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| Reference ID: | CV-ZIMTMAA |
| Updated: | April 09, 2008 |
| Available: | Immediately |
| Will Relocate: | No |
| GIS Experience: | 8 years |
| Desired Salary: | $100/HR |
| Web Site: | Click |
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| | | Catherine Burton | | | | Educational Experience |
| San Francisco State University | San Francisco, CA | Degree: MA
Major: Geography/Remote Sensing
Dates: Sept 2002 - May 2006 | | San Francisco State University | San Francisco, CA | Degree: BA
Major: Geography/Geospatial Tech
Dates: Sept 2000 - May 2002 | | Santa Monica Community College | Santa Monica, CA | Degree: AA
Major: General Education
Dates: Jan 1996 - May 2000 |
| | | | Professional Experience |
| Owner | Endpoint Environmental | | August 2005 - present | San Francisco, CA | | Endpoint Environmental offers private and government sector clients a diverse program of GIS and remote sensing. We are a GIS data content provider but specializes in building maps with proprietary algorithms that extract specific information from satellite or aerial imagery. | | Intern / Project Manager | NASA Ames Research Center | | June 2004 - December 2005 | Mountain View, CA | • Produced successful proof-of-concept project to identify known and unknown waste tire sites using high-resolution satellite imagery and a computer-assisted algorithm with considerations for end-user suitability.
• Secured 4-month contract with California Integrated Waste Management Board during Special Waste Committee meeting at EPA in Sacramento (May 2005-August 2005).
• Supervised one remote sensing technician; coordinated fieldwork, established and maintained collaborative client relationships, and created presentations.
• Created visualizations using ERDAS Imagine 8.7 Virtual GIS.
• Coordinated fieldwork, wrote technical paper, and contributed to technical research.
• Drafted and delivered presentation for the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Conference in Baltimore, 2005 and Reno, 2006; presented project poster at American Geophysical Union Conference in San Francisco, 2004 and Reno, 2005. | | Satellite Imagery Expert/Cartographer at A.I. | A.I. Motorvators | | May 2003 - November 2005 | Los Angeles, CA | Project: U.S. Department of Defense DARPA Grand Challenge autonomous bot ground vehicle race
• Resourced two major satellite imagery providers to donate imagery for the purpose of creating digital ground reference maps using remote sensing techniques for team and vehicle. | | Research Tech | Romberg Tiburon Center | | August 2002 - January 2005 | Tiburon, CA. | Project: Investigation of the Effects of Climate Variability and Change on the Vegetation and Hydrology of the Bay-Delta Watershed (Principal investigators: N. Knowles, P. Foschi, R. Nemani and K. Pagan)
• Assisted with development of a formula identifying the relationship between LAI and NDVI indexes in remote sensing image analysis, and generated report on measuring evapotranspiration using remote sensing techniques.
Project: Inventory of Egeria densa and water hyacinth in San Francisco Bay Delta using airborne digital imagery for the California Department of Boating and Waterways (Principal Investigator: Dr. Patricia Foschi)
• Image orthorectification, mosaicking, feature extraction, change detection, and analysis. |
| | | | Other Information | Spoken or presented posters at the following conferences: Western Governors Association (2004); American Geophysical Union (2004, 2005); American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (2005, 2006); Resource Conservation Challenge sponsored by California Integrated Waste Management Board (2006), Cross-Border Environmental Management Conference at UT Austin sponsored by US EPA (2007); and Indiana Geographic Information Council Conference (2007).
Work has been featured in the following publications: NASA Tech Briefs, Science News, Directions Magazine, GeoIntelligence Magazine, GIS Development, SpatialNews.com, Scrap Tire News, Today’s Tire Industry, and Municipal Solid Waste Magazine.
Specialties: | | | | Keywords: | ArcGIS, ArcInfo, ArcView, ENVI, ERDAS, GPS | |
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