What Inspires Me
I saw a questions posed on Quora that asked what inspires a GIS Enthusiast? The answer to this will be different for each person. For me, it is the following. My first GIS job, I spent a lot of time working on preplanning apartment complexes and mobile home parks with the fire department. This meant that every time a specific crew was working, I would be on a ridealong with them, driving around each complex, marking things down on a map. We started simple, with addresses and fire hydrants. You see, there isn't an universal addressing standard for apartment complexes or mobile home parks. Each apartment can have a letter, number, building number, building letter, address, and/or any combination of these. At the time, the 911 software they were using could get them to the gate, but no further. This meant precious minutes driving around until they found it. Mobile home parks start out with the homes in numerical order, but as homes move away, the next one in takes the nex