Skills

Education

Teaching

Undergraduate GIS Faculty
Southwest Oregon Community College

• Geo 265: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

Graduate Teaching Assistant
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University

• Geo 102: The Surface of the Earth (eCampus)
• Geo 565: Geographic Information Systems (eCampus)
• Geo 365: Introduction to GIS (eCampus)
• Geo 300: Sustainability for the Common Good (eCampus)
• Geo 599: Web Mapping
• Geo 545: Computer Assisted Cartography
• Geo 360: Introduction to Cartography

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Geography, Frostburg State University

• Geo 317: Fundamentals of Cartography

Research

Research Assistant
LEEMA, College of Forestry, Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University
Designed basemaps based on raster datasets of forest conditions. Raster data is designed and styled in Tilemill using CartoCSS and is served to Leaflet as MBTiles.

Research Assistant
Appalachian Laboratory, Center for Environmental Science, University of Maryland
Processed biogeographic data and developed maps for academic publications.

Awards and Funding

Ivan Diehl Scholarship in Geography Frostburg State University

Dean's List (four semesters) Frostburg State University

Graduate Teaching Assistantship Oregon State University

Gray Family Fund Travel Grant Oregon State University

Third Place, Regional Mobility Corridor Atlas v2, Oregon Metro Esri User Conference, 2015

Presentations

Arnold N. (2015). “Automation and Evaluation of Graduated Dot Maps”. Slide Presentation, Master's Thesis Defense, June 15, Corvallis, OR.

Arnold N., Darbyshire J., Schuetz S., Heitmeyer L., Marston B., Preppernau C., & Jenny B. (2013). “Atlas of the Columbia River Basin – Interactive Atlases for iPads”. Multimedia Presentation, Portland Cartography Symposium, November 8, Portland, OR.

Arnold N. (2013). “Graduated Dot Maps: An Automated Approach To Dot Map Symbolization”. Slide Presentation, Student-Series Seminar, November 1, Corvallis, OR.

Arnold N. (2013). “Graduated Dot Maps: An Automated Approach To Dot Map Symbolization”. Slide Presentation, Geography Day Symposium, May 10, Corvallis, OR.

Publications

Arnold, N. D., Jenny, B., & White, D. (2017). Automation and evaluation of graduated dot maps. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 1-19. DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2017.1359747

Jenny, B., Savric, B., Marston, B. E., Arnold, N. and Preppernau, C. (2017). A Guide to selecting map projections for world and hemisphere maps. In: M. Lapaine and E. L. Usery (eds), Choosing a Map Projection, Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/s10707-016-0283-9

Jenny, B., Darbyshire, J. E., Arnold, N. D., Marston, B. E., McGie, D. A., Ogren, K. L., Preppernau, C. A., Schuetz, S. R., Speece, J. R., and Watson, J. E. (2015). E-book atlases for tablet computers: The Atlas of the Columbia River Basin. Journal of Maps, 11(4), p. 664–673

Arnold, N. (2015). Automation and Evaluation of Graduated Dot Maps. Oregon State University

2013. “Documents Reveal Army Corps’ Earlier Concerns About Coal Trains And Wetlands.” Earthfix – Oregon Public Broadcasting [map]. Last Updated September 2013. http://earthfix.opb.org/energy/article/permitting-documents-reveal-army-corps-concerns-ab/

2013. Ogren, K. L., Schuetz, S. R., Preppernau, C. A., Watson, J. E., Marston, B. E., Darbyshire, J. E., Speece, J. R., McGie, D. A., Pesek, E. M., Heitmeyer, L. D., Hood, T. G., Maslen, N. P., Giraud, M. K., Bains, C. M., Mc Farland, K. H., Mallon, A. C., Arnold, N., Jenny, B.
Atlas of the Columbia River Basin.
Oregon State University, Cartography and Geovisualization Group.

2009. “Frostburg’s Visitor’s Bureau – Trail Town Map” City of Frostburg, MD.

Professional Societies

North American Cartographic Information Society April 2008 - present

American Association of Geographers August 2007 - present

Employment

Software Engineer, Data & Visualization
Sperling's BestPlaces
I am responsible for all facets of mapping & geographic data analysis for Bestplaces.net. I have developed indices that rate “places” in the United States according to topic and am responsible for the refinement of climate data across highly variable geographies. My primary responsibility is mapping, which has led me to produce over 250,000 static map images using ArcGIS and ArcPy. In addition, I produced custom interactive maps using CartoDB (now Carto) that are available on the BestPlaces website. Each interactive map is a dynamic choropleth visualization, recalculating the choropleth classes on pan/zoom and dynamically updating the legend values.

Director
Arnold Geographics, LLC
I provide Enterprise GIS services to local governments, including the development and administration of GIS databases, data & process automation tools, and GIS software development. I produce and maintain Python scripts to support data updates and create tools to help non-GIS users leverage their GIS data and software. In addition, I provide training opportunities and documentation to support both general use of GIS and specific projects. I have produced several web map products, including a responsive/mobile-friendly Historic Preservation mapping application, a property auction inventory map, and an internal web GIS mapping application. These products build upon an array of software including PostGIS, Leaflet, CartoDB (now Carto), Django, and others; the choice is dependent upon a balance of budget & necessary features.

GIS Coordinator
Wallowa County, Oregon
Develop a postgreSQL/PostGIS database, administer GIS software and training, update and redesign the county website, coordinate contract employment, create custom GIS tools, produce custom maps, provide analytical support for regional organizations, manage department budget, develop new sources of revenue.

GIS Intern
Oregon Metro
I assisted the primary GIS professional in Transportation Planning with the Atlas of Mobility Corridors. To that end, I researched and acquired demographic and employment data, processed the data in ArcGIS desktop and used Python’s PyGal library to automate the production of population pyramids.

Airport Map Specialist
FlightStats (now FlightGlobal)
I was responsible for the development of airport maps, which included research and subsequent design work in Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop to produce static maps. I also produced web map tiles via GIS software and MapTiler that were deployed with Google Maps API.

Map Conversion Clerk
International Business Machines (IBM)
I cleaned, repaired, and prepared antique paper maps for scanning, digitization and storage. I digitized and stored digital copies of maps in geodatabases and evaluated and worked to improve methods of georeferencing antique paper maps.

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