William Nichols

William Nichols is working with HRI's Endowed Chair, Dr. Jim Gibeaut, in the coastal and Marine Geospatial Lab where he serves as the GIS Manager leading development of geospatial web and software applications, and management of HRI geospatial databases and servers. William also serves as GIS Manager and Metadata Specialist for the Gulf of Mexico Research Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC). William has a B.S. in Geographic Information Science from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and is interested in geographic information science, web-based mapping and GIS services, and open-source GIS.