24/01/2023
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🧭 “I have learnt that the setbacks in life are the moments where we learn the most and make us into the people we become.”
Millthorpe local Jordan Smith recently graduated with a Master of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing and was awarded a University Medal for his efforts.
Congratulations Jordan! 👏
From magpie attack locations to regional emergency maps, Jordan sees his job as having a local impact every day and it was during his first week in his first job as an undergraduate when he realised he wanted to pursue this discipline.
“When I was helping the mapping team, I immediately knew it suited me and that I could do well.”
Jordan works for NSW Local Land Services as a Geographic Information Systems Analyst and admitted he had a lot of people in the organisation to thank for convincing him to take on the Masters.
“Having worked with GIS as part of my job for a few years and hoping to make it my full-time profession, I wanted to learn the theoretical basis for things I did in my job but also become proficient to seek more job opportunities.”
“What kept me motivated during my studies when things became challenging was being able to remain critical of my work, so I still wanted to improve, plus the unrelenting support of my wife.”
Jordan sees his work as vitally important and having an impact on local communities every day.
“Being able to bring ‘location’ to the centre of everything people and communities do is a fantastic tool.”
“For example, from crowd-sourcing magpie attack locations to get the word out where your friends and neighbours are safe to walk, to helping farmers understand soils on their farms at a paddock scale, to mapping weather events and impacts via data from satellites so people and communities can respond better to emergencies.”
Congratulations Jordan, we cannot wait to see what you can accomplish for your local communities!
Jordan Smith
Master of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing