Job Search, 2025

To whom it may concern,

I am currently seeking new opportunities as a GIS Analyst or GIS Developer. With a strong background in cartography, spatial analysis, and Python development, I specialize in building data-driven solutions for planning, infrastructure, and asset management. I thrive at the intersection of GIS, analytics, and automation—helping organizations translate complex spatial data into actionable insights.

My journey in GIS began in 2015 when I graduated from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. Shortly after, I joined Destination by Design, a creative planning and branding firm, where I worked on large-scale data analysis and helped develop impactful planning documents. This early experience reinforced my passion for using GIS to support decision-making and visualization.

In 2017, I moved to Asheville, NC, seeking a broader professional community. I gained hands-on experience in land surveying—learning the value of precision, adaptability, and a solid pair of work boots. This experience inspired me to launch my own consulting business, where I collaborated with clients such as Mosaic Civic Studio and Hunterra Maps to deliver high-quality cartographic products.

Since 2019, I have been based in Lawrence, Kansas, working in municipal GIS. My time here has deepened my expertise in geospatial data management, cartography, and automation. I have tackled a range of challenges, from predictive modeling for infrastructure planning to optimizing workflows for asset management. Working in a city government setting has refined my ability to create high-quality GIS products that support both technical teams and decision-makers.

Now in 2025, I am looking to take the next step in my career and relocate within the United States. I am particularly interested in opportunities with utility operators, civil engineering firms, planning consultancies, or GIS-driven analytics teams. My ideal role allows me to leverage my skills in data visualization, process automation, and spatial analysis to support organizations in delivering high-quality geospatial solutions.

If you or someone in your network is looking for a highly communicative, organized, and innovative GIS professional, I’d love to connect!

CHM
Charlie@myersgeography.com

Trail Mapping with a Cartographer

Joining in on trail building crews provides a fantastic perspective on all the upkeep it takes to keep recreation opportunities clear and accessible.

A standing kiosk map I assisted with at Lawrence Nature Park for the City of Lawrence.

Trails are special in that they have been built for such a long period of human history. By remaining as one of our core transportation languages for people, the process of cutting path with hand tools to connect communities or locations evokes deep feelings of satisfaction. My father taught me by example that a good day of sweat and toil will clean the mind and instill satisfaction. By playing in the dirt, I’ve found passion and inspiration while transferring lines on a map from “proposed” to “existing.”

I have had the opportunity through urban planning to see the impacts of motorways — their advantages, efficiency, as well as their impact on forests and ecosystems. It is a stark contrast to “slow down” and implement transportation for feet, for lighter tires, using trowel, McCloud, and swing-blade. One of my favorite parts of trails is that they can be made by hand, and will “return to nature” (a controversial phrase considering how much of Appalachia and the US has been clear-cut) when they are left unattended for a long time. When I was a child I would go trail running along the deer paths which snaked along the property lines and fences of rural North Carolina. Those being kept maintained purely by diurnal journeys of creatures. Trails branch and become more worn as people and animals use them more — describing pathways of efficiency and interest straight onto the ground.

Trails kiosk map for the Fonta Flora County Park done as part of Destination by Design.

One of my favorite projects asked me to collect GPS shots for their unmapped trails system and translate all the new data into a GIS management plan.

I loved this task. Coordination started off with teaching some of their staff how to download a free GPS tracking app and making plans for how much trail could be collected per day. The storage solution was implemented, communication lines stayed open, and before I knew it I had some 40 miles of trails to comb over. We moved from one stage to the next: adding more detailed points-of-interest; suggesting hike lengths and ranking their difficulty; cross-referencing known development plans; putting the document in front of people in leadership to get their buy-in. The end product would be a series of double-sided, foldable waterproof maps which incorporated the colorways, fonts, imagery and branding of my client’s website.