Anika Imam

GIS Specialist

Mapping Solutions

09.2013 - 05.2025

Extensive experience and responsible for the building of accurate and visually compelling maps using cartographic principles for 200+ county high-quality plat books in 18 states in the U.S.A. administering large sets of GIS or CAMA parcel datasets from start to completion.
Operated as primary point of contact for clients nationwide to build high-quality customized maps, such as schools, real estate companies, fire districts, engineering companies, soil and water conservation districts and the like, based on their needs. Provided GIS work order proposals with time-to-completion and budgeting estimates.
Delivered a wide variety of high-quality plat book and custom maps for clients, such as landowner parcel data maps, satellite aerial maps, multi-county maps, emergency response address point maps, soil classification maps, school district, fire district, political district, watershed, topographic and contour maps, radius, road maps, municipal maps, aerial property maps, shortest route maps, and Google Mash-Up maps, depending on the client needs.
Acquired GIS and satellite datasets from a variety of sources at the county, state, federal levels, such as U.S. Census datasets, as well as open source websites, such as U.S. Census datasets and USDA NAIP satellite imagery, to build maps using cartographic principles while ensuring accuracy of data.
Utilized the latest GIS software suites such ArcGISPro, ArcDesktop, QGIS and open source hubs such as Google Earth, TravelTime to independently build and complete projects from start to completion.
Increased project efficiency by implementing query scripts such as Python, VisualBasic and Arcade to process tasks within ArcGIS software.
Maintained the highest level of accuracy of GIS data by researching parcel data against county deeds and legal descriptions, maintaining the highest level of integrity.
Digitized parcel data from legal descriptions and deeds as required, ensuring highest level of accuracy.
Georeferenced historical imagery onto up-to-date parcel datasets and satellite imagery.
Increased data accessibility by converting various formats into standardized GIS-compatible files such as shapefile, file geodatabase, TIFF, KMZ and PDF, for seamless integration into projects.
Created web and mobile map applications, such as Google Mash-Up web maps and Avenza mobile maps, by converting shapefiles to KMZ or TIFF.
Collaborated with team members to ensure data accuracy and consistency., increasing workflow efficiency.
Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to integrate GIS components into various projects, optimizing the best plat book product.
Provided technical recommendations and support documentation to aid in GIS process improvement.