By Stephen
Penson
As a 3rd
year Physical Geography student at the University of Sheffield, I started my
four week placement at 1Spatial with a slight background in GIS and hoping to
gain some experience in the GeoSpatial industry. The GIS section of my
course seems to be one of the most useful skills gained from university and
this placement has given me the opportunity to enhance my skills further.
I have learnt how
to use Radius Studio and have applied rules and actions to a variety of
datasets. This has enabled me to remove errors such as spikes, overlaps
and duplicates which are often present in datasets. I have also been
introduced to a variety of software products such as FME and MapInfo and also
the extremely powerful Oracle Database Server. One significant lesson I
have learnt during my time at 1Spatial is that the GIS and GeoSpatial software
can do far more than is taught at university. Serious issues that have
been raised in university lectures can more often than not be removed through
the software I have been using.
I have also
undertaken a variety of other smaller tasks including creating Radius Studio
tutorial videos and enabling the live tracking of a seven day charity cycle
marathon in aid of Taylan’s Project brain tumour research. Details of the
event can be found at www.1spatial.com/taylans-project
The placement has
given me a valuable insight into the workings of the GeoSpatial Data Industry
and I hope my time here will help my future career prospects once I graduate in
a year’s time!
Click here to see the Radius Studio tutorial videos I
created during my time at 1Spatial.
