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Data Project

Location:
Charlottesville, VA
Posted:
May 01, 2018

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Leo Feng

**** ******* *****, ***************, **

22911

Telephone: +1-434-***-****

Email: *********@*****.***

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Technology in Geographic Information System expected Jun. 2018 British Columbia Institute of Technology Vancouver, Canada Advanced Diploma in Geographic Information System 2014 British Columbia Institute of Technology Vancouver, Canada Master of Sciences in Environmental Science 2002 Chinese Academy of Science Beijing, China

Bachelor of Sciences in Geography 1998

Hebei Normal University Shijiazhuang, China

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

GIS Technician (GIS Intern) Jan – Present 2018

Department of Community Development County of Albemarle Charlottesville, Virginia

Using GIS software and database tools to maintain County various data: addressing, zoning, land use, historic preservation, conservation and environmental resource protection, school districts, water resources, park facilities/trails, or other geographic characteristics

Using a handheld GPS unit to collect data in the field

Researching and interpreting data collected from fieldwork Research Assistant (GIS Project) May – Jun. 2017

World Wildlife Fund Vancouver, Canada

Project Title: Spatial analysis of commercial shipping data and marine biodiversity values in the Scott Islands marine area

Extracted whale density data from the database of biodiversity values

Updated the general template and maps for commercial ships with ARCGIS

Quantified spatial overlap in different types of shipping with biodiversity values

Identified alternative shipping routes and areas of lower conflict between biodiversity and commercial shipping

GIS Technician (GIS Practicum), Mineral Deposit Research Unit Apr. – Jun. 2014 University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada Project Title: Colombian Gold Metallogeny

Associated physical maps with spatial locations using Geo-referencing tool of ArcGIS10.2 so that the maps were combined and overlaid with minimum distortion

Collected vector data of different geologic features from scanned maps with digitizing tool of ArcGIS10.2

Classified and entered hundreds of items of attribute information for different geologic features with ArcGIS10.2 so that geologists’ researches based on query and spatial analysis were ensured

Leo Feng

4325 Berkmar Drive, Charlottesville, VA

22911

Telephone: +1-434-***-****

Email: *********@*****.***

Created the DEM background for final mineral deposit distribution map by downloading raster data and building mosaic dataset with ArcGIS10.2

Collected and updated mineral deposits information by searching existing database with SQL, and generated new feature class based on the coordinates

Reduced data redundancy of Geodatabase by merging different feature classes of mineral deposits and deleting duplicated records with ArcGIS10.2

Automated repetitive tasks by writing python scripts to work with tables and fields with ArcPy site package

GIS Specialist Aug. 2006 – Jul. 2011

Chinese Cartographic Publishing House Beijing, China

Designed and executed proposal of geospatial data development for the specific map project

Discovered data from multiple sources including satellite imagery, aerial photographs, survey notes, reports, and other web-mined data sets

ETL processes related to preparation of data in data warehouse for analysis:

Extracted data from a database or a spatial files (both vector and raster)

Transformed the extracted data from its previous form into the form it needs to be in so that it can be placed into another database

Loaded the data into the target database

Automated GIS tasks or manipulated data with Java or Python Cartographer Jul. 2002 – Jul. 2006

Chinese Cartographic Publishing House Beijing, China

Planned map content, format and design based on requirements of certain project

Defined production specifications and standards, for example, projection, scale, size, and colours of new or revised map products according to client needs

Supervised and coordinated the work of cartographic technicians and other production team members

Created detailed drawings using sophisticated mapping, remote sensing, and Geographic Information Systems software

Analyzed survey data, source maps, photographs, satellite data, and other records, as well as searched existing databases to determine location and names of features

Managed database information and verified the accuracy of information by visiting the map area

SKILLS AND PROFICIENCIES:

Applications

ArcGIS FME PCI Geomatica QGIS AutoCAD Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop

Access SQL Servicer ArcSDE Oracle Spatial MySQL PostgreSQL

Garmin GPS

Programming Language

Java Python SQL

Operating Systems

UNIX Windows Mac OS



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