COLLEGE AIDE (UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE)

TYPE: PAID internship

Salary range: approx. $12 (U)/$14 (G)
# Students Requested: 2
Major: Geography/GIS/Computer Science or related field
Additional Qualifications: Geographic Information Systems, Writing, (Python and
Modelbuilder a plus but not required)
Agency: NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Immediate Supervisor: Maddalena Romano
Supervisor's Title: Deputy Director, Data/Asset Management
Work/Location Address: 55 Water St, 9th Fl, New York NY 10041
Contact email: mromano1@dot.nyc.gov
PROJECT NAME: GIS data digitation
Description of project: Digitization of the NYC Map of streets. Capture of legal
grades, titles, and possibly the age of the roadway as an ArcGIS feature class.
Please describe average daily duties required: Digitizing, updating, or creating
new data; Correcting errors in shapefile geometry and attribute data; updating or
creating metadata associated with the shapefile; updating or creating data
dictionaries to give users more information as to the type of data stored in each
attribute column, including definition of acronymns or numerical IDS and a
description of the methodology used to calculate the information.
What will the student learn from this experience?: The student will learn how to
create and maintain feature data, create and maintain metadata, data dictionaries,
and how to perform quality control and quality assurance on Geographic Information
System datasets.
Average hours a week needed to complete this project: 17 hours per week maximum
during school year. 35 hours per week maximum when school is not in session
(summer, winter break) otherwise.
Regards,
Maddalena Romano, GISP
Deputy Director, Data/Asset Management
Office of the Commissioner
NYC Department of Transportation
55 Water Street, 9th floor, New York NY 10004
Ph: 212-839-4914 Cell: 347-266-8344 Personal: 917-214-5484