Where do you work and what is your role? My name is Aleck Spracklin and I am the GIS technician for the District of Kitimat in British Columbia, Canada. What GIS success have you had this year and what product did you use? (big or small - no win is out of bounds) An organization called PSDRCS ran a survey last year researching a "Geospatial maturity index" looking into management and use of GIS in municipalities in Canada. I tied for 12th place in the year when I had arranged to purchase ArcGIS Server and completely reorganize our data. What is your expertise (GIS related or not), and how can that help the community? I've been working in GIS, QGIS, AutoCAD, and Microstation since 1993. I have built GIS systems from the ground up for 5 different organizations over the years spending a lot of my time concentrating on data organization, standards, and training and mentoring. I've worked in GIS managing data and projects in scope from the town of 8000 people where I am now to international consulting firms with projects spanning the country and national boundaries. I've worked local government, provincial government, forestry and oil and gas industries. I've worked alone and I have managed teams of up to 9 GIS techs. I have managed complex automation projects within GIS, simple layout design, and most things in-between.
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