Welcome to my portfolio!

Please take a look around and, for more information, visit our website, SKTWorks and get in touch!

Conservation Partners at Work Throughout Virginia

Conservation Partners at Work Throughout Virginia

This was my final project in the UKY's New Maps Plus certificate program and it's a map I feel particulary proud of. While I'm continuing to develop my skills, I feel like this map showcases how much I've learned throughout the program and where I can take the maps I create in the future.

Screenshot of map of Gender equity in Kenyan Primary Schools

Gender equity in Kenyan Primary Schools

This is a map I created while in the middle of my final course as part of the New Maps Plus certificate program. During the two weeks we worked on this project, we explored in more depth about how to design for the intended users of the map and learning additioanl ways to work with and display data. Another facet of this project was being introduced to to another css framework,Mapbox's Assembly.css.

map of conservation easements in Rockbridge County, Virginia

Conservation Easements in Rockbridge Co., VA

This map, hosted on CARTO, shows the conservation easements in Rockbridge County, Virginia. It also provides statistics about the easements overall and the individual easements when clicked. The data was obtained from VA DCR Natural Heritage.

Map of Lexington, Virginia

Map of Lexington, Virginia

This map allowed me to practice my JavaScript skills learned each week in MAP 672. A fun map, it shows spots around town and a dog walk route that I frequent with my pup.

map of flea markets across the U.S.

Flea Markets in the U.S.

This map was created as part of an extra challenge in MAP 371, and is my favorite from the course, showing the county with the highest rate of flea markets per person and the county with the largest number of flea markets. I created it in QGIS 2.18.10 with data obtained U.S. Census Bureau TIGER products and the POI Factory.

amenities in Denver, CO

Amenities in Denver, CO

This map was created in MAP 672 using JavaScript. It reveals amenities located within 1 kilometer of any clickpoint in Denver. Amenities include stores with food, fire stations, and after-school programs.

About me

Alisande

I've worked in land conservation for the past decade, assisting landowners seeking conservation easements with mapping and other services, including using GPS and photography to document current conditions of their properties. I hold a bachelor of science degree in geography with a concentration in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) from George Mason University.

I've recently started my own business with a partner and am working to master JavaScript, HTML, and CSS so that I can create more interesting paper and web maps for potential clients.

Skills

QGIS and ESRI's ArcMap
PostGIS/SQL for data queries
Leaflet
HTML & CSS
JavaScript