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Main | All Jobs | Post Job | All Resumes | Post ResumeAlicia Newberry
- Experience Level: 5 Years
- Location: Confidential
- Last Updated: January 3, 2013
Experience
Education
B.S. Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, 2006-2007
Degree: Geographic Information Science, December 2007 Summa Cum Laude
Certificate: Information Technology, December 2007 Summa Cum Laude
A.A. Dalton State College, Dalton, Georgia, 2001-2005
Degree: Geography, May 2004 Cum Laude
Employment
GIS/GPS Analyst | City of Woodstock, GA | November 2010 to present
Creation, design, analysis, collection and management of an enterprise level Geographic Information System (GIS) for the City
High quality cartographic map production for use in meetings, presentations, briefings, and publications
Create, publish, and maintain internal ArcGIS Server web mapping applications for consumption by City departments and staff
Respond to data and map requests from both public and private agencies
Operate and maintain GPS hardware and software
Operate and maintain plotter, printers and large format scanner
Attend local and regional GIS group meetings and workshops, such as GA URISA monthly meetings and ESRIs Southeast Regional User Conference, to exchange ideas on GIS technologies and applications and to acquire additional GIS training.
Notable projects:
o Produced multiple city-wide redistricting scenarios and maps for six Council Wards to ensure that an equal amount of population is represented throughout the City, while maintaining each Council member within his or her Ward. Utilized Census 2010 population and redistricting data at the block level. Included interpretation of legal documentation.
o Created and fine-tuned a composite geocoder utilizing address, street and parcel data to map and symbolize business licenses issued throughout the city from 1992-present
o Assisted in planning and capturing a digital inventory of sidewalks and other pedestrian assets within the city using GPS in the field and computer digitizing using aerial photography and Google Earth
GIS/Data Services Analyst | Florida Natural Areas Inventory | June 2009 to October 2010
Provide data services to public and private clients, including performing environmental reviews of properties using a GIS, preparing and providing GIS datasets, performing Florida Communities Trust (FCT) Evaluations and Locally Significant Natural Area status, producing custom reports or maps, providing publications or forms
Conduct GIS analysis of conservation-related data, including species habitat, natural communities, and land cover
High quality cartographic map production for use in meetings, presentations, briefings, and publications
Assist with troubleshooting and technical support for GIS and other software to 30 staff members
Assist with development, maintenance, and QA/QC of GIS products and metadata
Assist with acquisition, organization, and maintenance of base GIS data and databases
Track trends in data requests over time, produce reports and assist with the development of new data and/or map products to meet public needs
Update, design and maintain the Inventorys website with the most current documents and information
Produce Florida Forever Project maps as project boundaries are updated
Work with the public to answer questions and determine how the Inventory can be most helpful
Coordinate web conferences and meetings using WebEx service
GIS/Biology Intern | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | April 2008 to June 2009
Creation, analysis, collection, and management of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data for a southeastern regional ecosystem covering parts of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.
Support the Services Endangered Species program through the use of a GIS
Conduct Coastal Barrier Resource System (CBRS) in/out determinations for federal flood insurance on requested properties
Complete GIS projects in support of staff biologists including two habitat threats analyses involving Gulf sturgeon and striped bass habitat, identification of center pivot irrigation threats to 7 listed mussels, delineation of current and historic candidate mussel habitat, creating a custom map document for the Perdido Key Beach Mouse take permits and/or assessments, assisting with GIS analysis concerning regional general permitting, and co-authoring technical reports
Field data collection with Global Positioning Systems (GPS) unit for threatened and endangered species locations and habitat delineation; ground-truthing GIS data layers for accuracy
Assist biologists in the field by operating a GPS Unit, digital camera, or hydrophonic receiver; collecting field data; collecting biological samples; tagging wildlife
Perform data management tasks including cataloging and creation of metadata using FGDC standards, quality assurance and quality control of GIS datasets, obtaining and integrating new datasets into the GIS library and custom toolbar for ArcMap, geospatial dataset conversion, upgrading staff computers with the latest GIS technology
GIS planning and prioritization of projects
Assist with training, troubleshooting, and technical support of the GIS and other software to 20 staff biologists
GIS Consultant | Gordon County GIS Department | May 2007 to June 2009
Create, maintain and edit tax parcels for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 within a countywide enterprise geodatabase, including reading and interpretation of deeds and plats and knowledge and application of appropriate topology methods
Provide geospatial information and technology training, troubleshooting, and technical support to staff
Research the availability of geospatial datasets for the department
Assist the department with the creation of a comprehensive geodatabase of all existing GIS datasets, including migration from a personal geodatabase to an enterprise geodatabase
Create FGDC compliant metadata for department created geospatial datasets
Create new spatial data layers and edit existing layers though digitization and edit tools
General Information
Knowledge and Skills
GIS/GPS Software and Hardware: ArcGIS Desktop 9.x and 10 .x including extensions Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst, Maplex, Publisher, XTools, ETGeoTools, Hawths Analysis Tools, ArcGIS Server 9.x and 10, ArcSDE, ArcView 3.x, ArcPad 7.x, SQL Server 2005, GPS (Garmin, Magellan, Thales, Leica MobileMatrix)
Programming languages: Python, SQL, ArcObjects, VisualBasic.NET, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Web Development: Visual Studio, .NET Web ADF, HTML, XHTML, Javascript, Dreamweaver MX & 8
Graphic Software: Adobe Photoshop, Irfanview, GIMP, Macromedia Freehand MX
Additional Software: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Access), VM Ware, Crystal Reports XI
Additional skills:
o Extensive computer experience; ability and willingness to learn new systems and software quickly
o Exceptional project management and organizational skills
o Strong written and oral communication
o Excellent customer service record with 14 years of experience with the public
o Ability to work well individually or as part of a team
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Journal News Removes Interactive Gun Permit Map
The Lower Hudson Journal News has been under fire for publishing a map of gun permit holders in two counties in New York State before Christma. (APB coverage 1, 2, podcast). On Friday January 18 the paper removed the interactive map. Why? Publisher Janet Hasson gave answers in a media statement and in a letter to readers.
In a statement in response to The Poynter Institute (a journalism school) she argued:
With the passage this week of the NYSAFE gun law, which allows permit holders to request their names and addresses be removed from the public record, we decided to remove the gun permit data from lohud.com at 5 pm today. While the new law does not require us to remove the data, we believe that doing so complies with its spirit. For the past four weeks, there has been vigorous debate over our publication of the permit data, which has been viewed nearly 1.2 million times by readers. One of our core missions as a newspaper is to empower our readers with as much information as possible on the critical issues they face, and guns have certainly become a top issue since the massacre in nearby Newtown, Conn. Sharing as much public information as possible provides our readers with the ability to contribute to the discussion, in any way they wish, on how to make their communities safer. We remain committed to our mission of providing the critical public service of championing free speech and open records.
In a letter to readers published on Friday she wrote:
So intense was the opposition to our publication of the names and addresses that legislation passed earlier this week in Albany included a provision allowing permit holders to request confidentiality and imposing a 120-day moratorium on the release of permit holder data.
She goes on to say that during the 27 days the map was online any one interested would have seen it and that the data would eventually be out of date. She also noted that the paper does not endorse the way the state chose to limit availability of the data.
The original map/article still includes a graphic - but it's a snapshot, a raster image, with no interactivity. Says Hasson in the letter to readers:
And we will keep a snapshot of our map — with all its red dots — on our website to remind the community that guns are a fact of life we should never forget.
I continue to applaud the paper for requesting the data via a Freedom on Informat request, mapping it, keeping the map up despite threats and criticism and now responding to state law. I think the paper did a service to the state, to citizens and to journalism.
- via reader Jim and Poynter
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