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I am not sure when this tribe began, but I see there are only a few members, and relatively few posts. So, I thought it would be nice to do a meet-and-greet thread. Find out who we all are, where we're at, and what systems we're using, etc.
I'll go first! *mwa ha hah*
I live and work in Northern Nevada. I am a Geographic Information Systems Specialist for an environmental protection department here. I primarily wirk with ArcGIS 9.1, and Pathfinder Office. When I GPS I use an old, big, and bulky Trimble unit (although I am working on my boss to buy a new unit!).
I am out in the feild a lot GPSing for our mapping. The types of maps I make are environmentally based most of the time, although I have done maps for our legal department as well.
I'll go first! *mwa ha hah*
I live and work in Northern Nevada. I am a Geographic Information Systems Specialist for an environmental protection department here. I primarily wirk with ArcGIS 9.1, and Pathfinder Office. When I GPS I use an old, big, and bulky Trimble unit (although I am working on my boss to buy a new unit!).
I am out in the feild a lot GPSing for our mapping. The types of maps I make are environmentally based most of the time, although I have done maps for our legal department as well.
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Thu, May 5, 2005 - 8:43 AMYou are right about the tribe being new. I just started it a couple of days ago when I couldn't find one having to do with GIS.
I started doing GIS in school at UMKC which led to an internship with a local engineering firm. After I graduated I got a job at a larger engineering firm.
I do a variety of projects such as wetlands rebuilding, mostly I have been working on FEMA (Federal Emergency Managemnet Agency) projects dealing with Flood Insurance Study Reports. It is almost as boring as it sounds. We are also starting to use a new software package called HAZUS MS. Which helps to mitigate damage from natural disasters. You basically pump in your DEMs and a whole bunch of data such as locations of hospitals and schools and soils and geology and hydro data, and it can tell you where the most damage from a flood, hurricane or earthquake is going to occur. You can plan emergency evacuation routes and all kinds of cool stuff.
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Fri, June 3, 2005 - 1:53 PMHi I work as a reasearch associate for an evaluator on public health grants. I'm still an undergraduate but hope to publish a paper I'm working on assessing the effect of spatial competition on treatment providers in Texas. I was introduced to Arcview 9 working on an HIV grant and mapping the service providers to areas of need in the Houston Area. I use alot of the census dataset and other Public health information. It seems easy and intresting but the software does most of the geocoding so I haven't gotten into GPS. I have a background in databases and web development so i understand the backend more than the actual fundementals of geography. I would say I'm still a newbie, but I'm actually considering getting a grad degree in GIS since it seems so applicable to so many different fields. Any advice? -
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Fri, June 10, 2005 - 6:03 PMI'm in school studying environmental engineering. I'm working through school as a CADdrafter at an environmental engineering consulting firm, preparing groundwater contour maps, grading plans, more maps and etc. I enjoy mapping so much that I'm getting a minor in GIS. I worked on projects that involved using ArcGIS for watershed analysis and water distribution in urban areas.
I'm also interested in GIS/Remote sensing grad school. Some schools I was looking into was the University of Wisconsin Madison. I believe they have a strong program through the geography college. Another school in Holland called the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) I think has a pretty good program.
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Fri, June 24, 2005 - 2:29 PMIf your interested in staying in Texas I have heard that Texas State has an exellent program in GIS. I am actually applying there myself as soon as I get around to taking the GRE. -
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Sun, July 3, 2005 - 10:34 PMYes i heard Texas State did have a good program, but ATM College Station has a new GIS program and a school of public health. I need to get around to the GRE myself.
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Wed, August 17, 2005 - 7:35 PMI'm an in-house contractor for the US Army Corps of Engineers. I do a bunch of GIS Project Management and web and desktop GIS application development. I love to program, but I've been doing more paperwork than anything else lately. -
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Thu, August 18, 2005 - 7:19 AMAny recommended reading material or websites? For GIS Programing? BTW I only have arcview 9 (which comes with arc globe, arc catalog, arc scene, and arc reader) does that matter? I do have the streetmaps info, but I would sure love to know how to build my own address locator. -
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Thu, August 18, 2005 - 6:44 PMi would recommend support.esri.com.. i learned a lot from here.
you can program in VBA which is included as a module in arcgis.
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Wed, August 31, 2005 - 1:10 PMHi.
I live in Calgary, Alberta, and I work for a geological consulting firm as a Cartographer, though my official title is "GIS Cartographer/System Administrator".
I only recently moved into GIS from IT, where I moved into from Cartography. Full circle; better software. Or at least, easier to use.
I rarely map anything above the surface, save for a few superficial cultural details, so I relish the opportunity, when it arises. I tend to overdo surface details, and since what we're mapping tends to be several 100 meters below the surface, let's just say everyone thinks it's pretty, but no one cares.
I've been using ArcGIS for about a year, with MAPublisher in Illustrator for about two, and before that GRASS. -
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Sat, September 3, 2005 - 7:39 PMI edit a lot of maps using arcview9 something.When I graduated in 97 they didn't offer a degree in GIS it was just called Geography. I've done some field work, which I love, and basically I'm a peon in the GIS department I work for at an engineering firm. My friend Belle (Our lovely moderator) got me the job. It's great cause it's part time and they let me come and go as I please which allows me to sell my jewelry at Ren Fairs and SCA events. It's the first time I worked for someone else in 8 years. Have to say a paycheck in the winter months can be a nifty thing. We also have this great hobby as belly dancers. I think we are probabley the only belly dance troop in america that has an engineer, 2 GIS specialist and another dancer studying autocad. Go figure. I love old maps and would like to start making wood cuts of old T and O maps. Someday I'd like to have a press and do etchings of old portolan style maps but of modern areas.
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Sat, July 14, 2007 - 9:42 AMHi all!
I recently accepted a job with a local company that specializes in oblique aerial imaging. As part of my job, I incorporate custom GIS data into our imaging packages for our customers (mostly US counties). I'm new to GIS, so I have a big learning curve going on. I don't have many intelligent questions to ask just yet, but I'm very happy to find this tribe! I'm hoping I'll gain some wisdom by association. -
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Fri, September 14, 2007 - 7:40 AMYup! You heard of us? That's pretty cool. I'm a trainer. -
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Fri, September 14, 2007 - 8:30 AMIn 2003 a couple of your companies reps came to our county trying to get us to fly.
We didn't wind up biting but the county next to us is more urban (Athens) and opted for the oblique flights which has come in very handy for them.
It's fairly impressive stuff, but not something to act as a base layer for an accurate cadastral set in a mostly rural and suburban county like the one I am at. We opted to save up for an ortho flight with .5 ft pixels countywide with a 5M LIDar derived DEM and 2ft contours. I'm about to leave for another job and hope they keep flying every two years or so....
Congrats on your new job!!
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Fri, September 14, 2007 - 8:49 AMNew word of the day: cadastral
Thanks! Best of luck to you too! -
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Fri, September 14, 2007 - 10:16 AMI've got tons of new words!! :-)
Thanks!
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Fri, September 14, 2007 - 6:39 AMI am in Northeast Georgia and currently work for a county government as their GIS Coordinator.
I am in the process of most probably accepting a job with the University of Georgia as a SDE Admin/GIS Coordinator for their facilities planning.
