitHub | developerWorks

Simple data portal with Python and IBM Object Storage.
- Object Storage
- Python
Notebooks for Developers
Data-Driven Shopper Insights
Notebook | developerWorks

Crunch open demographics data, combined with your own sales data.
- Jupyter Notebook
- Python
Offline First
Field Work: Offline Editing and Mapping of Geospatial Data
GitHub | demo | developerWorks

A demo app designed for utilities repair personnel who need to capture events in work orders.
- Cloudant
- PouchDB
- Nodejs
- Offline First
Working with JSON
Metrics Collector: Analyze Web Metrics, Even With AJAX
GitHub | developerWorks

Lightweight tracking to record user actions on a single-page webapp.
- Cloudant
- Nodejs
- Angular

Raj Singh

Specialties

Languages

Topics

Partners + Data

Collections

LocalMotors Olli

Mapbox

Projects

Get Connected Build a Data Catalog in Minutes With IBM Cloud Object Storage Medium

Open Data Sets dataset

Offline First Shopping list demo using React and PouchDB [Progressive Web App] GitHub | Live Demo

Offline First Shopping list demo using Preact and PouchDB [Progressive Web App] GitHub

Notebooks for Developers Got Zip Code Data? Prep It for Analytics. Medium | dataset

Notebooks for Developers Mapping for Data Science with PixieDust and Mapbox Notebook | Medium

Machine Learning for Developers Navigating SXSW via Cognitive Chatbot GitHub | Medium

Browse Your Object Store From the Web GitHub | developerWorks

Notebooks for Developers Data-Driven Shopper Insights Notebook | developerWorks

Offline First Field Work: Offline Editing and Mapping of Geospatial Data GitHub | demo | developerWorks

Working with JSON Metrics Collector: Analyze Web Metrics, Even With AJAX GitHub | developerWorks

Get Connected
Build a Data Catalog in Minutes With IBM Cloud Object Storage
Medium

Open Data Sets
dataset

Offline First
Shopping list demo using React and PouchDB [Progressive Web App]
GitHub | Live Demo

Offline First
Shopping list demo using Preact and PouchDB [Progressive Web App]
GitHub

Notebooks for Developers
Got Zip Code Data? Prep It for Analytics.
Medium | dataset

Notebooks for Developers
Mapping for Data Science with PixieDust and Mapbox
Notebook | Medium

Machine Learning for Developers
Navigating SXSW via Cognitive Chatbot
GitHub | Medium

Browse Your Object Store From the Web
GitHub | developerWorks

Notebooks for Developers
Data-Driven Shopper Insights
Notebook | developerWorks

Offline First
Field Work: Offline Editing and Mapping of Geospatial Data
GitHub | demo | developerWorks

Working with JSON
Metrics Collector: Analyze Web Metrics, Even With AJAX
GitHub | developerWorks