Boris R. Fernandez Astro
HD Map Engineer · LiDAR & Photogrammetry Specialist

HD Map Engineer | LiDAR & Photogrammetry Specialist
GIS Specialist, U.S. based company — HD mapping for autonomous vehicles
Founder & Principal Geospatial Engineer, Astro Geomática
La Paz, Bolivia · 16°30′S 68°09′W · UTC−4
Focus: Lanelet2 lane networks for autonomous vehicles, airborne and mobile LiDAR, photogrammetry, geodesy and map projections, 3D geospatial workflows
astrogeomatics.com | CV (PDF) | Versión en español | LinkedIn | Upwork (on request)
By the Numbers¶
3D HD cartography delivered for autonomous trucking corridors
Airborne LiDAR classified to 85 % with deep learning (Columbus, Ohio)
ALS LiDAR processed as project manager
Stereo-satellite DEM & ortho, 9 airport AOIs
Airborne campaigns as ALS70/ALS80 sensor operator
Projects coordinated for the national air survey agency
Teaching photogrammetry, LiDAR & geodesy
Flagship Production¶
Public-road corridors in the United States. Feature extraction from mobile-mapping point clouds through full lane-network assembly, intersection slicing and regulatory associations.
385 km² as project manager. Block definition, trajectory management, strip adjustment, classified-cloud DTM, orthophoto mosaic and CAD thematic cartography.
1,096 km² over nine airport AOIs as project manager. Block adjustment with GCPs and check points, breaklines, edited DEM, 1 m contours, 50 cm orthoimagery.
Highlights¶
Profile, education and appointments
Publications on projections, LiDAR and cadastre
Toolchain, sensors and automation
University and graduate courses since 2016
Workshops in Bolivia, Peru and Mexico
Francisco Coello International Award and more
Program governance and thesis review
Projects, courses and training by year
Recent News¶
2026-06-16 - Completed “Interactive web maps with PostGIS, GeoServer, Node.js and Angular”, Graduate School, UPEA
2025-11-17 - Taught the Python for geospatial technologies module, Graduate Unit of Geographic Engineering, UMSA
2025-09-01 - Closed the LiDAR, photogrammetry and AI point cloud classification course for Educare Internacional, Peru
2025-07-12 - Joined a U.S. autonomous trucking company as GIS Specialist for HD mapping of public-road corridors