Data Project

Luke Kaim

*** ****** **. *****, ** ***** email: *****.****@*****.*** phone: 914-***-****

December 28, 2012

Dear Sir or Madam,

“No one said it would be easy - they just said it would be worth it” (Unknown). That is the way I

try to live my life. I have extensive background in GIS related applications and feel I would be a

strong asset on this project. I am currently perusing my masters in Spatial Information and

Engineering at the University of Maine.

For my Eagle Scout project, I undertook a 350-hour GIS project to map out local parks in New

Castle, New York and created trail maps to post on the internet. I was subsequently paid by the

town to update four maps this past summer.

I performed fieldwork for Indra USA, a private GIS company. I have also worked with the

municipality of New Castle doing GIS projects, including mapping storm, sewer and water

assets. When I was working for the municipality I was responsible for field verification using

ArcGIS queries to check the validity of a third party data. These experiences have given me

confidence in managing large scale GIS and research projects.

I presented at the Association of American Geographers conference in 2009 and 2010. The 2009

research examined nighttime lights in order to deduce population density within cities. My 2010

research attempted to quantify light pollution by comparing a user defined dataset called (Globe

at Night) with Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) imagery.

I believe there is a great need for maps and data showing spatial relationships and information

more clearly. This need, combined with my in-depth experience and energy, would help you and

your organization meet a wide variety of GIS related goals.

I look forward to working with you in the future.

Sincerely,

Luke Kaim

Luke Kaim

166 Kelley Rd. Orono, Me 04473 email: *****.****@*****.*** phone: 914-***-****

Education

BA, University of Denver – Denver, Colorado 2011

Major: Geography; Minor: Urban Studies/Environmental Science G.P.A. 3.61

Relevant Courses: Foundations in Geography, Computer-Assisted Cartography, Intro Geog Info Systems (GIS), Adv

Geographic Info Systems, Intro to Computer Science I, 3D Geo Visualization, Remote Sensing, Advanced Remote

Sensing, GIS Modeling, Environmental Systems (Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Geosphere), and Geographic Statistics

Research/Presentations/Publications/Awards

• Dr. Thomas M. Griffiths Memorial Award for outstanding research from the University of Denver 2011

(Named award)

• Created two maps for book publication depicting Incan Expansion (cited by author) March 2010

Food, Power and Resistance, Dr. Alison Krogel (2010)

• Presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG): 2010 / Nighttime Satellite Imagery as a Proxy

of Light Pollution

• Presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG): 2009 / Night Time Imagery: Better clues for

population density

Related Experience

Technical Skills

• ArcGIS 10 and 9.3.1, ENVI, ArcPad, TerraSync, Visual Nature Studio 3, Google SketchUp, Mapcalc Learner,

Snagit, Fact Viewer, JMP 8, Java, HTML, Python and lite Adobe Design Premium.

• Fieldwork using Trimble equipment

• MS office suite, Internet research

QC Operator June – July 2011

Microsoft (Bing/Equiom), Boulder, CO

• Quality analysis of imagery to ensure data met specifications

LEP Tutor March - June 2011

University of Denver, Denver, CO

• Tutored students in GIS (the best way to confirm you know the subject is to teach it)

GIS Intern July - August 2010

Chappaqua Department of Parks and Recreation, Town of New Castle, NY

• Added GIS data to town’s infrastructure and updated trail maps using that data

• Posted maps on the New Castle website – see example on my own (personal) website:

http://mysite.du.edu/~lkaim/GIS.html

GIS Intern December 2009

Indra USA Inc, Cold Spring, NY

• Utilized a GeoXH Field computer to mark the locations of known municipal assets

Researcher 2008 - 2010

Summer Research Grant, Department of Geography, University of Denver

• Awarded $3,200 grant to research the correlation between DMSP and Globe at Night data set

• Researched the correlation between DSMP and ISS and presented findings at AAG

GIS Intern Summer/Fall 2007, Summer 2008

Chappaqua Department of Public Works, Town of New Castle, NY

• Checked the validity of ArcMap data through field verification and SQM querying in ArcGIS

Luke Kaim

166 Kelley Rd. Orono, Me 04473 email: *****.****@*****.*** phone: 914-***-****

• Started Excel spread sheet with updated data to be joined to the original table in ArcGIS

GIS Field Intern December 2006 - March 2007

Azertia USA Inc, Hawthorne, NY

• Collected GIS data with town officials for municipal water system projects

• Collected data using Trimble GeoXH field computer

Leadership/Character

• Completed 2,000 miles on The Great Divide Trail June - July 2010

• “Thru-Hiked” the Appalachian Trail March - July 2007

• Eagle Scout – Created trail maps of three local parks using GIS data April - October 2005

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