About GPSTravelMaps.com

Aaron Young, Owner and Developer

A native of New Jersey in the United States, Aaron has been passionate about geography from an early age.  Throughout his early teenage years he was motivated to travel.  Aaron traveled solo across the United States four times before graduating high school—making the trips at different times by car, greyhound buses, an old Toyota LandCruiser, and a classic Vespa Rally 200 scooter.  In his early 20s, he lived for two years in the Dominican Republic, where he continued his travels on the back roads and trails of Hispañola.  Aaron studied Geography in Idaho, Utah, and New Jersey, finally earning a Bachelors in Geography, Anthropology and Spanish from Rowan University.  Following graduation, he undertook employment with a GPS technology firm and learned a great deal about the use of GPS in various disciplines, as well as the need for accurate and reliable local data to support the technology.  In 2005, Aaron relocated to South Africa to begin graduate studies at the University of Cape Town earning a MSc in Environmental Management and travel throughout Southern Africa.  In 2008, he returned to the United States and currently resides on the Western Slope of Colorado.  Aaron has traveled through 4 continents and more than 10 countries...and counting!

  

Aaron Young at the Guatemala/Honduras border crossing, near Copan Ruinas (left); and at Machu Picchu, Peru (right).

Aaron Young along the banks of Lago de Nicaragua, north of Granada working on maps.

Shannon Shofield, Business Development

Based in Philadelphia, Shannon brings a wealth of knowledge from several past internet startups to our company. His expertise and experience in online product promotion is applied in all aspects of our marketing efforts. Shannon has done a considerable amount of travelling, but since working for our company, he has added many of the places our GPS maps cover to his list of places to see. Being an avid surfer, he places Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic at the top of the upcoming trips to take. He balances his summer kiteboarding, wakeboarding, and surfing with snowboarding in Winter. Shannon is also currently President of PayLoadz.com, the eCommerce provider for GPSTravelMaps.com. He holds an MBA from Rider University.

Shannon Schofield hanging out with locals in Barbados (left) and making friends in Cambodia (right).

Otter Young, Website Development

Shawn grew up in South Jersey, splitting time between Ocean City/LBI and the Philly suburbs.  He has traveled throughout the United States, the Dominican Republic (1992-1994), Baja California (hitchiked to Cabo in 1997), Honduras (hurricane disaster relief in 1998), England (graduate school in Oxford from 2003-2004), Southern Spain and the Costa Del Sol (2003), Morocco (2003), British Columbia (2006), the North Shore of Oahu (numerous trips), Cebu City and Manila, Philippines (2009-2010), Southern Vietnam (Christmas and New Years, 2009), and South Korea (2010).  Interests include travel, photography, road tripping, surfing, stand-up paddling, windsurfing, mountain climbing, strumming his guitar, and hanging out with his girlfriend.  Shawn has a B.A. in chemistry from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and a M.Sc. in public health from Brookes University in Oxford, England.  He presently works as a writer and freelance graphic/web designer in Northern Virginia.  You can read more about him at his website, otteryoung.com.

Snowboarding at Lake Tahoe in February, 2010 (left) and working hard in Cebu, Philippines in late 2009 (right).

Lindsey Beasley, Sales Development

A native of Texas, Lindsey brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in sales to the company.  Lindsey has a Bachelors in Business Management and an MBA to compliment his experience in the marketplace.  Lindsey has traveled and lived extensively throughout the United States as well as travel to Central America. You can contact him directly at lindsey@gpstravelmaps.com.

Lindsey doing what he loves most: hanging out with his son.

Jason Mitchell, Legal Counsel

Hailing from the great state of South Jersey, U.S.A., Jason currently resides in sunny San Diego, California.  He started off his career after finishing his undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania and his JD at NYU Law in New York City working at a prestigious Wall Street law firm, and then progressing to an in-house position at a major financial services company.  His experience creatively structuring and negotiating a myriad of complex transactions, including the licensing in and out of data and software, professional services, M&A transactions, and general commercial contracts provides us with guidance to help expand our business while protecting our assets.  Jason caught the travel bug at an early age playing for a U.S. under-15 soccer team and traveling throughout Europe.  Since then, he has lived in Australia, traveled extensively in Costa Rica, Mexico, Fiji, Thailand, Cambodia, Barbados, and Canada, and looks forward to seeing more of the world.  He enjoys surfing, snowboarding, Judo, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, soccer, cooking, and movies.  You can contact him directly at jason@gpstravelmaps.com.

Jason hanging out near his home in San Diego (left), and charging down the line in New York City (right).

Data Development Team

Along with active data development and quality assurance by the owners of GPSTravelMaps.com, we also have a data development team that develop and maintain accurate road networks, geographic features and points of interests for all of our maps. Although challenging to develop data for some of the most remote towns and villages on our planet, our team uses multiple sources including aerial photography and user created gps data to create and update our map data. Below are some of the data stalwarts.

Amanda Moore with her horse Max (left) and staying hydrated (right).

Teddy Hilderbrandt, who does most of our Points of Interest (POI's), with his son in Colorado (left) and in Las Vegas (right).

Tristan Nelson on Mt. Elbert, the highest peak in Colorado (left), and catching the sunset from the top of Mt. Timpanogos in Utah (right).