June 2018 GeoMentor Spotlight
Kushendra N. Shah, GISP - GIS Programmer/Analyst at Noble Research Institute
What was your favorite class in K-12? Growing up in mountainous country –Nepal, I was always interested to know how land and mountains were formed; what would it look in bird’s eye view; how far was I from the world’s tallest mountain. I was intrigued by the geographic and geologic phenomena. The Geoscience course was my favorite class during my high school years.
How did you first learn about and/or use GIS? In 2008, I got opportunity to take introductory course of GIS during my undergraduate degree in Environmental Science at Kathmandu University, Nepal. During that time, I used ESRI GIS software to perform mapping and identifying potential places for developing community based tourism maps. Those maps helped many local people and tourists who came for visit to find better information of about the communities and villages. Since then I came to know that GIS is a great tool that allows us to make an informed decision in wide areas.
