Christa's GIS Archive

Back again with another GIS course -- this time it's Computer Cartography! After taking a management course, I feel excited to continue learning more about GIS. For the start of the Computer Cartography class, we're going through the motions of orientation week, which includes creating this blog post and a Story Map. This would be my 2nd official Story Map, and it covers some highlights of my life. To give a brief summary about me, my name is Christa Dizon. I work full-time as a GIS Engineering Specialist for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. I maintain various GIS data and curate maps for the programs throughout. I joined UWF's master's program in GIS Administration because my colleagues on my team had graduated from the same program, and I wanted to challenge myself further by growing in GIS and developing my skills. I hope to merge my love of health education and promotion with GIS in the future. However, I'm happy and proud of the work I am abl...

  Welcome to my first post here! Today is technically my first day of the UWF M.S. Program in GIS Administration. On my first day, I got to do an orientation assignment with data involving countries and cities around the world. I had to take external data, the shapefiles, and connect them to the project in order to pull them into our Contents pane. From there, I assigned new symbology to the polygon and point layers. Then, I created a layout to produce a digital JPEG/PNG of the map. Overall, I found it interesting to work through the module as someone that is not a novice to GIS. I can see how this assignment would help introduce newcomers to ArcGIS Pro and GIS in general, allowing them to get used to terminology as well as getting comfortable with the program and its interface. It reminded me of my first day on the job as a GIS Engineering Technician with barely any knowledge prior -- I simply dove right in nearly blind back then! It felt nostalgic in a good way, and I can't wait ...