As we are deep into the information age, access, storage and use of information are paramount to many tasks we do on a daily basis. GIS is used daily in many industries and applications. Whether it is location data logged by phones, geotagging photo locations, physical infrastructure being constructed, or general movement of people, geospatial data is being consumed and created. The work we do is an important cog in the wheel of data consumption and geospatial problem-solving.

My job is to create, analyze, edit data and display it in a variety of outputs including paper maps and web mapping applications for better dissemination.

For the last three years we have been assisting the City of Maitland, Florida with their GIS Implementation. I would have to say this project stands out as one of my favorites. As a continuing consultant, we started assisting the City when they had only legacy data in outdated formats. Today the city has a robust and updated GIS system for internal city needs and public citizen use, and we continue to work with them to keep their data current.

It really begins with a question. What tasks, or products do you repeatedly have to create and what questions do you need to answer on a daily basis? Then we are able to show them how GIS can help to simplify that task, organize data, save time effort and ultimately increase productivity.