I excitedly wrote my introductory post on 13 July 2017, but as per the rules, it cannot be used for the My first ever HIVE BLOG POST challenge set up by @jaynie, our Queen Bee of the Power House Creatives community here on Hive.

My first proper Hive Blog (Steem back then), followed the very next day on 14 July 2017, What is a GIS Technician? and that is what I'm sharing with you today; literally a copy and paste!

It's been kind of nostalgic revisiting some of my old posts as I was doing my search; some that are worthy of having a second edition published, in my opinion, as hardly anyone read them!

I knew nothing about formatting, just drove straight on and hit the publish button once I'd finished writing my post, but have since learned a couple of tricks along the way.

That post made a whopping 0.07, received all of 6 upvotes and 2 comments; actually only 1 as I was the one responding to a single comment, but I was still ecstatic that I had started this journey in the blockchain after waiting to have my account activated.

I still find it exciting hitting that post button, and am very happy that I was patient and continued as my Crypto came to the rescue during Covid19 hard lockdown as no rands and cents could be made in our BnB during that difficult period!

So here goes, copied exactly as I published this POST back then:

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Following up on my previous post https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@lizelle/hi-steemit-this-is-lizelle-from-laid-back-city-of-durban, I was asked a question about what a GIS Technician is, by @geechidan, this briefly is my explanation and experience of doing this job at a local government organisation:
I started my career working as a draughtsperson for Land Surveyors, and later went on to become a GIS Technician at Ethekwini Municipality, retired in 2016 and now run the beautiful Lily's Cottage Durban West, http://www.lilyscottage.co.za.

Briefly, dependent on the industry, it entails electronic capturing and maintenance of geographical features and storing it into a database; be it property boundaries, electricity, water, roads, sewer/ water/ oil/ pipelines, aerial photography, educational institutions, restaurants, hotels, and many many more, the list is endless!
The GIS Technician can create maps electronically from this data, as well as do data analysis. One example is crime mapping, which is an excellent tool for policing as they can pinpoint areas they need to focus on.

Image from www.epcupdates.org

GIS is an excellent tool for business decisions as well, as all the data captured has attributes such as demographics, which for example can assist in determining a viable site for a restaurant or hotel. Vital for regional planning, engineering, conservation projects and more.
Check out for more on the following link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_information_system
Hope you enjoyed this brief insight and perhaps some of you already are in the industry and can add your insights?

My farewell at Ethekwini Municipality GIS Department

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