Category Archives: Spatial IT/GIS
Industry Profile: Nickson Odieny Onyango
Geospatial Specialist/GIS Developer at Coretec Systems & Solutions Kenya has seen rapid growth in science and technology, health services, land management, development, social action, environmental studies, education, economic empowerment, disaster preparedness, and humanitarian relief. In all of these areas, geospatial sciences have played pivotal roles, and they’re of specific interest, both personally and professionally, to...
Beth Schechter
Curriculum Writer at Skullcrush Sometimes, significant forces for change for the geospatial community come from outside traditional channels. Beth Schechter is an educator, designer, and author with a mission to change the world through writing, data, education … and maps! With a masters in digital media from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a bachelors...
Caitlin Blundell
Director of Geographic Design Caitlin Blundell launched Geographic Design in 2011 after graduating from the University of Toronto with an MA in geography; Geographic Design provides GIS services to clients in the urban design industry. She excels at communicating the value of geospatial data, tools, and technology to people outside our sector. Caitlin is on...
Bojan Šavrič
Software Development Engineer at Esri, Inc. Originally from Slovenia, Bojan Savric now works as a software engineer for the Esri projection engine team in southern California. He recently graduated with a PhD in geography, a minor in computer science, and a geographic information sciences graduate certificate from Oregon State University. Before moving to America, Bojan...
Chris McAlister
Principal Project Officer, eSurvey Unit at the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines Chris McAlister is passionate about her job and industry. She is currently the project lead for the Queensland ePlan project, where surveyors are able to exchange survey data and information with the government for the creation of plans and titles. She...
Charley Glynn
Cartographic Design Consultant at Ordnance Survey The art of cartography continues into the digital age. Dedicated practitioners of the art of map-making have bridged the transition from ink and paper to commercial and open-source mapping software. Certainly, maps need to convey data, but this needs to happen on multiple levels, and, despite the sometimes-cold digital...
