Peter van Oosterom obtained a MSc in Technical Computer Science in
1985 from Delft University of Technology. In 1990 he received a PhD from
Leiden University for this thesis "Reactive Data Structures for GIS"
(updated version published by Oxford University Press, 1993). From 1985
until 1995 he worked at the TNO-FEL laboratory in The Hague, The
Netherlands as a computer scientist. From 1995 until 2000 he was senior
information manager at the Netherlands’ Kadaster, were he was involved
in the renewal of the Cadastral (Geographic) database. Since 2000,
professor Peter van Oosterom is head of the section ‘GIS Technology’ at
the Delft University of Technology. His main research themes are spatial
database management systems, GIS architectures, generalization, spatial
analysis, querying and presentation, Internet/interoperable GIS and
cadastral applications.