Presented during the 2022 North Dakota Geospatial Summit in Bismarck, ND, September 14-15.

1. Carpe Geo
A Field Guide To Enjoying Your Career Journey
William F. Johnson
Carpe Geo Evangelist
September 14, 2022
North Dakota Geospatial Summit

3. GIO2ND

4. My first “real” job; DOT

5. • Initially at the Dept of Transportation (DOT)
• Then the Office For Technology (OFT)
• Then Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination (CSCIC)
• Then Homeland Security & Emergency Svcs (DHSES)
• Finally Information Technology Services (ITS)
31 year GIS career in State of NY
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6. Applied Geographics, Inc
( ) 2018-present
…and more after State retirement
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Universal Service Administrative
Company (USAC) in Washington, DC
2016-2018

10. 35 mm handheld
aerial oblique 9-15-01

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20. Ortho w/Thermal 9-15-01

22. Stockpile Location Optimization

23. Stockpile Location Optimization
Facility 1 Hr Pop % Pop Sq Mi % Sq Mi 2 Hr Pop % Pop Sq Mi % Sq Mi 3 Hr Pop % Pop Sq Mi % Sq Mi 4 Hr Pop % Pop Sq Mi % Sq Mi
Islip 7,710,262 39.8% 1,234 2.5% 7,926,882 40.9% 1,376 2.8% 7,927,483 40.9% 1,377 2.8% 7,932,731 40.9% 1,628 3.4%
Camp Smith 4,764,311 24.6% 2,322 4.8% 5,037,065 26.0% 5,073 10.5% 5,056,429 26.1% 5,882 12.1% 5,058,166 26.1% 5,893 12.2%
Geneseo 1,051,680 5.4% 3,349 6.9% 2,734,388 14.1% 10,683 22.0% 2,882,035 14.9% 12,493 25.8% 2,884,155 14.9% 12,510 25.8%
Queensbury 857,187 4.4% 2,287 4.7% 1,268,134 6.5% 8,540 17.6% 1,332,056 6.9% 11,871 24.5% 1,396,332 7.2% 13,086 27.0%
Oriskany 764,096 3.9% 2,948 6.1% 1,487,655 7.7% 10,521 21.7% 1,704,976 8.8% 13,562 28.0% 1,732,951 8.9% 14,266 29.4%
Total 15,147,536 12,139 18,454,124 36,192 18,902,979 45,184 19,004,335 47,382
NYS Population 19,378,102 78.2% 95.2% 97.5% 98.1%
NYS Area (sq mi) 48,487 25.0% 74.6% 93.2% 97.7%

26. Current Geocoding in NYS agencies
At least 35 different geocoding solutions!

28. Sales Tax example
City of Saratoga sales tax boundary
These geocoding
results in wrong
sales tax district
Correct location

29. Sex Offender Placement example
¼ mile
buffer
around
school
property
Correct location; no sex offender allowed
Geocoding result allows sex offender

31. SuperStorm Sandy, September, 2012

33. Map visualization from the Mannahatta Project:
http://welikia.org/ and http://www.oasisnyc.net/

34. Map visualization from the Mannahatta Project: http://welikia.org/ and http://www.oasisnyc.net/;
Cortelyou, Castello plan, 1660, New York Public Library, http://maps.nypl.org/warper/maps/13913

35. Ratzer, Plan of the city of New York, 1766, New York Public
Library, http://maps.nypl.org/warper/maps/15264

36. Poppleton, Plan of the city of New-York, 1817, New York Public
Library, http://maps.nypl.org/warper/maps/15128

37. NY State Land Office, New map of that part of the city of New York, 1860, http://maps.nypl.org/warper/maps/15072

38. 1924
1609 1860
NYC DoITT

40. Map visualization from the
Mannahatta Project:
http://welikia.org/ and
http://www.oasisnyc.net/

42. Carpe Diem

43. Carpe Diem

45. New Insights
Engagement/
Excitement
New GIS use
New Questions
Virtuous Circle

46. And so it grows…

48. Parvum Momentum

50. Thank You