Sara Thompson
01/11/24 • 33 min
Kicking off 2024 with the Arizona Department of Transportation geospatial section analysis manager, Sara Thompson. All but happy to talk about transportation, Sara geeks out on how ADOT is using GIS to improve Arizona's freeways and other modes of transportation. Some future projects ADOT has in store and what Sara does to help contribute to those efforts.
Also, why Sara chose to pursue GIS over a degree in biology and the questions she had to ask herself to make the career change over to GIS post university.
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Kicking off 2024 with the Arizona Department of Transportation geospatial section analysis manager, Sara Thompson. All but happy to talk about transportation, Sara geeks out on how ADOT is using GIS to improve Arizona's freeways and other modes of transportation. Some future projects ADOT has in store and what Sara does to help contribute to those efforts.
Also, why Sara chose to pursue GIS over a degree in biology and the questions she had to ask herself to make the career change over to GIS post university.
www.spatialstack.ai/spatial-lab
Or Sign up: https://spatial-lab.circle.so/checkout/spatial-lab-member?affiliate_code=926635
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