Esther Baumann

Esther Baumann worked as a GIS analyst at Davis Ogilvie Information Services in Christchurch during 2008–09. In July 2008 she shared a solution to a datum-transformation problem when exporting KML for Google Earth. In 2009 she gathered and shared practical advice on converting aerial imagery from NZMG to NZTM, including batch processing, mosaics and coordinate transformations. In January 2010 she announced a new job starting that March. By June she was writing under Black Box Spatial’s name, seeking and sharing advice on curved mountain-range labels and annotation. In February 2011 she sought ArcScene tree and vegetation symbols suited to New Zealand.