All posts by Gavin Schrock

URISA Vanguard Cabinet

URISA Vanguard Cabinet – Urban and Regional Information System Association – USA URISA is one of the most influential professional associations serving the geospatial information communities. Formed in 1966 (long before the advent of modern GIS), the focus was to bring together professionals working towards improvements in urban and regional planning. As geographic information moved...

Perri Howard

Perri Howard – Geospatially inspired artist – Washington USA Perri Howard, a Seattle-based artist, sculptor, pilot, and mariner, came to the attention of the surveying community through several of her public and studio art projects that weave in spatial themes. One of these was the photo and sound series “Precisely Known Completely Lost,” with close-up...

Onwuzuligbo Chukwubueze Uzochukwu

Onwuzuligbo Chukwubueze Uzochukwu – Lecturer, Nnamdi Azikiwe University – Nigeria “Chuks,” as he is known by friends and colleagues, has a passion for geomatics, but even more so he wishes to motivate, encourage, and train the youth in the geospatial industry. Growth in Nigeria and the entire continent of Africa has been substantial, and so are the needs...

Lindsay Renkel

Lindsay Renkel – Geospatial Marketing Specialist, Trimble – Colorado USA In the not-so-recent past, segments of geospatial industries were viewed more as rigid verticals, and cross-discipline and integrated workflows were realized through innovation in applied tech. That’s when companies like Trimble began to organize under new functional divisions.  Marketing a broader range of products and services could...

AMNO&CO

Alex Miller, Nicholas Orndorff, and Clara Orndorff Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) International ROV Competition Winners – Washington, USA Seattle schoolmates Alex Miller, Nicholas Orndorff, and sibling Clara Orndorff (whose initials make up the team name) have been designing and building competition ROVs for more than five years. The team garnered a special award at the 2014...

Katie MacIntosh

Katie MacIntosh – Senior Hydrographic Surveyor, Subsea 7 – UK We received many nominations from the field of hydrographic surveying. One of the goals of our 40 under 40 initiative is to profile stories that could inspire young folks considering entering our fields, and what we heard from hydrographic surveyors is that many of the...