GIS Technician
Geo/Graphics, Inc.
90 W Center
Logan, Utah 84321
Phone: 435-753-5429
Email: anna@geograph.com
Ms. Schemper specializes in the use of GIS software to assist Geo/Graphics with projects related to sensitive landscapes and land-use issues. Her academic background focused primarily on the relationship between society and the natural environment. Ms. Schemper also brings several years of technical and scientific writing experience to Geo/Graphics.
Ms. Schemper’s areas of software expertise include ArcView 3.3, ArcGIS 9, Canvas 9 Professional, AutoCad, and ERDAS Imagine 8.7. She also has experience with total-station surveying, as well as handheld GPS data collection and analysis.
EDUCATION
B.S. Environmental Science/Biology, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2005.
ACADEMIC HONORS
Student Representative, Writing Advisory Board, Calvin College, 2005.
Faculty Honors Scholar, Calvin College, 2001-2003.
National Merit Commended Scholar, 2001.
Geo/Graphics, Inc., Logan, Utah (2005-present). GIS Technician.
Utah State University, Logan, Utah (2005-2006). Cartographer.
Westshore Consulting, Muskegon, Michigan (Spring 2005). Environmental Intern.
Calvin College Rhetoric Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan (2003-2005). Writing Coach.
West Michigan Regional Laboratory, Grand Rapids, Michigan (2002-2005). Lab Technician.
SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Imperial Irrigation District Network Modeling -- Imperial Valley, California, 2005-present. Mapped area-wide irrigation features such as fields, canals, and water delivery gates; currently performing various spatial analyses of fields, including remote sensing analysis of evapotranspiration and biomass rates based on SEBAL data, and preparing maps for delivery. Conducted for Imperial Irrigation District, Imperial, California.
Lower Colorado River Vegetation Mapping – Arizona,
California, and Nevada, 2005-2006. Primary
project duties were on-screen mapping and GIS geodatabase management of
vegetation along lower 600 miles of the Colorado River corridor; also performed
fieldwork for GIS ground-truthing efforts, completed accuracy assessment for
final GIS, and contributed to final written report. Conducted for the Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City, Nevada.
The following projects were completed prior to joining Geo/Graphics, Inc.:
Income and Race in the Grand Rapids Metropolitan Area –
Kent County, Michigan, 2004. Used
ArcView 3.3 to examine the relationship between race and income in the greater
Grand Rapids area. Conducted for
Calvin College GIS and Remote Sensing, Spring 2004.
Vegetative Inventory of Plaster Creek: A Study of Riparian
Invasives in West Michigan – Kent County, Michigan, 2004. Conducted a
detailed vegetative inventory of riparian species along Plaster Creek; project
required extensive use of Canvas 9 Professional. Conducted for Calvin College Plant Taxonomy, Fall 2004.
PRESENTATIONS
Poster Presentation: Vegetative Inventory of Plaster Creek: A Study of Riparian Invasives in West Michigan. Biology Poster Exposition, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, December 2004.
REFERENCES
Henk Aay, Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506
(616) 526-7033
Deanna VanDijk, Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49506
(616) 526-6510
Jay Poll, Geologist, Westshore Consulting, 2534 Black Creek Rd, Muskegon, Michigan 49444
(231) 777-3447