Aspen GIS Team Strives For Excellence In Geospatial Analytical Techniques And Advanced Certifications
The natural vistas of California are one of the state’s most prized resources. The Aspen GIS team has been assisting clients with fascinating geospatial analysis, identifying areas where a project component would be visible to different points of interest on the landscape. By employing viewshed, visibility, and line-of-sight analysis, Aspen’s clients are able to get a robust picture of how their project may impact the visual resources of an area. This type of analysis can assist with project siting and can reduce potential visual resource mitigation costs.
Aspen GIS specialists Tracy Popiel and Kellie Keefe have collaborated with field staff to create more cost-efficient and accurate ways to collect natural resource data. From using state-of-the-art drones to capture aerial imagery to collecting biological resource data from a work site that automatically uploads daily reports to our clients, to performing opportunity-constraints analysis for county renewable planning efforts, Aspen’s team of geospatial specialists have a diverse range of experiences that support all of Aspen’s projects.
We are proud to announce that Aspen’s resident GIS specialist, Tracy Popiel, has recently attained her GISP certification. Earning the certification as a GISP, or Geographic Information Systems Professional, means that Ms. Popiel has shown proficiency in three areas including Educational Achievement, Professional Experience, and Contributions to the Profession, and has affirmed her commitment to ethical GIS practices. In addition to submitting a portfolio spanning the last 10 years of her career, Tracy passed a rigorous exam covering a very wide array of technical topics, including Conceptual Foundations, Cartography & Visualization, GIS Design Aspects & Data Modeling, GIS Analytical Methods, Data Manipulation, and Geospatial Data. The GISP certification ensures a breadth of education and experience related to GIS practices and will help her stand out among her peers as a GIS professional who has committed to maintaining a high level of expertise in the field. Having a GIS specialist with this certification on the team will reinforce Aspen’s reputation as being a team of recognized experts in our respective areas.