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[rmcculley]

Howdy all!

My name is Rob, and I work as a GIS coordinator for a local municipal government. It is a small, rural municipality, so the title is really a formality - I am the GIS department, there is no one else. As such, I handle pretty much everything spatial at the county. We are pretty much exclusively an ESRI shop running 9.1, although I am planning to start dabbling with AI for finishing at some point. I also use some open source software, more for data handling than for actual mapping. I am currently working on setting up a webmap for the county using MapServer.

I have a BSc in Geography from the University of Calgary, which I received in 2000. U of C had a very limited selection of cartography courses, so by education and experience, I am definately GIS first, cartography second.

I've always intended to try and start up a bit of freelance cartography gig on the side, but I've never managed to put togethor enough time to get it off the ground.

[loximuthal]

Welcome aboard, Rob. This is the place to come for advice about setting up as a freelance cartographer; there are lots of posts already on the topic. And it is good to see another gummint cartographer, even if we do work in rather different sized shops!