Janette Lovely
Our principals and their experience

GPT’s principals offer a complementary set of skills in GIS and other IT disciplines.

Janette Lovely is a database analyst who has worked with ESRI software for almost 20 years. She has created, updated and migrated numerous GIS database designs. When not at work, she researches genealogy and hybridizes daylilies.

Some of Janette's recent projects include:
  • Data updating and QA/QC for City of Joliet, Ill., and Joliet Public Utilities
  • Requirements and design for GPT’s open-source GIS application
  • Design and development of a statistics application for the Joliet Police Department
  • GIS data analysis project for Knoxville/Knox County, Tenn. GIS, while with previous employer




 Marcus Brothwell
Marcus Brothwell has been developing applications for more than 25 years, including
successive ESRI platforms for the last 10 years.  He has also been involved in all stages of the software development life cycle for many non-gis projects in recent years. When not working at GPT he sustainably raises chickens and has a working music studio.

Some of Marcus' recent projects include:
  • Design and development of Web viewers (ArcGIS Online, Flex, GeoServer, et al.) including new ArcGIS Online applications for the City of Joliet, Ill.
  • Lead developer for GPT’s own open-source on-line mapping application, gpViewer  
  • QA/QC for Joliet Public Utilities
  • Development of applications in Xmarc Fire scripting language


 Woodson Smith
Woodson Smith is experienced in data development and quality control in various environments including ESRI software. He has a lot of experience in data digitizing, maintenance, and updating (e.g., addresses, street centerlines, parcels). He is also a Web designer and graphic artist. He is a former Kentucky mountain bike champion and a Kentucky Colonel.

Some of Woodson's recent GIS projects include:
  • Data updating and QA/QC for City of Joliet, Ill., and Joliet Public Utilities
  • Requirements and design for GPT’s open-source GIS application
  • GIS data analysis project for Knoxville/Knox County, Tenn. GIS, while with a previous employer
His recent Web site projects include:
  • Helped Frankfort dentists Drs. Renshaw, Wix, Murray and Holland launch their new Web site.
  • Assisted Dr. Gene Burch in troubleshooting and updating his photography Web site.
  • Helped Terri Bennett, Frankfort interior designer, set up her new Web site.
Before there was GPT….

GPT’s three principals worked together for a number of years in a previous company before establishing GPT in early 2014. 

In 2013, Janette and Woodson (while employees of PlanGraphics, Inc.) worked together on a data analysis project for Knoxville/Knox County, Tenn. 

From 2011 through mid-2013, Marcus, Janette, and Woodson (as PlanGraphics employees) worked together on requirements analysis, project management, programming, user interface optimization, and an awful lot of research for an electronic medical records application.

In 2011 and 2012, Janette and Woodson worked together on application design and programming of a (non-GIS-based) lands-records management system---a .NET application running inside a SharePoint shell.