GIS Internship

Town of Mansfield Ma
Water Department
 
September 2014 - July 2015

1. Hydraulic model edits: Edited existing hydrant, valve and hydrant gate data.
2. Updated hydrant branch and water mains in GIS and created new water features as needed.
2. Updated attribute data from gate and valve testing exercises within GIS.
3. Electronically scanned As-Built engineering plans for use in GIS.
4. Developed a database of all Town wide engineering drawings.*
5. Digitized the drawings utilities and hyperlinked As-Built plans into GIS.

*The system drawing database will continue as an ongoing project which will aid the Mansfield Water Department technicians in the field, they will have quick access of all underground utilities of the town's subdivision and main streets as well as service box locations leading into homes and commercial facilities.  The database will also aid the other town utility departments in accordance to drainage, sewer and conservation/wetland topography.

Does Where You Live Dictate Your Quality of Life?

Cartography Fall 2014, Team project:

The purpose of this project is to analyze the quality of life factors, to  determine if quality of life is improved or compromised depending on where you  live. The elements that will determine the overall quality are health behaviors, healthcare, social & economic and environment.  This study attempts to answer if an association or even correlation can be made between quality of life and geography?   Each of the health factors used to determine quality of life was weighted differently, and when displayed in map form an illustration that showed that the data collected had clear spatial trends and patterns.