Tripp Corbin, GISP has over 20 years of surveying, mapping, and GIS-related experience, and he is recognized as a geospatial industry leader with expertise in a variety of geospatial software packages, including Esri, Autodesk, and Trimble products. His experience is backed by multiple industry certifications—he is a Certified GIS Professional (GISP), Esri Certified Enterprise System Design Associate, and Desktop Professional among others.
I want to thank my wife, Polly, for all her support while writing this book. She was so understanding about all the weekends and events I had to miss to get it finished. I also want to thank everybody on the various GIS List Servers who helped me when I ran into issues to determine if they were bugs or something I was just doing wrong. Lastly, thanks to everyone at eGIS Associates who helped take up the slack as I worked on this book.
Timothy J. Gaunt, GISP, has over 10 years of experience in information technology with a focus on networking, communications, enterprise software deployment, and server maintenance. Over the years, he has installed and configured Windows Server, ArcGIS, Microsoft SQL Server, and APIs for customizing web and mobile GIS applications. He has also undertaken development with Windows PowerShell, Python, HTML, Visual Basic, security system configuration, order system overhauls, and website creation and design. Gaunt has been working with eGIS Associates as an Enterprise IT and GIS specialist since 2012.
The completion of this undertaking would not have been possible without the support and encouragement from my loving wife, Brittany. I would also like to thank Dr. J. B. Sharma of the University of North GA, my colleagues at JCWSA and eGIS Associates, and all my friends and family who have provided guidance and training over the years.
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