PRESENTER(S)
Eric Jespersen has over 35 years of professional experience, including 25 years of leadership in coordinated GIS development in Pennsylvania. He has both participated in and led many and varied ground-breaking projects, starting with GPS applications in the early 1990’s, land tenure reform in El Salvador, nationwide GIS data accuracy assessments for the US Census Bureau, PAMAP Program promotion and development, and advocacy and involvement in the creation and development of the State Geospatial Coordinating Board in Pennsylvania. Eric is an avid student and researcher of civic boundaries in PA, and helped establish a Civic Boundary Working Group to improve data and practice. His other long-term project is the improvement of our surface water representation, replacing our current 2D stream layer with 3D elevation-derived hydrography; that effort included active engagement in securing lidar updates for the entire Commonwealth.
Mark Leitzell
31 years of relevant experience as Cartographer, GIS Engineer, Data Product Manager and Data Development Manager at MapQuest, as Vice President, GIS and Project Manager at Spatial Graphics, Inc. and as a Manager of Cartographic and GIS objectives at PennDOT.