FORMER chief executive of global geospatial software company ER Mapper, Guy Perkins, has been appointed chief operating officer of NearMap. NearMap is a photomap media company that West Perth-based ipernica is in the process of acquiring. Mr Perkins worked for New York-based, Nasdaq-listed MapInfo in a management capacity between 2002 and 2004. He was appointed CEO of ER Mapper’s global operations and in 2007 led the sale of ER Mapper to a public listed company in Sweden. Mr Perkins has also been active in various Australian geospatial committees