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Skateboarding ICIS director, Steve, and dog lover communication engagement specialist, Shelby, are data stewards for the Integrated Cadastral Information Society. Based in British Columbia Canada, ICIS  share accurate authoritative geospatial data for other organizations and members to access. This requires data to be on refresh every week (40 plus million). We discuss how the ICIS got started, the work necessary to keep the data accurate, how they are implementing the new NG911, and what upcoming projects the ICIS has in store

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https://www.icisociety.ca
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Ex-marine, Justin Marlowe, has experience in language analysis, spatial analysis, and imagery analysis. An autodidact, he taught himself ArcGIS Pro in two weeks along with other GIS skills to help him now as a GIS specialist for Cherokee Federal( a government contractor). 
In this episode we talk about how being a lifelong learner is a necessary skill for any career, why the PMP may or may not be worth it depending on where you are in life, a lot of talk on the relationship between AI and GIS, and lastly how I ran passed David Goggins. 
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Hey guys! 
I am launching my new website, the GIS Chat. Here you can listen to episodes, get a link to the new YouTube channel coming soon, and send in a request to book me for any speaking or facilitating roles at your next event. It could be speaking at a college, presenting at an event, facilitating other GIS professionals, or moderating at your next big conference. 
Listen in as I give you all my sincerest thanks for following and listening to the show for almost 3 years! 
Links to my Website and Patreon are below:

Website: https://gis-chat.com/
Patreon: https://patreon.com/GISChatPodcast1?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

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In this episode, we’re joined by Michelle Williams, also known as the Survey123 Jedi. Michelle is a huge Star Wars fan behind the scenes (hence the name). 
Michelle holds an MSGIS from the University of Redlands and has built solutions across industries, including utilities, archaeology, pharmaceuticals, and emergency response.
After a 2022 car accident, Michelle had to relearn GIS from the ground up ~ an experience that reshaped how she teaches today. She now trains teams around the world, helping them design field data collection systems with the deliverables built first.
We also briefly discuss an upcoming project that Michelle is helping spearhead for battered and abused women. The table then gets flipped on me and I am asked how I started my podcast and my experience being a keynote speaker at the 2025 AGIC conference. 
Her motto is "Healing Survey123 trauma, one individual at a time."
Check out the links for the academies below!
Start Date: May the 4th ~ Beginner Path.
Start Date: May 22 (Grogu Movie launch) Advanced Path
Link to Academy: Survey123 Connect Academy
Join here for Michelle's upcoming FREE workshops, to get you from zero to hero: https://survey123jedi.com/
OR email Michelle: michelle@survey123jedi.com
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Guest alumni, Arnold Kedia is back! 
One of the first guests' of the show, Arnold updates us on his promotion at Cox Communications from designer to HFC (Hyrbid Fiber Coaxial) Engineer. Along with a promotion he also created a rock scale grid nationwide for Cox Communications to help cost analysis on where to dig equipment and how his background in geosciences helped him spearhead that project. Lastly, we venture on his upcoming accomplishments from teaching at ASU to eventually wanting to go back to Central West Africa to teach GIS to students there as well. 
Arnold has a lot going on since last we heard from him, listen in! 
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