GIS Portfolio

As I wrap up the Graduate GIS Certificate at the University of West Florida, I’ve pulled together a GIS portfolio that showcases my coursework, internship projects, and growing skill set. You can view it here: austinjenningsgis.com

The site includes an overview of my experience as a GIS Intern with the Santa Rosa County Property Appraiser’s Office, where I have worked on georeferencing historical aerial imagery, building countywide mosaic datasets, preparing rasters for the web, and supporting parcel fabric maintenance. The education section highlights my completed GIS certificate and my plan to continue into a Bachelor of Science in Cloud and Network Engineering at Western Governors University, tying GIS together with modern cloud infrastructure.

I also include a brief summary of my core skills in geospatial analysis, cartographic design, and data and database management, with tools like ArcGIS Pro, ERDAS Imagine, GDAL, ArcPy, and enterprise geodatabases. The gallery is the heart of the portfolio, featuring selected maps and projects that represent work in cartography, classification methods, interpolation, remote sensing, LiDAR based analysis, storm surge modeling, Python scripting, and land use and land cover mapping with accuracy assessment. Each map has a short description explaining what it shows and the main technique behind it.

Building this portfolio was a good chance to look back at how far I have come in a relatively short time. Seeing my early maps next to more recent work makes the progress in both technical skills and design very clear. It also gives me a professional space I can keep updating as I continue my internship and move further into GIS and cloud focused work. 

GIS Internship Update - Santa Rosa County Property Appraiser's Office

 

Over the past few months, my internship with the Santa Rosa County Property Appraiser’s Office (SRCPA) has continued to push my GIS skills in ways I didn’t expect. I came into the role with a foundation in remote sensing and GIS coursework, but working directly inside a live parcel fabric has accelerated my learning dramatically. Most of my work focuses on parcel editing, quality control, and maintaining the accuracy of the county’s land records. This includes resolving topology issues, correcting redundant or misaligned boundaries, reconstructing curves from COGO values, and improving the structure of older data that has been carried through multiple system migrations.

One of the more interesting challenges I’ve worked through recently involves troubleshooting the parcel fabric’s curve handling, performing SLACA adjustments, and cleaning up redundant boundary segments so the fabric behaves the way it should. I never realized how much detail goes into keeping a county’s land base accurate — a lot of GIS work happens quietly behind the scenes, but it has a big impact on mapping, taxation, and public records.

I’ve also updated my LinkedIn profile to better reflect the skills I’m developing. My approach has been to emphasize specific, hands-on technical experience rather than broad statements. I highlighted the parcel editing workflows I use daily, including topology validation, COGO-based construction, georeferencing historical imagery, and managing branch versions in an enterprise geodatabase.

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