Matthias Fries

Research Scientist

Sustainable Land Systems Impact Area

Phone
+41 31 684 88 37
E-Mail
matthias.fries@unibe.ch
Office
291
Postal Address
Matthias Fries
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
University of Bern
Mittelstrasse 43
CH-3012 Bern

Areas of professional focus at CDE

  • Information systems management and IT Consulting
  • Development of web-based geographic information system (GIS) applications
  • Geoprocessing and process automation (ArcGIS, R-statistics, GDAL, etc.)
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis
  • GIS application development and teaching (Python)
  • Capacity development in geographic information systems  and information systems management
  • Database management systems and metadata

Projects

Further professional interests

  • Spatial vizualizations
  • Open source GIS
  • Information security and risk management

Field experience

Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mongolia, Lao PDR, Myanmar

Languages

German, English, French, Spanish (basic)

Jump to: 2019 | 2015 | 2014

2019

Krauer, Jürg; Gaemperli, Ulla; Fries, Matthias; Würsch, Lukas; Zeleke, Gete; Kassawmar Nigussie, Tibebu; Aragie Sisay, Yohannes (2019). Ethiopia Geographic Base Map : Change in Forest Cover 2000-2015 [Map]. In: Thematic Overview Map Series 1:1,000,000/1:1,500,000. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment

Krauer, Jürg; Gämperli, Ursula; Hurni, Kaspar; Fries, Matthias; Zeleke, Gete; Kassawmar, Tibebu; Yohannes, Aragie (2019). WLRC Land Cover Map 2016 (Overview Map Series) Scale: 1:500,000 [Map]. In: Thematic Standard Map Series 1:500,000. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment

Krauer, Jürg; Gämperli, Ursula; Hurni, Kaspar; Fries, Matthias; Würsch, Lukas; Zeleke, Gete; Kassawmar, Tibebu; Aragie, Yohannes (2019). Ethiopia Geographic Base Map: WLRC Land Use/Land Cover 2016 (Overview Map Series) Scale: 1:250,000 [Map]. In: Thematic Reference Map Series 1:250,000. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment

Hurni, Kaspar; Hodel, Elias; Krauer, Jürg; Gämperli, Ursula; Fries, Matthias; Würsch, Lukas; Zeleke, Gete; Kassawmar, Tibebu; Aragie, Yohannes (2019). Ethiopia Geographic Base Map: Population Distribution 2016 [Map]. In: Thematic Overview Map Series 1:1,000,000 / 1:1,500,000. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment

Hurni, Kaspar; Hodel, Elias; Krauer, Jürg; Gämperli, Ursula; Fries, Matthias; Würsch, Lukas; Zeleke, Gete; Kassawmar, Tibebu; Aragie, Yohannes (2019). Ethiopia Geographic Base Map: Annual Precipitation 2017 [Map]. In: Thematic Overview Map Series 1:1,000,000 / 1:1,500,000. Bern: Centre for Development and Environment

2015

Krauer, Jürg; Singo, Patience; Tudev, Enkhtsetseg; Hodel, Elias; Fries, Matthias; Gämperli, Ursula (2015). Artisanal and small scale mining in Mongolia: Statistical overview based on survey data by suom 2012 [Map]. In: National Thematic Map Series. Ulaanbaataar, Mongolia: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE); Bern Open Publishing (BOP); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

2014

Krauer, Jürg; Fries, Matthias; Gämperli, Ursula; Hodel, Elias; Kassawmar, Tibebu; Zeleke, Gete; Aragie, Yohannes (2014). EthioGIS-2 data catalog: National geospatial database system Ethiopia Addis Abeba, Ethiopia: Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC)

  • QGIS usergroup Switzerland
  • ESRI user forum Switzerland
  • Geographische Gesellschaft Bern