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Description of me: Xin Tao is currently a lecturer at Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, USA. He received two bachelor's degrees and a master's degree from Peking University and a PhD degree from University of Maryland.

My domain: umd.me.uk

My email address: john@umd.me.uk

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Courses taught

Graduate courses

  • Open Source GIS
  • Web GIS
  • Web Progamming
  • Spatial Statistics
  • Spatial Database System
  • Digital Image Processing & Analysis
  • Mobile GIS

Undergraduate course

  • Principles of Python Programming and Geocomputing

My favorite movies:

  1. Forrest Gump (IMDB)
    director
    Robert Zemeckis
    writers
    Winston Groom (novel), Eric Roth (screenplay)
    stars
    Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise
  2. A Beautiful Mind (IMDB)
    director
    Ron Howard
    writers
    Akiva Goldsman, Sylvia Nasar (book)
    stars
    Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly