Category: Maps & Mappers
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Maps and Mappers of the 2022 calendar: Samara Ebinger, June
Q: Tell us about yourself: A: I’m a GIS Specialist at the City of Worcester, Massachusetts. I just recently started last November. I’ve been in the GIS field for a long time but in different capacities, working for a consulting firm, non-profits, state government, and now local government. I love learning new things and trying…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2022 calendar: Kate Berg, May
Q: Tell us about yourself: A: I am GIS lead at the State of Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). I’ve been in the field for almost 10 years since my first GIS class at UCLA in 2012. Since then, I’ve taught GIS at the university level and worked in the non-profit,…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2022 Calendar: Dan Fourquet, April
Q: Tell us about yourself A: I’ve loved maps for my entire life and have been drawing and making maps since my childhood. Currently I live in Richmond, VA. I work for the Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment where I do my best to make a positive contribution to Virginia’s transportation plan (VTrans) using my…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2022 calendar: Inge van Daelen, Cover
Q: Tell us about yourself: A: I started working in the cartography field about 2.5 years ago. I started part-time at Red Geographics as I had a full time job on the side. I studied Chinese and Tourism Destination Management, so I didn’t have a background in GIS at all. Luckily, my friend (and boss)…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2022 calendar: Jonathan King, January
Q: Tell us about yourself: A: Originally from New England in the U.S., I’m a second year student in the International Master of Science in Cartography degree program, which takes place in Europe at the Technical University of Munich, the Technical University of Vienna, the Technical University of Dresden, and the University of Twente. Probably…
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Call for Maps: 2022 GeoHipster Calendar
Is it true that 2021 was almost as unpredictable as 2020? We don’t know the answer to that, but we do feel like our 2021 calendar was our best yet. We also know some of you are back in the office and need wall candy…and those of you who are still working from home love…
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Maps and mappers of the 2021 calendar: Kate Berg, September
Q: Tell us about yourself. A: I am a GIS lead at the State of Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), where I wear many hats including web GIS administrator, open maps and data wrangler, geospatial educator, and project consultant. When I’m not wearing those hats, you can find me in the…
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Maps and mappers of the 2021 calendar: Owen Powell, August
Q: Tell us about yourself. A: I am a GIS Consultant working for Arup in the UK, with a specialism in data engineering and 3D visualisation. I think I have an unusual background for someone in GIS, having studied Fine Art, and later 3D Modelling & Animation. I have a passion for art and design,…
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Maps and mappers of the 2021 calendar: Ron Halliday, July
Q: TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF. A: I am a professional cartographer, a graduate of the Cartography: Digital Mapping program at the College of Geographic Sciences in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia, Canada. At the time it was one of the only mapping courses in Canada, and – fortunately for me – I grew up a mere 60…
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Maps and mappers of the 2021 calendar: Ursula Kaelin, May
Q: Tell us about yourself. A: I’m in my late twenties and currently working as a research assistant at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland. I obtained a Master’s degree in Geomatics at ETH Zurich. After an apprenticeship I was still struggling to see in which direction my career path could lead…
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Maps and Mappers of the 2021 calendar: Barry Rowlingson, April
Q: Tell us about yourself. A: I’m a Senior Research Fellow in the CHICAS group of Lancaster University’s Medical School. We’re a bunch of statisticians and data scientists who mostly work on spatial aspects of epidemics, so we are quite busy now. I’ve been doing spatial statistics and GIS for over thirty years. Outside of…
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Maps and mappers of the 2021 calendar: Valters Zeizis, cover
Q: Tell us about yourself. A: I work as an Oceanologist for the Latvian met-office and work with meteorological and marine data. I have experience working with various spatial data, but I guess my favorite source is Satellite data. I tend to experiment with various sensors and processing methods and often share my results on…