Where do you work and what is your role?
Hello everyone, I'm Dominic from Bern, Switzerland. I work for a spacial planning office as a Draftsman, mostly using CAD. The person responsible for GIS left our company a while back, which is the main reason why I'm doing a certificate of advanced studies (CAS) in the area of GIS (OpenSourceGIS and ArcGIS).
What GIS success have you had this year and what product did you use?
My biggest success so far was getting an insight into different GIS, helping me understand the dynamics of the software and the new possibilities that open up for us as a company. We are using ArcGIS and QGIS.
I am currently working on my final project as part of the CAS. The goal is to get information from our river system onto accurate centerlines, in order to get the river protection corridors for different communities. I have always done this with CAD which took way too much time in my opinion, and now I have found a way of doing it with ArcGIS. Although still useless, I am hoping to get there eventually, especially with your help.
What is your expertise (GIS related or not), and how can that help the community?
I am really just a beginner when it comes to using GIS. One thing that fascinates me is automating workflows, although I am no pro at it yet. So I'm hoping to learn a handful of new things in that area with the help of this community, and am probably more dependent on you guys than that I can contribute anything for now.
Favourite Location
This would have to be anywhere my motorcycle takes me, whether that's on a road along Lake Thun or up on Grimselpass. Many more to come.