Geographer Resume Template
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Rebecca Robinson
Senior GIS Analyst, GISP · Spatial Analysis & Remote Sensing
Nashville, TN · (615) 555-5707
rebecca.robinson@email.com · linkedin.com/in/rebeccarobinson
GIS Professional (GISP)
GIS Certification Institute
Profile
Geographer with 11 years in GIS and remote sensing for regional planning and utility clients across Tennessee. Built a 40-county land cover change model from Landsat and Sentinel-2 and automated mapping work that saved 900 staff hours a year.
Technical Skills
Spatial analysisRemote sensing & classificationGeodatabase designPython / ArcPy automationNetwork analysisCartographySQL & PostGIS
Professional Experience
2021 – Present
Senior GIS Analyst
Harpeth Geospatial Solutions, Nashville, TN
- Lead spatial analysis projects for regional planning agencies and utilities covering 40 Tennessee counties.
- Built a land cover change model from Landsat and Sentinel-2 imagery with 91% classification accuracy.
- Automated map book and data QA workflows in Python and ArcPy, saving 900 staff hours a year.
- Manage an enterprise geodatabase in PostgreSQL/PostGIS with 3.2 million parcel and asset features.
- Mentor 3 GIS technicians on cartographic standards, metadata and version control.
2017 – 2021
Geographer
Tennessee Valley Mapping Group, Franklin, TN
- Ran drive-time and service-area analyses to site 12 new public facilities for county clients.
- Classified aerial and multispectral imagery in ERDAS IMAGINE to map impervious surfaces.
- Designed story maps and dashboards in ArcGIS Online used at 20+ public meetings.
- Geocoded 250,000 address records and cut match failures from 14% to 3%.
2015 – 2017
GIS Technician
Cumberland Regional Planning, Murfreesboro, TN
- Digitized parcels, zoning and road centerlines from plats and 6-inch orthoimagery.
- Produced 300+ maps a year for planning staff, grant applications and public hearings.
GIS Software
ArcGIS Pro
ERDAS IMAGINE
QGIS
PostgreSQL / PostGIS
Python (ArcPy)
Certifications
ArcGIS Pro Associate
Esri
Education
M.S. in Geography
2015
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
B.S. in Geosciences
2013
Middle Tennessee State University
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Licenses and certifications
- GIS Professional (GISP) GIS Certification Institute Optional, valued by employers
Sources: www.bls.gov
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Skills to list
- GIS Mapping
- Spatial Analysis
- Remote Sensing
- Cartography
- ArcGIS
- Python Scripting
- Demographic Analysis
- Data Visualization
Software and tools
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Geographic information system GIS systems
- Geographic information system GIS software
- ESRI ArcInfo
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- ESRI ArcView
- Structured query language SQL
- Python
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- ESRI ArcMap
Duties to describe on a geographer resume
- Gathered and compiled geographic data from sources such as censuses, field observations, satellite imagery, aerial photographs, and existing maps.
- Taught geography.
- Wrote and presented reports of research findings.
- Provided geographical information systems support to the private and public sectors.
- Studied the economic, political, and cultural characteristics of a specific region's population.
- Analyzed geographic distributions of physical and cultural phenomena on local, regional, continental, or global scales.
Titles along the way
- GIS Technician
- Geographer
- Senior GIS Analyst
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