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Welcome Our New Members!

May through June 2008

Chris Akin - FM Global - Norwood - MA

Edward Ashton - Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol - Mission - TX

Serkan Bozkurt - Geomatrix Consultants Inc - Oakland - CA

Carol Cahill - Center for Community Health and Evaluation - Seattle - WA

David A Chester - Terracon Consultants - Naperville - IL

Saskia Leigh Cohick, GISP - Wellsboro - PA

Gail M Ewart, GISP - Idaho Geospatial Office Office of the CIO - Boise - ID

Derek Farnes - Provo - UT

Mariana Hristova - Deltona - FL

• Organize and centralize existing data; create and implement system for data use and maintenance
• Consult regarding applications and uses of GIS hardware and software and advise on purchase
• Create new data (i.e., water and sewer systems, electricity)
• Provide training
• Develop/provide mobile GIS programs
• Maintain, expand Internet Map Server

• Maintain the GIS Website, developing and editing functionality as needed
• Develop custom applications in ArcGIS and ArcIMS: Develop logical models; block diagrams and logic flow charts; translate detailed design into computer software; test, debug, and refine the computer software to produce the required product; prepare required documentation, including both program-level and user-level documentation; enhance software to reduce operating time and/or improve efficiency
• Geodatabase administration
• Automation of data backup, conversion, and updates for web/FTP server
• Assist and resolve day-to-day issues for website users
• Attend various meetings, training courses, conferences, and workshops
• Perform additional duties and assignments as requested

Posted: May 28, 2008

Education and Certification Manager

URISA
Park Ridge, IL

The suburban Chicago (Park Ridge) Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), seeks an Education and Certification Manager. This position will work half-time on a portfolio-based certification program (for the GIS Certification Institute) and half-time on education offerings including a peer-reviewed journal, workshop development, and publications program expansion. The ideal candidate will work closely with committee members and senior staff to develop new program content and update current programs to meet the needs of the membership (Note: this is not a meeting planning position).

Posted: April 7, 2008 

GIS Technician

Glynn County
Brunswick, GA

Summary: This position is responsible for creating maps, verifying data, working with the public in the map room and maintaining the database.

Produces, maintains, and updates county maps, zoning maps and custom maps. Assists in creating, editing, and maintaining parcel and infra-structure data in the county’s GIS System. Identifies and locates property, reads/researches deeds, tax maps, zoning maps, or other records to determine location of property. Assists in assigning map numbers, assembles maps, and makes mylars and copies of maps. Assists in map room such as assignment of addresses, creation of filing systems, or reading of maps, deeds, preliminary plats, and final plats. Provides information and assistance to the public, other county offices and other individuals regarding mapping issues, GIS operations, and 911 addressing. Provides information, researches complaints and problems and initiates problem resolution. Researches problems involving deeds, maps, addresses or other issues. Obtains, enters, saves, and scans Engineering drawings as as-built. Prepares or completes various forms, reports, correspondence, maps, master street files, E911 forms or other documents. Performs general clerical tasks which may include answering phone calls, typing documents, making copies, sending and receiving faxes, and filing documentation. Performs other duties as assigned.

Posted: March 17, 2008 

Solutions Engineer

ESRI
Minneapolis, MN

ESRI is the world leader in GIS software development with more than 35 years of well managed growth. We develop and support innovative tools for visualizing, analyzing, and managing geographic data on the desktop, across the enterprise, in the field, and on the Web. ESRI software is used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, 60 worldwide health ministries, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities.

Posted: March 13, 2008 

Environmental Scientist 

The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Pomona, NJ 

THE RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Visiting Assistant/Associate Professor of Environmental Science starting September 1, 2008.

Stockton College of New Jersey is a nationally ranked public liberal arts college located in southern New Jersey on 1600 acres in the Pinelands of New Jersey about one hour from Philadelphia, two hours from New York City, three hours from the Baltimore/Washington area, and 20 minutes from Atlantic City. The College has a diverse array of undergraduate programs and the School has several recently approved masters programs. Stockton provides vast opportunities for interdisciplinary academic, scholarly, and pedagogic development in the sciences and mathematics both on its campus as well as its nearby Field Station.